Newsom launches Governor's Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education/$13 mill Holocaust ed fund

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Newsom launches Governor’s Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education
The council’s creation comes months after the state allocated more than $13 million to institutions to educate about the Holocaust


Gov. Gavin Newsom at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles
By
Melissa Weiss
October 7, 2021

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the launch of the Governor’s Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education on Wednesday in Los Angeles, citing “xenophobia, the antisemitism on the rise, the hate [and] the bigotry” as the impetus for its “long overdue” creation.

“The purpose of this council on the Holocaust and genocide [is] more broadly around education, more sustainable investments, more peer-to-peer, more professional development, more of a systemic investment that will transcend jurisdictions and boundaries — that is where we need to do more,” Newsom told Jewish Insider shortly after the announcement.

The council will include state legislators, civic leaders and representatives from minority communities, Anita Friedman, a Jewish community leader and longtime friend of the governor, told JI.

As part of the state’s massive $196 billion 2021 budget, more than $13 million was allocated to Holocaust education institutions around the state, including $10 million to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, which will fund a new exhibition on antisemitism. Newsom announced the council’s launch at an event hosted by the museum on Wednesday morning.

“The fundamental fear of the Holocaust is pretty pronounced when you look at the number of young people that don’t know, never heard of Auschwitz, don’t know what the Holocaust is, don’t sometimes believe it,” Newsom told JI. “I mean, they’re getting their history from Instagram. This is ominous. And so we have to make up for that.”
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Thank You Gov Newsom, this is simply a true leader taking the responsibility of his oath to honor & protect all citizens in his care.
Bravo~