Ukraine - Rector of major Ukraine College says “no such thing as anti-Semitism”

Pr. Mykola Golavatiy

Pr. Mykola Golavatiy, MAUP's rector insists that MAUP (Interregional Academy of Personnel Management), is not anti-Semitic. "There is no such thing as anti-Semitism anyway, it's a concept invented by scientists," he maintains. "Those [Jewish] organizations are anti-Semitic. Every time there is talk of Jews, they say it's anti-Semitism."

Golavatiy holds one organization responsible for everything: Chabad - the most prominent and best-known Jewish entity in Ukraine today, which in the eyes of many locals represents all Jews.

"Chabad gave the world nothing good," he grumbles. "Something is wrong with them. This is an international organization with branches around the world and you cannot say they are for peace; they do evil things. They are also tied to extremism and terrorist actions."

As far as he's concerned, what is really at issue is a battle over academic freedom. "There are not only positive things in Jews and Judaism, there are also negative things, and nobody will deprive me of the possibility to research these negative things in the history of the Jews," he said. "The UN ruled in 1975 that Zionism is racism. It is necessary to study this as well and understand why it was said."

Source: www.haaretz.com

Date: Feb 6, 2008

By Anshel Pfeffer

pic. Biatichlav Tolchinski

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