No Jews on German anti-Semitism panel

Leading Jewish groups slam the German government for creating a new commission on anti-Semitism without including a single Jew.

Julius Schoeps from the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies on Tuesday calls it “a unique scandal” that the Interior Ministry did not include any Jewish scientists or community leaders on the commission it created to fight anti-Semitism and support Jewish life in Germany.

Anetta Kahane from the Amadeu Antonio Foundation against anti-Semitism says: “Nobody would even think of creating a conference on hatred of Islam without Muslims or a round table on the discrimination of women without women.”

They announce the creation of an alternative commission that will stress the Jewish perspective.

Germany’s Interior Ministry had no immediate comment on the criticism.

— AP