Wondering Jews with Mijal and Noam Holocaust Education is Broken. Dara Horn Knows How We Can Fix It
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Apr 23, 2025 
In this enlightening conversation, Dara Horn, an award-winning author and founder of Mosaic Persuasion, shares her insights on the dire state of Holocaust education. She discusses the alarming rise of Holocaust denial and antisemitism, especially after recent events. Horn critiques educational programs that depict Jews solely as victims and emphasizes the importance of Jewish sovereignty and identity. With her provocative ideas and unique perspective, she reveals how understanding Jewish history is essential to combatting antisemitism effectively.
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Holocaust Education Lacks Context
- Teaching the Holocaust in isolation eliminates the possibility of recognizing patterns in antisemitism.
- Showing only mass murder as an example of antisemitism fails to connect it to broader societal issues.
Powerlessness Drives Jewish Acceptance
- Jews are only accepted in non-Jewish societies when they are powerless or dead.
- Jewish sovereignty challenges the dominant societal narrative and provokes antisemitism.
Judaism as Anti-Tyrannical Counterculture
- Jewish monotheism was a radical anti-tyrannical and non-expansionist political idea in the ancient Near East.
- Judaism’s resistance to conformity threatens societies reliant on uniformity and tyrannical rulers.
