This week an extraordinary and unprecedented conference will be held in Jerusalem: Heads of state and prime ministers from more than 30 countries will come to Yad Vashem to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp and to honor the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust.

There has never been such a loud event in Israel in memory of the 6 million men, women, elders, and children of our people who were murdered and killed by humanity's most terrifying evil machine.

The impressive gathering in Jerusalem reflects an international consensus on the recognition of the terrible uniqueness of the Jewish people's holocaust and the need to fulfill the imperative "Don't forget!" This international recognition was first formally adopted in the resolution of the UN Assembly of November 1, 2005, to mark the day of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp, January 27, today the International Holocaust Remembrance Memorial.

The decision, which was initiated by former Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and a broad front of states, was unanimously adopted without voting - thus declaring a world-wide need for memory preservation both to honor victims and to learn lessons and prevent deterioration of similar atrocities in the future.

The impressive gathering of the important leaders at Yad Vashem is an opportunity to examine everything that has been done since the UN decision to date in the fight against anti-Semitism and racism, Holocaust denial and memory preservation. The official events held in many countries on this bleak day, as well as the historic, museums and historical activities, can be blessed. In many places, the information and the memory are imparted, thus combating ignorance, indifference and deliberate blurring.

However, unfortunately, anti-Semitism is on the rise: Unfortunately, the data collected in quite a few countries indicate an unprecedented increase in the number of anti-Semitic violent incidents, including the murder of Jews in their home, school or synagogue. The Jerusalem conference must therefore give strong momentum to a joint effort to reverse the trend.

The way to deal with hate crimes is, of course, through appropriate legislation and determined enforcement of the law by the appropriate authorities in each state. However, looking ahead, we must think about the long-term, and therefore the younger generation.

I would like to take advantage of the gathering moment and the headliner in Jerusalem to call on all governments and all leaders to think about the next day: We must understand that the only way to ensure a future of tolerance and inclusion is through education.

I call for investing in ambitious and far-reaching educational programs to combat racism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia and the rejection of diversity, as we, too, in the Jewish Agency work to promote through the Jewish Agency's emissaries and missionaries around the world. This can be done jointly, through international bodies such as the International Holocaust Memorial Alliance (IHRA), or frameworks that will be set up to address this issue. But none of us are exempt from the obligation to instill in the younger generation a deep commitment to tolerance, understanding, and acceptance of the other. 75 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz camp, widespread war against antisemitism and hatred must be launched wherever they raise their heads. In doing so, we give real respect to those who perished in the Holocaust and comforting meaning to their victims.

The impressive gathering reflects a consensus around the recognition of the terrible uniqueness of the Jewish people's holocaust and the need to uphold the imperative "Don't forget!"

The writer is the chairman of the Jewish Agency