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Bill Maher and Nicholas Kristof: In Defense of Israel | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Podcast Episode #29: Is “Apartheid” the New Normal?
Featuring lively debates on future Diaspora-Israel relations with Natan Sharansky, Rachel Azaria, Bethamie Horowitz, Bret Stephens and many more.
AEN hosted a webinar with Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, a lecturer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and co-founder of the AMCHA Initiative, a nonprofit that combats campus antisemitism. Rossman-Benjamin discussed how Jews and Israel are presented in the field of Ethnic Studies both in California and the broader United States. The webinar was organized and moderated by Professor Joel Hass (UC Davis), chair of AEN’s Interest Group for Faculty in California
AEN hosted a webinar featuring Cherryl Smith, Professor Emerita of English at California State University- Sacramento. Smith discussed her new book Framing Israel: A Personal Tour of Media and Campus Rhetoric. AEN member Amy Elman, Professor of Political Science at Kalamazoo College, moderated the discussion.
This webinar featured a panel of experts who shared multiple perspectives on the utility and impact of the recent Executive Order: Joe Cohn, legislative and policy director for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE); Alyza D. Lewin, president and general counsel at the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law; and Benjamin Ryberg, chief operating officer and director of research at The Lawfare Project. The webinar recording includes the opening and closing remarks of the panelists as breakout sessions were off the record and not recorded
This video is part of the Antisemitism Education Initiative on the Berkeley campus. This video charts the history of antisemitism from its origins until today. It tackles the hard questions about different and changing forms of antisemitism, persistent anti-Jewish stereotypes, the complex racial position of Jews in contemporary America, and the precise line between criticism of Israel and antisemitism. Click here to read more.
Symposium on the 100th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration: From the Declaration to the UN Partition Plan
Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism
Irwin Cotler: “Antisemitism: Assault on Human Rights and Our Common Humanity”, Sunday, February 13, 2022
Deborah Lipstadt on Fighting Antisemitism and Hatred
AEN hosted a webinar with Dr. Einat Wilf, the prominent Israeli author and thought leader. Wilf discussed Israel’s growing legitimacy in the Middle East, particularly in the wake of the recent Abraham Accords, and contrasted these developments with the anti-Zionist currents founds in certain corners of the West.
AEN hosted a webinar with Professor Dale Carpenter, the Judge William Hawley Atwell Chair of Constitutional Law at Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law. Carpenter spoke on the topic, “Free Speech and Equality on Campus: Some Principles and Recommendations.”
AEN hosted a webinar featuring Avi Avital, a neuroscientist at the Technion in Haifa. Avital discussed the successes – and failures – in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic on the part of the Israeli government and medical institutions, as well as various sectors of Israeli society. AEN member Gary Grossman, Professor of Animal Ecology at the University of Georgia, moderated the discussion.
AEN’s inaugural webinar featured Gil Troy, professor of history at McGill University and author of The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland – Then, Now, Tomorrow. Troy described how the ideas and concepts discussed in his book could serve as catalysts for rigorous, proactive discussions about Zionism and Israel which counter the one-sided narrative often heard on many campuses.
@eddiemarsan on why antisemitism is a “trendy racism”
AEN hosted a webinar with Kenneth L. Marcus, the Founder and Chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, and a former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education for Civil Rights. Marcus discussed ways of recognizing and addressing antisemitism in higher education, as well as his own work in the field.
AEN hosted a webinar with Cary Nelson, Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, who discussed his newly released research paper, “Not In Kansas Anymore: Academic Freedom in Palestinian Universities.” This paper, the first in AEN’s newly launched Research Paper Series, details how academic freedom is suppressed on Palestinian campuses through violent factionalism, religious extremism, and incitement.
AEN’s third webinar featured Matti Friedman, the prominent Israeli journalist and author. Friedman discussed how Israel’s Mizrahi population (Jews from Arab countries and their descendants) has shaped and shifted Israeli politics, culture, and society, and how to integrate these narratives into on-campus discussions.
The escalating level of political violence in the United States and around the world raises serious red flags about the erosion of democratic norms and the growing distrust of peaceful political processes.