A panel of refugee and immigration experts sit in a row in a large auditorium, with Executive Director of the 探花精选 in Atlanta, Justin Howell, on the far left. Around them are stage lights, film cameras, and a projection of 'The US and the Holocaust' promotion card.
The 探花精选 in Atlanta鈥檚 Executive Director, Justin Howell, was invited to speak as part of an important panel discussion following a screening of 'The U.S. and the Holocaust.'
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On the evening of September 28, the 探花精选 in Atlanta鈥檚 Executive Director, Justin Howell, was invited to speak as part of an important panel discussion following a screening of The U.S. and the Holocaust, a new three-part documentary by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein that examines America鈥檚 response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. 

Hosted by Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) and moderated by Dr. Edward Queen, Emory University Center of Ethics, the panel featured distinguished leaders Sally Levine, Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, Dov Wilker, American Jewish Committee, and Adina Langer, Museum of History and Holocaust Education.

鈥淚t was an honor to join prominent members of the Jewish community to discuss the lessons learned from the U.S.鈥檚 anemic response to our Jewish brothers and sisters seeking protections from Nazi atrocities,鈥 shared Justin. 鈥淚n the U.S. during the 1930s and 1940s there was a general animus towards Jews in particular and immigrants broadly, U.S. immigration policies were unwelcoming to those fleeing persecution, and examples abound of dehumanization and intentionally stoking fear towards Jews and other immigrants鈥攖his xenophobia and scapegoating of immigrants draws chilling parallels with our current cultural and political climate. I hope that this discussion will help us all better understand the human cost of inaction in the face of oppression and leads to a recommitment among communities throughout this country to actualize the American ideals of freedom and hope for all who seek the protections and opportunity that this country claims to offer the world.鈥 

We are so grateful to GPB and Emory University Center for Ethics for hosting this urgent and important discussion. Watch the recording of the panel discussion on the below and watch all three parts of 鈥楾he U.S. and the Holocaust鈥 on the

 

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