Featuring Elite Experts Combating Antisemitism

February 9, 2020 "Incitement to Antisemitism: The Acquiescence of Universities to Relativism, Political Islam, and Unreported Financing" Dr. Charles Asher Small, Executive Director, ISGAP; Research Scholar, St. Antony's College, Oxford The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies Bar-Ilan University

February 11, 2020 “Understanding Contemporary Global Antisemitism: the University as the Purveyor of Delegitimization” Dr. Charles Asher Small, Executive Director, ISGAP; Research Scholar, St. Antony's College, Oxford Chairs Professor Alessandro Saggioro, “King Hamad” Chair for Inter-religious Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence, La Sapienza University Professor Andrea Carteny, Director of Research Center for Cooperation with Eurasia Mediterranean Sub-Saharan Africa Program Organizers Ramy Aziz, ISGAP Research Fellow Dr. Robert Hassan, Director, ISGAP Italy An ISGAP International Seminar Series lecture at La Sapienza University to an audience of40 PhD Students and Professors.

Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small Affiliation: Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Title: "Academia And Antisemitism Today" Date: December 9, 2010 Location: Global Forum on Antisemitism, Jerusalem Description: Dr. Charles Asher Small asserts that there is a blind spot in academia to deal with contemporary antisemitism.

Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small Affiliation: Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Title: "Oxford Union Debate on Holocaust Denial Criminalisation" Location: Oxford University Date: January 28, 2016 Description: Dr. Charles Asher Small explains the various phases of antisemitism throughout history and maintains that contemporary antisemitism attacks notion of Jewish peoplehood. Dr. Small argues that today, Islamist reactionary social movements use European antisemitism and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion to openly call for the extermination of the Jewish people and the destruction of the State of Israel. Dr Small argues that while antisemitism begins with the Jews, it never ends with the Jews, but threatens democratic principles and human rights worldwide.

Speaker: Dr. Catherine Chatterley Affiliation: Department of History, University of Manitoba; Founding Director, Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (CISA) Title: "Western Culture, the Holocaust, and the Persistence of Antisemitism" Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: March 5, 2009 Description: Dr. Catherine Chatterley examines the persistence of antisemitism in post-Holocaust Western culture and whether Holocaust education has failed to educate the public about the specific nature and history of antisemitism. She goes on to question whether it is possible that the strategy of Holocaust universalization -- a strategy perceived as making the Holocaust accessible to non-Jews -- has worked against achieving an adequate understanding of antisemitism and subsequently against the eradication of antisemitic discourse and thinking from Western culture.

Speaker: Dr. Robert S. Wistrich (z"l) Affiliation: Director, The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SICSA), Hebrew University, Jerusalem Title: "Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial in the Contemporary World" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: February 19, 2009 Description: Dr. Robert S. Wistrich (z"l) maintains that as the number of those who witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust are diminishing by the years, the challenges of communicating the atrocities of the Holocaust to the next generation are becoming exceedingly difficult. Many today, including teenagers, have been exposed to the literature of Holocaust denial and are becoming highly skeptical that such horrific brutalities had been committed against the Jews. Dr. Wistrich maintains that despite intense efforts of commemoration and education, the current generation is severely lacking in both the knowledge and understanding to effectively combat modern manifestations of antisemtisim.

Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Spyer Affiliation: Director, Rubin Center (formerly the GLORIA Center), Interdisciplinary Center of Herzliya; Fellow, Middle East Forum Title: "Antisemitism in the Contemporary Middle East: Survey And Analysis" Convener: Lloyd Fischler, Member, ISGAP Board of Directors and Board of Trustees Location: McGill University, Montreal, Canada Date: October 30, 2012 Description: Dr. Jonathan Spyer argues that the Middle East today is the most antisemitic region in the world. It is a region in which negative stereotypes of Jews, including ideas of Jewish conspiracy, exist in the mainstream. Spyer elucidates the pervasive presence of antisemtisim in contemporary Middle Eastern societies and notes two approaches that seek to explain the roots of this phenomenon. He goes on to explain the history of antisemitism and anti-Jewish sentiment in the contemporary Middle East.

