April 21, 2009 - Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
Touro College’s Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day with a panel discussion on anti-semitism that included some of the world’s most distinguished scholars, activists, and human rights authorities. Participating in the panel, which was held at the United Nations in Geneva, were writer Elie Wiesel, actor Jon Voight, Professor Alan Dershowitz, human rights activist Natan Sharansky, Author Shelby Steele and Father Patrick Desbois. Over 150 people attended the event, which was titled “Anti-semitism in the Here and Now.”