Recognising Antisemitism

The Royal Academy of Dance Board of Trustees has unanimously agreed that the RAD will adopt in full the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism with immediate effect.

Definition:

Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.

What is antisemitism? | IHRA

Who are IHRA?

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance unites governments and experts to strengthen, advance and promote Holocaust education, research and remembrance and to uphold the commitments to the 2000 Stockholm Declaration. IHRA’s network of trusted experts share their knowledge on early warning signs of present-day genocide and education on the Holocaust.

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The cover image above is from Yad Vashem, Holocaust Museum, Jerusalem Hall of Names. Photo taken by Noam Chen for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.

Below is a description of the Hall of Names from Yad Vashem

The Hall of Names at Yad Vashem is the Jewish People’s memorial to each and every Jew who perished in the Holocaust – a place where they may be commemorated for generations to come.

The main circular hall houses the extensive collection of “Pages of Testimony” – short biographies of each Holocaust victim. Over two million Pages are stored in the circular repository around the outer edge of the Hall, with room for six million in all.

The ceiling of the Hall is composed of a ten-meter high cone reaching skywards, displaying 600 photographs and fragments of Pages of Testimony. This exhibit represents a fraction of the murdered six million men, women and children from the diverse Jewish world destroyed by the Nazis and their accomplices. The victims’ portraits are reflected in water at the base of an opposing cone carved out of the mountain’s bedrock.

At the far end of the Hall is a glass screen onto which Pages of Testimony are projected. From here one may enter a computer center and search the Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, with the assistance of the Hall of Names staff. The Center also offers blank Pages of Testimony and survivor registration forms.

The Hall of Names was planned and designed by architect Moshe Safdie and designer Dorit Harel together with the Hall of Names’ staff.