Holocaust course introduced in Australian schools to fight the rise of anti-Semitism

**PHDNM** · 02-02-2019, 04:34 AM

Holocaust course introduced in Australian schools to fight the rise of anti-Semitism

Coordinated by the Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Steiner Education Centre, it will then eventually be incorporated into an in-house resource at the museum

1st February 2019

Schools in South Australia have begun a trial of a Holocaust education program to fight the rise of anti-Semitism, an official said.

The program to be taught to 15 and 16-year-old students at 12 secondary schools around Adelaide would equip students with knowledge and compassion, Xinhua news agency reported.

Coordinated by the Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Steiner Education Centre, it will then eventually be incorporated into an in-house resource at the museum when it opens in late 2019 so that more schools could be included.

https://www.edexlive.com/news/2019/f...tism-5211.html

**Creoda** · 02-02-2019, 04:37 AM

The modern religion.

**Dna8** · 02-02-2019, 04:57 AM

What fey sorcery is this?

**Creoda** · 02-02-2019, 05:03 AM

Even in a place where there are barely any Jews and even less mention of them, one of the biggest priorities is to 'fight anti-semitism'.

**Dna8** · 02-02-2019, 05:05 AM

Originally Posted by J. Ketch

Even in a place where there are barely any Jews and even less mention of them, one of the biggest priorities is to 'fight anti-semitism'.

How do you know the ranking of this initiative in terms of the priorities of Adelaide's local government/ the state government?

**Creoda** · 02-02-2019, 05:16 AM

Originally Posted by Dna8

How do you know the ranking of this initiative in terms of the priorities of Adelaide's local government/ the state government?

Every schoolkid in Australia has to read a novel about the 'Holocaust' and visit a Holocaust museum while some old Jew blathers on about how racism/nationalism is terrible and how we must never again let it rise.

**Dna8** · 02-02-2019, 05:17 AM

Originally Posted by J. Ketch

Every schoolkid in Australia has to read a novel about the 'Holocaust' and visit a Holocaust museum while some old Jew blathers on about how racism/nationalism is terrible and how we must never again let it rise.

Fair enough.

I disagree with the connotations/implications of your sentence, but your perspective is no less valid than mine.

**alnortedelsur** · 02-02-2019, 05:19 AM

Victim card at its best.

Fucking manipulators!

**arkas** · 02-04-2019, 01:45 AM

What rise in anti-Semitism? The alt-right is a tiny minority, this does more harm than good. I went to Catholic schools my whole life, we weren't educated on the holocaust much but general WW2 history and Australia's involvement was taught, I see no problem with this.

People can always go to the Jewish museum in Sydney if they want to learn about the holocaust, I have been there myself.