Several prominent US Jewish academic and social organizations had a national meeting to discuss remedies to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s failure to document the role Islamic groups played in the Holocaust. This meeting also discussed the Museum’s silence in response to recent Holocaust denials and Anti-Semitic remarks attributed to Arab leaders.Speakers included Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY), Rabbi Avi Weiss of New York, president of AMCHA, Shelomo Alfassa, executive director of the International Sephardic Leadership Council; Kenneth Timmerman, the author of Countdown to Crisis: the Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran, and executive director of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran; Chuck Morse, Massachusetts Republican Congressional candidate and author of The Nazi Connection to Islamic Terrorism; and Edwin Black, the award-winning New York Times best selling author of IBM and the Holocaust and Banking on Baghdad. Press Conference held at the National Press Club in Washington DC - January 18, 2006 - Colloquium held at The National Synagogue, 1600 Jonquil Street NW, Washington, DC - January 18, 2006.

Undeniable Historical Links
February 9, 2006 / The Washington Times

Holocaust museum accused of neglecting Muslim anti-Semitism
January 25, 2006 / JTA

Exclusive Radio Broadcast by Sha'i ben-Tekoa on the subject of... "The Arabs and the Holocaust"
Janaury 24, 2006 / DeProgram Program

Challenging An American Institution (Cover story)
January 22, 2006 / Haaretz

Complaint and Call for Investigation Filed with USHMM Auditor General
January 22, 2006 / ISLC

Holocaust Museum Slammed by Activists (Cover story)
January 20, 2006 / Jerusalem Post

Activists: Museum should acknowledge Arab anti-Semitism
January 20, 2006 / JTA

Holocaust Museum and Arab Anti-Semitism: A worthy debate
January 19, 2006 / Haaretz

Museum Comes Under Fire For Failing to Address Arab Anti-Semitism
January 19, 2006 / New York Sun

"Should Arab Anti-Semitism be on the Agenda of the US Holocaust Museum?"
January 18, 2006 / Israel National News

'PC' Holocaust Museum challenged
January 18, 2006 / World Net Daily

U.S. Holocaust Museum Whitewashes Arab-Nazi Ties
January 18, 2006 / The Jewish Press

Prepared Remarks by S. Alfassa of the ISLC for the National Press Club
January 17, 2006

Political Correctness Trumping History at the US Holocaust Museum?
January 13, 2006 / Israeli Insider magazine
January 24, 2006 / IsraPost (Miami)

Original ISLC press release on the event
January 11, 2006

Revisionism is Growing (Statement and Article)
December 23, 2005 Israel National News
December 25, 2005 Israel Insider Magazine
January 20, 2006 Jewish Voice

 

 

 

Alfassa's Speech MP3 - 9 minutes of audio
Black's Speech MP3 - 23 minutes of audio
Rep. Engle's Speech MP3 - 13 minutes of audio
Morse's Speech MP3 - 9 minutes of audio
Waldman's Speech MP3 - 6 minutes of audio (Intro)
Rabbi Weiss's Speech MP3 - (coming soon)
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Carol Greenwald, director of the Holocaust Museum Watch, Chuck Morse (R-MA) Congressional candidate, Ken Timmerman, Executive Director of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran; Rabbi Nissim Elnecave of the ISLC and Shelomo Alfassa of the ISLC
Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld of the National Synagogue in Washington D.C.; Chuck Morse; Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY); Shelomo Alfassa; Rabbi Avi Weiss; Edwin Black; Carol Greenwald and Rabbi Nissim Elnecave
Edwin Black, author of IBM and the Holocaust and Banking on Baghdad
Rabbi Avi Weiss, director of AMCHA - The Coalition for Jewish Concerns
U.S. Congressman
Eliot Engle (D-NY)
Shelomo Alfassa, Executive Director of the International Sephardic Leadership Council

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Shelomo Alfassa of the ISLC
at the National Press Club
Washington D.C.

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