种族灭绝，即蓄意消灭某一群体，是最严重的罪行。当恶意行为者将这一术语武器化，并危及世界各地的犹太人时，谨慎使用这一指控比以往任何时候都更加重要。
Genocide, the intentional annihilation of a group of people, is the gravest of crimes. As malicious actors weaponize the term and endanger Jews everywhere, meticulous use of the charge is more essential than ever.
我们深感荣幸，能够担任美国大屠杀纪念馆的现任及前任主席。该纪念馆旨在纪念历史上记录最详尽的种族灭绝事件：纳粹德国及其合作者试图系统性地屠杀欧洲所有犹太男性、女性和儿童。他们几乎得逞。欧洲三分之二的犹太人——600万人——被杀害。全球犹太人口至今尚未恢复，如今存活的犹太人数量甚至少于1939年第二次世界大战爆发时的水平。
We are honored to serve as the current and former chairs of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, an institution memorializing history’s most well-documented genocide: Nazi Germany and its collaborators’ attempt to systematically murder every Jewish man, woman and child in Europe. They almost succeeded. Two-thirds of European Jews – 6 million – were killed. The global Jewish population has yet to recover, with fewer Jews alive today than in 1939, when World War II began.
大屠杀幸存者曾热切希望，随着德国战败及其罪行被揭露，反犹主义会随之消亡。然而，他们从纳粹出现前几个世纪的迫害中便深知，这种古老的仇恨是不可能根除的。尽管如此，第二次世界大战后，反犹主义一度变得为社会所不容。但三年前，哈马斯对以色列发动10月7日袭击时，许多方面令人震惊的反应表明，情况已不再如此。
Holocaust survivors fervently hoped antisemitism would wither when Germany was defeated and its crimes exposed. Yet, they knew from centuries of persecutions long before the Nazis, this ancient hatred is impossible to eradicate. Even so, after World War II, antisemitism became socially unacceptable. The shocking reactions from many quarters to Hamas’s October 7th attack on Israel, three years ago, show this is no longer the case.
丹尼·达农：从10月7日到1073号航班：支撑以色列屹立不倒的韧性。那一天，哈马斯恐怖分子入侵以色列，意图尽可能多地杀害犹太人，导致犹太人自大屠杀以来遭遇最致命的一天。在以色列自卫的同时，我们重申我们坚定不移的信念：以色列并未实施种族灭绝，这反映了美国政府一贯且主导性的立场。
DANNY DANON: FROM OCT 7 TO FLIGHT 1073: THE RESILIENCE THAT KEEPS ISRAEL STANDING On that day, Hamas terrorists invaded Israel intending to murder as many Jewish people as possible, bringing about the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. As Israel defends itself, we reiterate our wholehearted conviction that Israel has not committed genocide, reflecting the United States government’s consistent and prevailing view.
与此同时，我们也无法忘记战争给许多无辜的加沙民众带来的可怕悲剧。数万人丧生，其中包括大量儿童，这是极其惨痛的。
At the same time, we cannot forget the terrible tragedy many innocent Gazans have experienced as a result of the war. The loss of tens of thousands, including many children, is horrific.
“没人想要这个”：一位顾问拉比批评某明星对加沙“种族灭绝”问题的“无知”言论。当我们为大量无辜生命的逝去而哀悼时，也不能忽视这样一个事实：哈马斯将平民置于危险之中，这正是其将以色列妖魔化战略的核心部分。尽管采取了这种致命的策略，以色列仍努力在适当时候警告平民撤离，提供食物和援助，并推动疫苗分发。
'NOBODY WANTS THIS': CONSULTING RABBI CALLS OUT STAR'S 'IGNORANT' TAKE ON 'GENOCIDE' IN GAZA As we mourn so many innocent lives lost, we cannot ignore that Hamas puts civilians in harm’s way as a central part of its strategy to demonize Israel. Despite this deadly strategy, Israel has made efforts to warn civilians when to evacuate, provide food and relief, and facilitate vaccine distribution.
以色列，如同任何国家一样，也并非免于批评。然而，无论是出于无知还是恶意，来自社会各阶层、往往缺乏相关知识和法律专业知识的人——包括对“种族灭绝”具体定义的理解——却不断滥用这一术语。另一些人则将其武器化，以剥夺世界上唯一犹太国家的合法性。无论其意图如何，其后果都是反犹主义的可怕爆发，并使世界各地的犹太人面临更危险的世界。
Israel, like any country, is not exempt from criticism. And yet, whether out of ignorance or malice, people from all walks of life often with little knowledge or legal expertise, including in the specific definition of genocide, continually wield the term. Others weaponize it to delegitimize the world’s only Jewish state. Regardless of their intention, the impact is a terrifying eruption of antisemitism and a more dangerous world for Jewish people everywhere.
