The Anti-Defamation League attacked the words of Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz at a recent cabinet meeting, according to which he said that the scale of assimilation in North America and the world is like a second Holocaust.
"The use of the term 'Holocaust' to describe mixed marriages is unacceptable and cheapens the Holocaust, and contributes to the already existing tension between Israel and American Jewry. As Education Minister and head of the United Right, we call on Rabbi Peretz to promote respectful dialogue and to resolve the existing disputes responsibly, "the league said.