In this radical essay, noted scholar Shmuel Trigano identifies a paradox in modern discourse on the Holocaust and what he calls the devoir de mémoire. While the world’s guilt over the atrocity has been partially assuaged by awareness and sensitivity cultivated in the latter half of the Twentieth Century, Trigano points out that the Israeli/Palestinian conflict has revealed shocking new waves of anti-Semitism that are going unnoticed by the global community. Trigano explores this “perverse logic” while fueling the persistent debate over the painful past and uncertain future of the Jewish people.