Holocaust survivor Raymond Polak (middle) spoke at the Fallser Club on Sept. 15, alongside state Reps. Tarik Khan (left) and Mary Jo Daley (right). Polak spoke of his parents’ experience escaping from the Les Milles concentration camp in southeastern France in 1943, shortly before he was born. He spoke about his mother’s journey to safety after his birth and his father’s time with the French Resistance.
Concerned about rising antisemitism, Khan organized the event and wrote in a press release, “I was deeply disturbed last week to see antisemitic graffiti on the OY/YO sculpture …
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Holocaust survivor Raymond Polak (middle) spoke at the Fallser Club on Sept. 15, alongside state Reps. Tarik Khan (left) and Mary Jo Daley (right). Polak spoke of his parents’ experience escaping from the Les Milles concentration camp in southeastern France in 1943, shortly before he was born. He spoke about his mother’s journey to safety after his birth and his father’s time with the French Resistance.
Concerned about rising antisemitism, Khan organized the event and wrote in a press release, “I was deeply disturbed last week to see antisemitic graffiti on the OY/YO sculpture outside the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, just blocks from Independence Hall. ... People can criticize the Israeli government. But blaming Jewish people collectively for its actions is antisemitism. I reported the vandalism.”
