Leaders are gathering in Jerusalem for the Auschwitz anniversary. Poland’s president won’t be there

Jerusalem (CNN)It’s a guest list any host would be proud to assemble. To mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp this week, more than 40 presidents and prime ministers, kings, princes and grand dukes will come to Jerusalem to attend the Fifth World Holocaust Forum, entitled “Remembering the Holocaust, Fighting Antisemitism.” With concern about rising anti-Semitism around the world — from attacks in Pittsburgh, San Diego, Monsey, and Jersey City, to a declaration by the German city of Dresden of an emergency around the re-emergence of Nazi ideology — this issue is front and center — made more urgent by the sense that some concrete measures need to be taken. Israeli officials say it will be an important step to have so many world leaders speaking with one voice in one place denouncing racism and anti-Semitism. And they are expressing the hope that more countries will accept the definition of anti-Semitism authored by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) — an 11-point definition adopted by 19 countries around the world. New York police say there’s been a surge in anti-Semitic hate crimes But while Israeli officials say it will be the biggest international political event… Read full this story

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