Decades after the Holocaust, the world’s oldest hatred is still with us. […] People are not born to hate; intolerance is learned and so can be prevented and unlearned. I will continue to call out antisemitism, racism and other forms of hatred.
H.E. Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Les antisémites parlent des Juifs. Je préviens que je vais dire une énormité. Les antisémites ne connaissent point les Juifs. Ils en parlent mais ils ne les connaissent point. Ils en souffrent, évidemment beaucoup mais ils ne les connaissent point.
Charles Péguy, Notre jeunesse
Antisemitism is not a Jewish problem, it is our problem.
Jean-Paul Sartre
In Argentina, intense immigration […] has left a mark on the culture of the society, and the presence of some 200,000 Jews has a great effect on the cultural ‘style’ of Buenos Aires.
His Holiness Pope Francis
I could see antisemitism all around me. Jews became a symbol for me. All of man’s defenselessness was concentrated in them.
Dmitry Dmitriyevich Shostakovich
[…] all of us—believers and nonbelievers, blasphemers and worshipers— belong to the same culture, rooted in the [same] past, without which we would be mere shadows without substance, debaters without a vocabulary, spiritually stateless.
Milan Kundera, Testaments Betrayed
The only sane response to antisemitism is to monitor it, fight it, but never let it affect our idea of who we are.
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
We are called to commit ourselves to ensure antisemitism is banned from the human community.
His Holiness Pope Francis
Le judaïsme a coulé dans les veines de l’Europe durant plus de deux millénaires et a contribué à forger notre civilisation.
H.E. Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic
Whether in philosophy, literature, art and music, science, medicine or business, Jews have been instrumental in writing and shaping our history and illuminating our culture.
H.E. Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany
