It’s time for the Jewish community to shift focus away from the Holocaust, American-Israeli actress Natalie Portman opined Friday, stating that such focus has detracted from atrocities committed around the world.
“I think a really big question the Jewish community needs to ask itself, is how much at the forefront we put Holocaust education, ” Portman stated in an interview with the British Independent. “Which is, of course, an important question to remember and to respect, but not over other things.”
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Portman revealed that her views stemmed from her learning about the Rwandan Genocide.
“I was shocked that that [genocide] was going on while I was in school, ” she said. “We were learning only about the Holocaust and it was never mentioned and it was happening while I was in school.”
Read the full story at ARUTZ 7 NEWS, By Tova Dvorin, Chicago
