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September 23, 2020
The Dark Side of Holocaust Education
Why should educating children about “hate” provide an antidote to anti-Semitism?
On May 29, President Trump signed into law the Never Again Education Act—passed with near-unanimity by both houses of a bitterly divided Congress. The act sets aside $10 million for Holocaust education, to be spent over the next five years, and declares that “learning how and why the Holocaust happened is an important component of the education of citizens of the United States.” Behind it stands the reasoning—widely accepted by Jews and Gentiles alike—that teaching about the Shoah can help serve as an antidote to the “hate” that caused it. Ruth Wisse is skeptical:
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The Dark Side of Holocaust Education
Why should educating children about “hate” provide an antidote to anti-Semitism?
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