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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Author Dara Horn on the rise in antisemitism, and why Holocaust museums and Holocaust education won’t stop it
Description: This weekend, Jewish leaders from Canada and around the world will meet in Hamilton for a conference called #NoMoreAntisemitism. It's bringing together teachers and Holocaust experts including prominent speakers Elisha Wiesel and Dara Horn, author of the award-winning book People Love Dead Jews.
Horn says she’s attending even though she's convinced the conference will not eliminate antisemitism. She's hoping Jewish communities hear her blunt message, in which she explains that building multimillion-dollar Holocaust museums and advocating for governments to mandate Holocaust education in schools still won't make people stop hating Jews.
Instead, Horn is ca...