What is Antisemitism, and how is it manifesting itself today? Is it on the rise globally? How does it differ in different parts of the world? Join a panel if U-M faculty as they discuss the issues surrounding antisemitism in our world. A Q&A will follow.

Panel:
Joshua Cole (moderator)
Acting Director, International Institute; Department of History

Karla Goldman
Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; School of Social Work
-Antisemitism and white supremacy

Julian Levinson
Department of English Language and Literature; Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies
-Antisemitism and the political left

Shachar Pinsker
Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
-Short historical perspective on antisemitism, Zionism, and Israel--and the lines between criticism of Israel and antisemitism today.

Steven Ratner
U-M Law School; Center for South Asian Studies; Center for Southeast Asian Studies; Donia Human Rights Center
-The regulation of hate speech in U.S. constitutional law and international human rights law

Alexandra Minna Stern
Department of American Culture; History; Women's Studies; Obstetrics and Gynecology
-How antisemitism sits at the core at the alt-right and particularly its distorted narrative of American history, touching on the role of social media in amplifying antisemitism

Jeffrey Veidlinger
Director, Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.
-The historical background of antisemitism

This event is co-sponsored by the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies and the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.