Speaker: Dr. Milton Shain Affiliation: Director, Isaac & Jessie Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa Title: "Anti-Alienism, Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism In 20th Century South Africa" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: November 9, 2006 Description: Milton Shain notes that for many years, scholars have commented on the continuities, discontinuities, and contingencies of antisemitism through the ages, including: pagan and early Christian antisemitism, medieval and modern antisemitism, modern antisemitism and Nazism, and, more recently, antisemitism and anti-Zionism. He notes that while these debates are general in their focus, it is apparent that continuities, discontinuities, and contingencies are also discernible within national policies. The South African case in the twentieth century demonstrates continuities between anti-alienism at the turn of the century, the "Jewish Question" in the 1930s and early 1940s, and anti-Zionism during the latter part of th

Speaker: Dr. David Seymour Affiliation: Professor of Law, City University, London Title: "Critical Theory, the Holocaust, and Human Rights" Location: Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA Date: March 13, 2013 Description: Professor David Seymour deconstructs the modern comparison between Nazi Germany and the State of Israel. Seymour examines how the Holocaust is being exploited to demonize Israel and contribute to modern manifestations of antisemitism, namely the notion of Jewish peoplehood. Seymour notes that the Holocaust was “a universal crime committed on the body of the Jews,” and therefore in order for one to acquire a complete understanding of the Holocaust one must recognize its universal aspects and its particular Jewish dimensions.

Title: "The Internet and the Proliferation of Antisemitism" Topics, Speakers and Affiliations: Speaker: Dr. Abraham Wagner Affiliation: Professor of Law, Columbia University; Visiting Professor, New York University; Senior Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies on Terrorism Topic: "Antisemitism in the Internet Era" Speaker: Rabbi Abraham Cooper Affiliation: Associate Dean, Simon Wiesenthal Center Topic: "Digital Antisemitism" Speaker: Mark Dubowitz Affiliation: Executive Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Topic: "Terrorist Media as an Operational Weapon Used by Hezbollah, Hamas, and Other Terrorist Groups to Spread to Antisemitism?" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: August 23, 2010 Description: In this session, part of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA)/ International Association for the Study of Antisemitism (IASA)Inaugural "Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity" Conference (August 23-25, 2010), speakers discuss topics such as how

Title: "Islamism and the Construction of Jewish Identity" Topics, Speakers and Affiliations: Topic: "Iran and Antisemitism: Some Historical Notes" Speaker: Dr. Daniel Tsadik Affiliation: Associate Professor of Sephardic and Iranian Studies, Yeshiva University Topic: "The Roots of Modern Muslim Antisemitism: Jews and the Traditional Concept of Tolerance in Islam" Speaker: Dr. Jacob Lassner Affiliation: Professor Emeritus of Jewish Civilization in the departments of History and Religion, Northwestern University Topic: "Antisemitism in Iran: Continuities and Changes" Speaker: Dr. Meir Litvak Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Middle Eastern History; Director, Alliance Center for Iranian Studies, Tel-Aviv University Convener: Dr. Risa Sodi, Director, Language Program, Italian Language and Literature, Yale University Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: August 23, 2010 Description: In this session, part of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA)

Speaker: Dr. Gregory H. Stanton Affiliation: Research Professor in Genocide Studies and Prevention, George Mason University, Virginia Title: "Iran's Anti-Jewish Incitement To Genocide" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: October 7, 2010 Description: Dr. Gregory H. Stanton speaks about genocide prevention and notes that establishing genocide tribunals after genocides have already occurred is futile and that we, as a society, need to take preventive measures to prevent future genocides from occurring. He focuses on the genocidal rhetoric of the Iranian regime and makes a direct comparison between Nazi Germany and the Iranian regime. He goes on to break down, what he calls, the eight stages of genocide and states that from an analytic perspective it is necessary to understand each stage in order to better comprehend this phenomenon.

Title: "Models of Combating Antisemitism" panel as part of the YIISA/IASA Inaugural "Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity" Conference from August 23-25, 2010 Speakers, Affiliations and Topics: Speaker: Dr. Gilbert N. Kahn Affiliation: Professor of Political Science, Kean University Topic: "The Community Security Trust: Why is it Protecting British Jewry?" Speaker: Dr. Barry Kosmin Affiliation: Research Professor in the Public Policy & Law Program, Trinity College; Founding Director, Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture Topic: "Fighting Antisemitism in the UK: Moving from Reaction to Pro-action" Speaker: Dr. Winston Pickett Affiliation: Former Director, European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism Topic: "Countering Antisemitism in Britain: Do Calibrated Responses Work?" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: August 25, 2010 Description: This panel discussion is part of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism (YIISA)/ I

Title: "Welcome and Introductions" Speakers and Affiliations: Speaker: Rabbi James Ponet Affiliation: Director, Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life, Yale University, New Haven, CT Speaker: Deputy Provost Frances Rosenbluth Affiliation: Social Sciences and Faculty Development, Yale University, New Haven, CT Speaker: Aviva Raz Schechter Affiliation: Director for Combating Antisemitism, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small Affiliation: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: August 23, 2010 Description: Speakers make opening remarks for the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA)/ International Association for the Study of Antisemitism (IASA) Inaugural "Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity" Conference (August 23-25, 2010).

