Interview - Severyn Ashkenazy

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What is your book, Swords of the Vatican, about?
What inspired you to write it?
Why do you say it is a book that all Jews and anti-Semites must read?
You’ve delivered the commencement speech at UCLA’s graduation been featured on the cover of Forbes (Poland edition) and helped develop West Hollywood in California. Why is this book so important?
As a survivor of the Holocaust, what do you want people to know about ne of the most horrific moments in all of history?
Why do people still push and believe in falsehoods surrounding the death and destruction of Jews and others during World War II?
Anti-Semitism is on the rise, across the world and especially in the United States. Does this surprise you?
You want to see a study done into why people become anti-Semitic and to identify who is susceptible to become an anti-Semite. Could we have hope that there is a way to prevent or eradicate anti-Semitism?
In exploring religion’s dark side, what have you learned?
Why do you say the Catholic Church has been nefarious, even to this day?
You unveil the true nature of political power. Please tell us what you discovered.
You founded the first progressive Jewish community in Poland since World War II. Why was it important to go back to rebuild the Jewish world there?
What does it mean to be a Jew today?
Is it healthy to have division and disagreement within the Jewish world?
You say we need to save the world from overpopulation and under-education. How do we do that?
You served as a board member of Congregation Beth Israel for 40 years, the oldest conservative synagogue in Los Angeles. What do you hope all Jewish houses of worship will teach its congregants?
You are helping to develop a department of Judaic Studies at a large US Catholic university and the largest Polish Catholic university. What will be the backbone of such a program?
Nearly 30 years ago, you were told that only 5,000 Jews were left in all of Poland. Now, there are 5,000. What role dd you play in that?
What type of scrutiny do you want to take place when looking at Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
Why do major Eastern religions philosophies – Buddhism, Shintoism, Hinduism, and Confucianism – continue to thrive in peace?

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