Scholars For Peace in The Middle East Condemns US Holocaust Memorial Shootings

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The Board of Directors of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) and its nearly 28,000 college and university faculty from around the world are saddened and condemn the violence and murder at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum this past Wednesday.

That this incident occurred in a learned institution dedicated to exposing the consummate evil effects of hate and extremism is cause for further concern, reflection and action by SPME scholars and thoughtful, caring others. In addition to its important public museum, the USHMM also houses the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies which serves as an archival research and scholarship center assisting and supporting Holocaust studies around the world.

SPME extends condolences to the family of the victim, Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns, the heroic security guard killed in the line of duty defending museum visitors and researching scholars.

This incident reinforces SPME’s ongoing commitment to address issues of anti-Semitism and bigotry as well as to address issues of hatred and extremism towards Jews and others.

Adopted by the SPME Board of Directors: June 12, 2009
For Further Information: Contact: Peter Haas, VP for External Affairs,
Case Western Reserve University
Edward Beck, President Emeritus, SPME
Walden University
scholarsforpeace@ aol.com
Sam Edelman, Executive Director, SPME
California State University-Chico

Scholars For Peace in The Middle East Condemns US Holocaust Memorial Shootings

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Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) is not-for-profit [501 (C) (3)], grass-roots community of scholars who have united to promote honest, fact-based, and civil discourse, especially in regard to Middle East issues. We believe that ethnic, national, and religious hatreds, including anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism, have no place in our institutions, disciplines, and communities. We employ academic means to address these issues.

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