The Collapse of our Integrity
Outskirts of Biet Hanoun, Gaza, as seen from Netiv HaAsara in the Gaza Envelope. “ Never again” can’t only mean never again for the Jews, read one of Los Angeles Holocaust Museum’s Instagram posts on September 4th, 2025. For decades, Holocaust museums and memorials have shown us, in better terms than anywhere else, the horrors of genocide; the intense efforts by the museums, in coordination with survivors and their descendants, have helped us recognize that genocide is the highest crime against humanity, against all of us. These museums have correctly called out other genocides while engaging in intense efforts to realize that never again means never again, for anyone . The Los Angeles Holocaust Museum’s post, later deleted due to “misinterpretation by some to be a political statement reflecting the ongoing situation in the Middle East,” was an example of this most honorable advocacy. Although not directly a reference to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the museum correctly recognized...
