The “Jew-Hunt” Pogrom in Amsterdam and Beyond: It Could Happen Here

Eighty-six years after mobs destroyed synagogues, shattered shop windows and
assaulted Jews in a spasm of hatred known as Kristallnacht, Jews in Europe
fled for their lives again, this time in Amsterdam.
A “Jew hunt,” _New York Times_ columnist **Bret Stephens** called the
attacks surrounding a soccer match between Israeli and Dutch teams, pointing
out that the haters had said more about “Cancer Jews” than about Gaza.
“Grotesque as the phrase is, it can no longer surprise,” he continued,
punctuating his point with a reminder of recent anti-Jewish abuse and assaults
in America as well as in Europe.
Even as Stephens was writing, **Jonathan Greenblatt** , CEO of the Anti-
Defamation League, was flying to Amsterdam to meet with the Dutch prime
minister, justice minister and national security adviser as well as leaders
from the local Jewish community. Writing in _USA Today_ after his trip, he
warned about what the violence in Amsterdam and the hostility on American
campuses may foreshadow. “As history has shown us time and time again,
antisemitism starts with the Jews – but never ends with the Jews.”
The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center is honored to welcome Jonathan
Greenblatt and Bret Stephens for a conversation addressing the question of
whether the Gaza War caused the new eruption of antisemitism or whether it
simply uncorked the flow of ancient hatred, the media’s downplaying of Jew
hating and the ways forward.
Jonathan A. Greenblatt is the CEO of ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and its
sixth National Director. As chief executive of ADL, Jonathan leads all aspects
of the world’s leading anti-hate organization. He is an accomplished
entrepreneur and innovative leader with deep experience in the private, public
and nonprofit sectors.
Bret Stephens is an opinion columnist for _The New York Times_ and the
founder and editor-in-chief of _SAPIR_ , a new quarterly devoted to issues of
Jewish concern.

Organized by: Anti-Defamation League Michigan

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