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Government Actions to Combat Anti-Semitism in the Osce Region GOVERNMENT ACTIONS TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE OSCE REGION HEARING BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 16, 2004 Printed for the use of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe [CSCE 108–2–6] Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.csce.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 2004 20–155.PDF For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail Stop SSOP, Washington,(i) DC 20402–0001 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH COMMISSIONERS HOUSE SENATE CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado Chairman Co-Chairman FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania GORDON H. SMITH, Oregon ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut LOUISE MCINTOSH SLAUGHTER, New York BOB GRAHAM, Florida ALCEE L. HASTINGS, Florida RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin MIKE MCINTYRE, North Carolina HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, New York EXECUTIVE BRANCH COMMISSIONERS LORNE CRANER, Department of State VACANT, Department of Defense WILLIAM HENRY LASH III, Department of Commerce (ii) GOVERNMENT ACTIONS TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE OSCE REGION JUNE 16, 2004 COMMISSIONERS PAGE Hon. Christopher H. Smith, Chairman, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe ................................................................................ 1 Hon. Benjamin L. Cardin, Ranking Member, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe ......................................................... 3 Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Commissioner, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe ......................................................... 4 WITNESSES Hon. Tom Lantos, Ranking Member, Committee on International Relations and Holocaust Survivor ............................................................. 7 His Excellency Natan Sharansky, Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs; and Head, Israeli Delegation to the Berlin OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism ...................................................................................... 15 Betty Ehrenberg, Director, Institute for Public Affairs, Orthodox Union of Jewish Congregations ............................................................... 26 Paul Goldenberg, National Security Consultant, American Jewish Committee .................................................................................... 28 Jay Lefkowitz, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP ........................................... 32 Fred Zeidman, Chairman, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council .................... 36 Mark Weitzmann, Director, Task Force Against Hate, Simon Wiesenthal Center .................................................................................... 47 Stacy Burdett, Associate Director, Government & National Affairs, Anti-Defamation League .......................................................................... 49 Shai Franklin, Director, Government Relations, NCSJ, Advocates on Behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, The Baltic States and Eurasia ...... 53 Dan Mariaschin, Executive Vice President, B’nai B’rith International..... 56 James S. Tisch, Chairman, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations .............................................................. 59 His Excellency Ed O’Donnell, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, U.S. Department of State ......................................................................... 65 APPENDICES Material Submitted for the Record by Hon. Christopher H. Smith • Prepared Statement of Hon. Christopher H. Smith ......................... 67 • “Reflections on Anti-Semitism and the Church” by Cardinal William H. Keeler ......................................................... 73 Prepared Statement of Hon. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Co-Chairman, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe ............................. 71 Prepared Statement of Hon. Benjamin L. Cardin ....................................... 82 Prepared Statement of Hon. Mike McIntyre, Commissioner, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe ............................. 84 (iii) APPENDICES (CONT’D) PAGE Prepared Statement of Hon. Gordon H. Smith, Commissioner, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe ............................. 85 Prepared Statement of Hon. Gert Weisskirchen, Vice-President, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly ............................................................. 86 Materials Submitted for the Record by Stacy Burdett • Prepared Statement of Stacy Burdett ............................................... 88 • Global Anti-Semitism: Selected Incidents around the World in 2004 ...................................................................................... 95 • U.S. Hate Crime Monitoring Models and Best Practices ................. 99 Materials Submitted for the Record by Shai Franklin • Prepared Statement of Shai Franklin ............................................. 104 • Proceedings of NCSJ Side Event, “Post-Soviet States Respond to Anti-Semitism” ............................................................................. 111 Prepared Statement of Israel Singer, Chairman, World Jewish Congress .......................................................................... 120 Prepared Statement of Jack Rosen, American Jewish Congress ............. 123 OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Berlin Declaration on Anti-Semitic Violence in the OSCE Region Adopted at the Eleventh Annual Session ....................................................................................... 125 OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Rotterdam Declaration on Anti- Semitic Violence in the OSCE Region Adopted at the Twelfth Annual Session ....................................................................................... 127 (iv) GOVERNMENT ACTIONS TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE OSCE REGION JUNE 16, 2004 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE WASHINGTON, DC The Commission met in Room 334, Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC, at 10:05 a.m., Hon. Christopher H. Smith, Chair- man, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, presiding. Commissioners present: Hon. Christopher H. Smith, Chairman, Com- mission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Hon. Benjamin L. Car- din, Ranking Member, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; and Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Commissioner, Commis- sion on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Witnesses present: Hon. Tom Lantos, Ranking Member, Committee on International Relations and Holocaust survivor; Natan Sharansky, Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs; Betty Ehrenberg, Director, Insti- tute for Public Affairs, Orthodox Union of Jewish Congregations; Paul Goldenberg, National Security Consultant, American Jewish Commit- tee; Jay Lefkowitz, Attorney, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP; Fred Zeidman, Chairman, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council; Mark Weitzmann, Director, Task Force Against Hate, Simon Wiesenthal Center; Stacy Burdett, Associate Director, Government and National Affairs, Anti-Defamation League; Shai A. Franklin, Director of Govern- ment Relations, NCSJ, Advocates on Behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, The Baltic States and Eurasia; Dan Mariaschin, Executive Vice Presi- dent, B’nai B’rith International; James S. Tisch, Chairman, Confer- ence of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations; and Amb. Edward B. O’Donnell, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, U.S. Depart- ment of State. HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, CHAIRMAN, COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE Mr. SMITH. This Commission on Security and Cooperation hearing will come to order. I want to thank all of our very distinguished guests for being here. Let me just say in opening that I want to welcome you to this U.S. Helsinki Commission hearing on government actions to combat anti- Semitism in the OSCE region. 2 I am very pleased that we have many distinguished panelists present here today who will provide, I am sure, very useful insights and will give us additional information upon which we can act. As all of you know, roughly 2 years ago a wave of anti-Semitic vio- lence swept through much of the OSCE region. Unparalleled since the dark days of WWII, Jewish communities throughout Europe and North America faced repeated attacks against Jewish cultural sites, cemeter- ies and individuals. In the eastern portions of the OSCE region, anti-Semitic acts occurred in places long devoid of Jewish life, as hate-filled individuals tried to extinguish the last whispers of history testifying to a once vibrant Jew- ish community. Despite efforts by some governments, sporadic incidents continued to arise throughout the region, both east and west. This convulsion of violence has sent a clear message that our societies still suffer from the latent disease of anti-Semitism. We are gathered here today to see what we can do, what actions we can take, to ensure that incidents of anti-Semitism become forever a thing of the past. This hearing comes on the heels of the April 1 OSCE Berlin Confer- ence on Anti-Semitism. At the historic Berlin Conference, held in a city that was once the epicenter of hate and is of unquestioned significance, 55 participating States gathered together in the fight against anti-Semit- ism. The U.S. delegation was ably led by Mayor Ed Koch who, I am sorry to say, cannot
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