Jerusalem Post - 07.11.2003

 

 

 

The Jerusalem Post

Stateside: News from Jewish America
Melissa Radler

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European anti-Semitism redux

The Jewish delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation Europe's conference on anti-Semitism last month in Vienna, met with US deletion head Rudolph Giuliani last week in Washington to discuss concrete steps European nations should take to halt the rising tide of anti-Jewish hatred.

The meeting followed Giuliani's post-conference briefing with Secretary of State Colin Powell, and resulted in the former New York City mayor sending follow-up letters to European leaders urging them to monitor anti-Semitic attacks.

Europe is also being asked to utilize NGO groups, in addition to existing government resources, to halt anti- Semitism, according to Mark Levin, executive director of NCSJ-Advocates on Behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States, and Eurasia, who attended the meeting. "We're not going to cure the problem, but at least we can lessen the severity," said Levin.