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This past January marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. For Jews the world over, the atrocities of the Holocaust remain burned into our collective souls and memories. To us, the mantra Never Again is meaningful because it denotes our recognition that if we do not learn from history, we are destined to repeat it. Without historical context and lessons learned however, the phrase Never Again is simply a vapid talking point without meaning.
One would think that the one place in which lessons from the study of history would lead to the protection of Jews from antisemitic attacks would be in the academy. The academy after all used to be the place where one would enter in order to learn facts, exchange ideas, and seek wisdom and the truth. No longer. Today’s campuses resemble those of pre-WW2 Germany in which Nazi propaganda and hate was given birth.
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Lauri Regan is the president of EMET's New York chapter.
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