The resurgence of anti-Semitism; and are we witnessing the 'end of Europe'?
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80 years after the genocide of 6 million Jews, anti-Semitism is alive and well in Australia and around the globe. For many, the legacy of the Holocaust is not enough to curb discriminating, victimising and in some cases, attacking Jewish people. Holocaust deniers say it didn't happen in the first place. Deborah Lipstadt says that the problems they face come from both sides of the political fence. Deborah Lipstadt, Jewish History and Holocaust Studies academic and author of Anti-Semitism, Here and Now Also There is an aura of doom that hangs over Europe. So much so that James Kirchick says we are witnessing the end of the continent. He explains why in his book The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues and the Coming Dark Age James Kirchick, vising fellow at the Centre on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution in Washington
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