Israeli ambassador: Hatred that spurred Holocaust is not gone

(JNS) — Israel officially handed over to Argentina the rotating chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance on May 13, amid the worst burst of global antisemitism since the Holocaust.

The symbolic ceremony held at the United Nations in Geneva took place two months after Argentina, on March 18, became the first South American country to assume leadership of the organization, which seeks to promote Holocaust education and awareness worldwide.

IHRA Chair Marcelo Mindlin, president of the Holocaust Museum of Argentina since 2016, will hold the post for one year.

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