<text>  Media mogul Harvey Weinstein said that he was very lucky to have never experienced anti-Semitism growing up - after making a rousing speech urging the Jewish community to get as organised as the mafia to tackle the problem. The Jewish studio executive, who co-founded film company Miramax before setting up The Weinstein Company, said he had been taught about the issue by his father who had served as a sergeant during World War II. He made the admission after he gave a passionate speech at the Simon Wiesenthal Centers National Tribute Dinner, where he urged listeners to stand up to anti-Semites and kick these guys in the ass. Harvey Weinstein right was introduced by actor Christoph Waltz as he received the Humanitarian Award from the Simon Wiesenthal Center at the glitzy ceremony in Beverly Hills. In his acceptance speech he urged the Jewish community to get as organised as the mafia to tackle anti-Semitism - although said afterwards he had never personally experienced it . When asked by the New York Post whether he had experienced anti-Semitism he said: Personally, no, adding: Im very lucky that way. My dad did, both in the Army and afterwards, so I can only identify and I feel strongly through him. Ive had a charmed life that way, but Im still outraged by whats going on. And we need to know and let the people who are doing those things know they cant get away with it. Charmed life: Harvey Weinstein pictured next to British actress Keira Knighley at the 18th Annual Hollywood Film Awards in November. His film company produced director Quentin Tarantinos wartime movie Inglourious Basterds, set during the Second World War and The Reader . Jewish: Weinstein said his father, who served during the World War Two, taught their family about the problems faced by Jewish communities around the world . His father Max Weinstein had helped the Haganah, a Jewish paramilitary organisation based in the Middle East which later became the Israeli Defence Force, during the war. Weinstein, 63, has produced films including The Kings Speech, Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Basterds set during the Second World War, and last week accepted the Humanitarian Award at the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Studies by the institute have shown that the number of attacks on Jewish communities around the world is at its highest since 1945. The New Yorker used his acceptance speech to tell the audience: I think its time that we, as Jews, get together with the Muslims who are honorable and peaceful but we also have to go and protect ourselves, The Hollywood Reporter wrote. Unfortunately, we Jews are gonna have to get as organised as the mafia. We just cant take it any more. We just cant take these things. Theres gotta be a way to fight back. While we must be understanding of our Arab brothers and our Islamic brothers, he added, we also have to understand that these crazy bs Arab and Islamic extremists are also killing their own theyre killing neighbours, theyre killing people from all sorts of different races. And, unlike World War II, when we didnt act right away and we paid the price, we better start acting now. Trust me, Im the last guy who wants to do anything about it, but I realize if we dont, we will perish. 