Foxman links criticism of Gaza with Holocaust

In Cleveland, Abe Foxman implies that UNRWA's John Ging, who had lately visited the city at the invitation of the Arab community to talk about Gaza, is contributing to a global wave of anti-Semitism that we haven't seen since the Holocaust. Gaza is as just a war as we have ever seen, says Foxman.
He also says that in Poland they sell good-fortune dolls that portray a stereotypical Jewish businessman, because Jews are good at money. In the brilliant new documentary, Defamation, the young Israeli filmmaker Yoav Shamir is in Poland with Foxman when he makes this argument, and says, But Jews are good at making money, and isn't the doll a compliment? Foxman, who is 69, roars. "We're in Auschwitz," he says. And the road to Auschwitz "is paved with stones" like those dolls. Good point. But aren't there other ways to acknowledge and talk about Jewish success?

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