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Rabbi Yaakov Baruch lights a menorah in the Shaar HaShamayim synagogue in Indonesia. (Yaakov Baruch via JTA.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Jordyn Haime<\/p>\n

Some Muslim groups in Indonesia are demanding the closure of the country\u2019s first permanent Holocaust exhibition, charging that it is part of an effort to normalize Indonesia\u2019s relations with Israel.<\/p>\n

The exhibit launched timed to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27 and is located at Indonesia\u2019s only synagogue, Shaar HaShamayim, located in Indonesia\u2019s North Sulawesi province. \u201cShoah: How is it Humanly Possible?\u201d was created by the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center, which is based in Israel.<\/p>\n

Yaakov Baruch, Shaar Hashamayim\u2019s rabbi, said his motivation to open the exhibition was personal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I had this idea to build a Holocaust museum, the reason was to remember my family who died in the Holocaust on my grandmother\u2019s side,\u201d Baruch said. \u201cAnd I also want to educate Indonesians on the danger of antisemitism, especially the danger of hate crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

But groups protesting the exhibition say they see it as part of Israel\u2019s attempts to normalize relations with Indonesia and the occupation of Palestinian territories, according to\u00a0BenarNews,<\/a>\u00a0an online news service affiliated with Radio Free Asia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe demand any exhibition be stopped and the museum be canceled [and] discontinued,\u201d said Sudarnoto Abdul Hakim, the head of foreign relations and international cooperation of the country\u2019s Indonesian Ulema Council, a top Islamic clerical body known as MUI.<\/p>\n

\u201cJewish communities and the descendants of Jewish people everywhere, including in Indonesia and North Sulawesi, should also see fairly clearly the brutal acts that have been perpetrated by Israeli Zionists against the Palestinian people since 1948,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

MUI \u2014 which was once chaired by Indonesia\u2019s vice president, Ma\u2019run Amin \u2014 is known in Indonesia as holding conservative and sometimes controversial religious opinions.<\/p>\n

But representatives of other groups have expressed similar sentiments. Hidayat Nur Wahid, deputy speaker of Indonesia\u2019s legislative branch, the People\u2019s Consultative Assembly, and a lawmaker with the faith-based Prosperous Justice Party, told BenarNews that he objected to the exhibit\u2019s ties to Yad Vashem because of the museum director\u2019s ties to Israel\u2019s settlements in the West Bank.<\/p>\n

Dani Dayan, who is the former chair of the Yesha Council, an umbrella organization for Israeli West Bank settlements,\u00a0was appointed to lead Yad Vashem last summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, representatives from Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesia\u2019s largest Islamic organization \u2014 and the largest Islamic organization in the world \u2014 have\u00a0spoken out in support<\/a>\u00a0of the exhibition. The local government was also supportive, according to a source familiar with the situation.<\/p>\n

The demand to shutter the exhibit arises amid circulating rumors of increased diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Israel, which do not currently have formal ties. Last month,\u00a0Israeli officials said<\/a>\u00a0U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised the possibility of normalized relations, suggesting that Indonesia might join several other Muslim nations in opening ties with Israel. The claim was later confirmed by the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but\u00a0officials have played down the reports<\/a>\u00a0of increased discussion.<\/p>\n

Barriers to normalized relations remain high<\/a>, including fears from Indonesia\u2019s current leaders that they would lose the support of the majority-Muslim public, who want independence for the Palestinian people. The country\u2019s constitution states that \u201cindependence is the right of all peoples,\u201d meaning the nation of islands supports Palestinian independence. Indonesia has long supported a two-state solution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many reports now in mass media that cannot be confirmed,\u201d said Teuku Faizasyah, Indonesia\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson, at a news briefing in January. \u201cIndonesia\u2019s principle on Palestinian issues remains unchanged. We support the Palestinians and we will continue to work on the two-state solution for the freedom of Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n

That policy agenda can easily translate into antisemitism, according to Mun\u2019im Sirry, a professor of world religions and world church at the University of Notre Dame.<\/p>\n

\"Shaar<\/p>\n

A photo of the door to the Shaar HaShamayim synagogue in Indonesia. (Yaakov Baruch via JTA.org)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIndonesians do not always distinguish between Jews and Israelis,\u201d Sirry said. \u201cThey also do not distinguish between the foreign policy of the state and the people of Israel. And that is a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Sirry, antisemitic discourse existed in Indonesia before the founding of the state of Israel. But it became more prominent in public life as more religious groups and parties emerged following the fall of the authoritarian Suharto regime in 1998.<\/p>\n

He refers to Indonesia\u2019s situation as \u201cantisemitism without Jews\u201d \u2014 antisemitism is on the rise, but the country is home to virtually no Jews.<\/p>\n

It is not illegal to practice Judaism in Indonesia, but many Jews try to keep a low profile and practice in private. There are only five legally-recognized religions \u2014 Christianity, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism \u2014 meaning Jews have to identify with one.<\/p>\n

Baruch\u2019s ID card says he is Christian, but he says Jews in majority-Muslim areas identify as Muslim.<\/p>\n

\"Rabbi<\/p>\n

Rabbi Yaakov Baruch makes a speech at the Shaar HaShamayim synagogue in Indonesia. (Yaakov Baruch via JTA.org)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Baruch estimates that there are only 20 to 30 practicing traditional Sephardic Jews at his synagogue and another 20 to 30 Jews in Jakarta who practice at home.<\/p>\n

Most, like Baruch himself, are descendants of Dutch Jews who first came to Indonesia in the 17th century with the Dutch East India Company. The community built a synagogue in Surabaya in 1939, which was\u00a0destroyed in 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce I was attacked with my pregnant wife in Jakarta because I was wearing a kippah,\u201d he said. \u201cBut now, my hometown [Tondano, North Sulawesi] is much more safe because there are a lot of Christian people here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baruch added that the local government has provided support and security to the small Jewish community since the synagogue was constructed there in 2004.<\/p>\n

Richelle Budd Caplan, director of international relations and projects for Yad Vashem\u2019s International School for Holocaust Studies, said the exhibit at Shaar HaShamayim is part of an effort to release Holocaust documentary content in 20 languages.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that this exhibition and others like it will continue to raise awareness about the Holocaust and bring more opportunities to the citizens of Indonesia, Asia and the world to learn about the atrocities that took place in the not-so-distant past,\u201d said Caplan, who attended the opening in Sulawesi via Zoom.<\/p>\n

JTA reached out to Steven Kandouw \u2014 the deputy governor of North Sulawesi province who attended the museum\u2019s opening \u2014 as well as the MUI and Indonesia\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but did not receive responses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will fight for it,\u201d Baruch said of the Holocaust exhibition in his synagogue. \u201cThis is about our people. I want to remember that my grandmother\u2019s family, that 6 million Jews, died in the Holocaust.\u201d<\/p>\n

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