LEXI LANDSMAN

LEADING author and expert on subjects of Jewish interest, Dr Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, will spearhead this year’s United Israel Appeal (UIA) campaign.

The writer is best known for his international bestseller, Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust, which was published in 15 languages.

UIA NSW president Bruce Fink said Dr Goldhagen is uniquely positioned “to speak truthfully and forcefully about the perils Israel faces, their sources, and the necessary responses”.

“The Sydney Jewish community is fortunate that Dr Goldhagen has accepted our invitation to visit Australia, where we will be privileged to hear firsthand from an extraordinary human being and a great Jewish thinker,” Fink said.

Recently appointed campaign chairman Danny Taibel added: “Dr Goldhagen’s work educates the world on the atrocities that Jews have faced and is a heartfelt reminder that we will never again be subjected to the horrific persecution and suffering thrust upon us in the past.”

Dr Goldhagen is also the author of A Moral Reckoning and Worse Than War. He lectures internationally on the Holocaust, Israel and anti-Semitism today.

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