Phyllis Chesler – “The New Anti-Semitism: Reflections After A Decade on the Front Lines”

Title: The New Anti-Semitism: Reflections After A Decade on the Front Lines

Speaker: Dr. Phyllis Chesler

Date: February 28, 2013

Location: Fordham University, as part of the “Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective” Seminar Series

Phyllis Chesler is a best selling and influential author, a legendary feminist leader, and a psychotherapist and expert courtroom witness. She has lectured and organized women’s rights and human rights campaigns all over the world and has also appeared in the world media as an eloquent and passionate commentator on the major events of our time. She has lived in Kabul, Afghanistan, and in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. In her lecture, Dr. Chesler discussed her personal struggle to promote awareness of global antisemitism within Western academia.