Speaker: Dr. Paul Lawrence Rose Affiliation: Professor of European History and Mitrani Professor of Jewish Studies, Pennsylvania State University Title: "Thinking about Antisemitism and Antisemitisms: Cultures, Emotions, Contexts" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: December 2, 2010 Description: As part of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA) "Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective" seminar series, Dr. Paul Lawrence Rose speaks about antisemitism as well as antisemitisms. He notes that it is necessary to look at each form of antisemitism from within its context, country and culture and examine whether there is one eternal antisemitism or whether there are many forms and variations of antisemitism.

Title: "Understanding the Impact of German Antisemitism and Nazism" Speakers, Affiliations and Topics: Speaker: Dr. Sebastian Voigt Affiliation: Research Associate, Simon-Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture, Leipzig, Germany (Institut fur Judische Geschichte und Kultur) Topic: "Leftist Antisemitic Anti-Zionism: The German Leftist Party as an Example of a European Trend within the Leftist Movement?" Speaker: Ulrike Becker Affiliation: University of Stuttgart Topic: “German Foreign Policy Towards Egypt After WWII” Speaker: Bjoern Milbradt Affiliation: University of Marburg Topic: “Conceptualizing Contemporary Antisemitism in Germany: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Results on a Flexible Prejudice” Speaker: Karin Stoegner Affiliation: Central European University Topic: “Antisemitism and Nationalism in ‘Postnational’ Europe?” Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: August 25, 2010 Description: This panel discussion is part of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study o

Title: "Global Antisemitism" Speakers, Affiliations and Topics: Speaker: Dr. Milton Shain Affiliation: Director of the Kaplan Centre for Jewish Studies and Research, University of Cape Town, South Africa Topic: "Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism in the 'New South Africa'" Speaker: Dr. Shalem Coulibaly Affiliation: Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Ouagadougou in the West African country of Burkina Faso; Senior Research Fellow, ISGAP. Topic: "Africa and Antisemitism: Myth or Reality? From Indifference to Antisemitic Temptation?" Speaker: Dr. Samuel Eppel Affiliation: Director, Human Rights Commission, B’nei Brith Venezuela Topic: "Chavez's Conversion, From Active Military to Militant Antisemite" Speaker: Dr. Alberto Nisman Affiliation: Federal Prosecutor and Chief Investigator of the 1994 car bombing of the Jewish center in Buenos Aires Topic: "International Terrorism and Antisemitism: The Islamic Fundamentalism's Attacks in Argentina" Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: August 24, 20

Title: "An Uncertain Sisterhood: Women and Antisemitism" Speakers, Affiliations and Topics: Speaker: Dr. Phyllis Chesler Affiliation: Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies, College of Staten Island (CUNY). Topic: "The History and Psychological Roots of Antisemitism Among Feminists, Their Gradual Stalinization and Palestinianization" Speaker: Thyme Siegel Affiliation: Writer and Instructor of Women’s Studies; Topic: "Sisterhood was Powerful and Global: Where Did It Go?" Speaker: Gloria Greenfield Affiliation: President and Founder, Doc Emet Productions Topic: "The Empress's New Clothes" Speaker: Dr. Nora Gold Affiliation: Writer-in-Residence and an Associate Scholar at the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Topic: "Fighting Antisemitism in the Feminist Community" Convener: Jennifer Roskies, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; Doctoral candidate, Bar-Ilan University; Research Consultant, ISGAP Location: Yale University, New

Title: "Self Hatred and Contemporary Antisemitism" Speakers, Affiliations and Topics: Speaker: Dr. Doron Ben-Atar Affiliation: Professor of History, Fordham University, New York Title: "Without Ahavath Yisrael: Thoughts on Radical Anti-Zionism at Brandeis" Speaker: Dr. Richard Landes Affiliation: Department of History, Boston University Title: "Scourges and Their Audiences: What Drives Jews to Loathe Israel Publicly and What To Do About It?" Speaker: Dr. Alvin Rosenfeld Affiliation: Professor of Jewish Studies and English, Indiana University; Director of the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, Indiana University Title: "Beyond Criticism and Dissent: On Jewish Contributions to the Delegitimation of Israel" AND "Roundtable: Discussions in the Study of Antisemitism" Speakers and Affiliations Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small Affiliation: Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Speaker: Dr. Alvin Rosenfeld Affiliation: Profess

Title: "Beyond the Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Committee and Its Response to Antisemitism" Speaker: Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias Affiliation: Graduate Fellow, YIISA Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: February 3, 2011 Description: Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias discusses the legal dimension of the human rights agenda within the United Nations. She examines whether there is an effective counter balance within the UN to its various highly politicized bodies, such as the Human Rights Council. While the UN emerged out of World War II and out of the ashes of the Holocaust, it continues to deny its own history and unjustly target Israel, turning the Jewish state into an international pariah. Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias questions whether the UN still has the ability to act as a legitimate mechanism in combating antisemtism.