以色列总统赫尔佐格称反犹主义是“对社会的污染”，同时仇恨犯罪激增。此外，伊朗、卡塔尔、中国和俄罗斯等国家行为体传播反犹和反以色列的阴谋论以及否认大屠杀的言论，以煽动对犹太人的仇恨并在民主国家制造混乱。他们正在得逞。反犹主义不再潜伏于社会边缘，而是公然蔓延于社会机构之中。暴力反犹主义的程度已达到了自大屠杀以来前所未有的水平。
ISRAELI PRESIDENT HERZOG CALLS ANTISEMITISM A 'CONTAMINATION OF SOCIETIES' AS HATE CRIMES SURGE Furthermore, state actors like Iran, Qatar, China and Russia spread antisemitic and anti-Israel conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial to stir hatred of Jews and sow chaos in democracies. They are succeeding. Antisemitism is no longer lurking at society’s fringes. It is marching openly through its institutions. Violent antisemitism is at levels not seen since the Holocaust.
从匹兹堡的“生命之树”犹太教堂，到澳大利亚的邦迪海滩，再到英国曼彻斯特以及太多其他地方，犹太人都正遭受致命攻击。每一天，犹太人在街头、校园和网络上都面临着无休止的骚扰和威胁。
From Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue to Bondi Beach in Australia, to Manchester, England, and far too many other places, Jews are under deadly attack. And every day, Jews face relentless harassment and threats on streets, campuses and online.
大屠杀警示我们，不受约束的反犹主义会带来怎样的危险：仇恨最初针对的是犹太人，但并未随着犹太人的遭遇而终结——它感染了整个社会。一个令人痛心的事实是，当犹太人拼命试图逃离纳粹控制的欧洲时，包括我们自己的国家在内的世界其他地区并不愿意接纳他们。
The Holocaust teaches the dangers of unchecked antisemitism and how hatred began with the Jews but did not end with the Jews – it infected all of society. It is a sad truth that as Jews desperately tried to flee Nazi Europe, the rest of the world did not want them, including our own nation.
历史表明，一些幸存的犹太人回到家园后，却再次遭遇了来自昔日邻居的致命暴力。深知欧洲是犹太人的“坟墓”，幸存者们迫切希望在能够感到安全的地方重建新生活——主要是美国以及他们的祖先故土，即如今的以色列，当时仍处于英国殖民统治之下。
History shows some Jews who survived returned to their homes only to face further deadly violence from their former neighbors. Knowing Europe was a Jewish graveyard, survivors desperately wanted to build new lives where they could feel secure – primarily the United States and their ancestral homeland, what is now Israel, which was then under British colonial rule.
大屠杀也教会了我们关于人性的其他教训。当纳粹及其合作者追捕犹太人时，每个国家都有非凡的个体选择伸出援手，他们超越了宣传、仇恨以及对自身安全的威胁。而幸存者在重建生活时展现了惊人的韧性，或许他们也曾思考：如果当时存在一个犹太国家，他们失去的亲人中又有多少人能够幸存。
The Holocaust also teaches other lessons about humanity. As the Nazis and their collaborators hunted Jews, in every country some remarkable individuals chose to help, rising above the propaganda, hatred and threats to their own safety. And the survivors showed remarkable resilience as they rebuilt their lives, perhaps wondering if there had been a Jewish state, how many of their lost family members might have been saved.
即使在今天，仍有坚守原则的人们冒着一切风险，对抗这种根深蒂固的仇恨。大屠杀幸存者——那些目睹过人类最黑暗面的人——在分享自己的证词时，依然展现出令我们惊叹的力量与勇气。我们需要整个社会都具备这种勇气。
Even today, principled individuals are risking all to stand against this age-old hatred. Holocaust survivors, people who have seen the worst humanity has to offer, continue to demonstrate a strength and courage we can only marvel at as they share their testimony. We need this courage from all of society.
文章。历史已经告诉我们，当反犹主义被宽恕、被常态化，或被允许伪装成某种更体面的事物时，会发生什么。我们不能再犯同样的错误。“绝不再发生”不应只是我们对过去的陈述，而必须是我们所有人愿意在当下付诸行动的承诺。
History has taught us what happens when antisemitism is excused, normalized, or allowed to masquerade as something more respectable. We cannot make that mistake again. "Never Again" cannot be something we say about the past. It must be a promise of what all of us are willing to do in the present.
我们欠那600万受害者这个承诺。我们欠那些仍在我们身边的大屠杀幸存者这个承诺。我们也欠那些犹太后代这个承诺——他们绝不能再被教导说，仇恨只是他们必须忍受的现实。
We owe that to the 6 million. We owe it to the Holocaust survivors still among us. And we owe it to the generations of Jews who must never again be taught that hatred is simply something they are expected to endure.
斯图尔特·艾森施塔特大使曾在乔·拜登总统任内担任美国大屠杀纪念博物馆馆长。
Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat served as chair of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum under President Joe Biden.