The Chairman of the Jewish Community of Graz and Chairman of the Jewish Community of Salzburg, Elie Rosen, has not invited the communist mayor of Graz, Elke Kahr, as well as the representatives of the KPÖ City Council to the commemoration ceremony on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the pogroms of November 1938. Rosen criticized the Graz KPÖ’s “unequivocal positioning vis-à-vis the Jewish state that has been consolidated over the years.” Kahr defends himself.
Based on various requests to speak and long-standing positions of the KPÖ, he had to assume that the participation of Kahr and representatives of the Graz KPÖ in the commemoration ceremonies on November 8 would be perceived as disapproval by both the majority of community members. and guests, Rosen explained. The president of the Jewish Community of Graz said in an email to the KPÖ that he therefore asked the mayor and the KPÖ mandates not to attend the celebrations. In addition to predominantly Islamic anti-Semitism, it is the “Israel-oriented” anti-Semitism of the political left that particularly affects Jews in Austria, Rosen said.
Kahr rejects the accusations
Kahr defended himself during the holiday via a broadcast: “We respect the step taken by the chairman of the Jewish community, even if we do not understand it. Our decades-long close relationship with the Jewish community and its members is a given for us. Nothing will change in the future.” And she reminds us of a recent political decision: “The declaration of the city of Graz, which was unanimously adopted, clearly states: ‘No one has the right to deny the right to exist of the State of Israel, with whose people we declare our solidarity. ”
Source: Krone
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