What is antisemitism, and how is it different from other kinds of racism? What forms does it assume and what are its primary tropes? When is anti-Zionism antisemitic and when is criticism of Israel antisemitic?
These questions and more were explored in this presentation, along with an understanding of how this impacts campus discourse among faculty and students.
Presented by Ron Hassner, Chancellor's Professor of Political Science and Helen Diller Family Chair in Israel Studies at the University of California Berkeley. He is also the faculty director of the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies and is the editor of the Cornell University Press book series “Religion and Conflict.” Prof. Hassner studies the role of ideas, practices, and symbols in international security with particular attention to the relationship between religion and violence.
