Rethinking Holocaust Memory in the Shadow of October 7

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January 27, 2024, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked 79 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. This year brought with it even greater difficulty than usual to address the issue of Holocaust memory, after the brutal massacre by Hamas terrorists of more than 1200 people, nearly all Jewish Israelis, on October 7, 2023. 75 years after the establishment of the State of Israel, Jews were slaughtered, raped, beheaded, burned alive, and taken hostage from their own homes on Israeli soil. How should the issue of Holocaust memory and commemoration be addressed in the shadow of the October 7 massacre? Where do these two tragic events in Jewish history converge, and where do they diverge? Why is it important to acknowledge the differences between the events and to be aware of dangerous comparisons? What are the effects on our education systems? In today’s podcast INSS researcher Adi Kantor sits down with Dr. Carl Yonker, Senior Researcher and Project Manager at the Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry and Academic Director of the Cotler Institute for Democracy, Human Rights and Justice, both at Tel Aviv University. Together they discuss the challenges of addressing the two events, along with the opportunities to rethink how to educate the younger generation.