Host Simon Spungin is joined by Stockholm-based journalist David Stavrou to discuss the International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism, which was hosted by the Swedish city of Malmo last week.
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We ask: Why is Sweden taking a special interest in the war on antisemitism? Does the Swedish-approved working definition of antisemitism mean that its former foreign minister is antisemitic? And what does this mean for the warming of ties between Jerusalem and Stockholm?
PLUS: Judy Maltz discusses the race to become the next chair of the Jewish Agency – one of the four ‘national institutions’ that pre-date the establishment of the State of Israel. With no fewer than eight candidates in the running, none of the approved by the government, this is an unusually fraught race.
Platitudes and pledges: What’s behind Sweden’s war on antisemitism?Haaretz Weekend
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