Over a half-century ago, Dr. Emmanuel Rackman, then considered the “dean” of Modern Orthodox rabbis, delineated two groups causing “ferment in Orthodoxy.”
AJC Central Europe is firmly opposed to legislation that would penalize claims that Poland or Polish citizens bear responsibility for any Holocaust crimes.
Nostra Aetate marked an unprecedented turnaround in interreligious relations, and that Jews are not collectively responsible for the death of Jesus. Jews are not to be portrayed as accursed. Antisemitism is unequivocally forbidden.
For those of us, and I include the American Jewish Committee (AJC) centrally here, who have struggled to write a bright new chapter in Polish-Jewish relations, this is a key moment. We dare not lose the momentum gained in recent years.