Yosef Zissels, “Jewish Identity and Antisemitism: Forms and Mutual Influences”
https://isgap.org/media/2016/07/yosyf-zissels-jewish-identity-and-antisemitism-forms-and-mutual-influences/
May 20, 2016 Yosef Zissels Ukrainian civic leader, Executive Co-President of the Association of Jewish Organizations and Communities of Ukraine (Vaad of Ukraine), Executive Co-President of the Congress of Ethnic Communities of Ukraine, and Chairman of the General Council of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress. Location: Center for Jewish Studies, Seminar Room Time: 6:00 P.M.
Resentment, Anxiety and Careerism: Accounting for Antisemitism in the Academy and Among the Intelligentsia
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/resentment-anxiety-and-careerism-accounting-for-antisemitism-in-the-academy-and-among-the-intelligentsia/
Recently I’ve been professionally involved in surveys of two very different Jewish populations – one of Jewish university students on 55 American campuses and the other of Jewish leaders in 28 European countries. Yet a majority of respondents in both surveys reported great concern about antisemitism. The 2013 Pew Survey revealed that older American Jews […]
Dr. Yossi Kuperwasser, “Similarities and Differences Between Antisemitism and the Contemporary Delegitimization of the Democratic Nation State of the Jewish People”
https://isgap.org/media/2016/06/dr-yossi-kuperwasser-similarities-and-differences-between-antisemitism-and-the-contemporary-delegitimization-of-the-democratic-nation-state-of-the-jewish-people/
Dr. Yossi Kuperwasser Director, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Location: Leacock Building, Room 738 Time: 6:00 P.M. Convener: Michelle Whiteman, Director, ISGAP Canada
The Terror Attack at the Pulse Club in Orlando
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/the-terror-attack-at-the-pulse-club-in-orlando/
Too many similarities and some differences mark the terror attack in Tel Aviv on June 8 and the terror attack in Orlando on June 12. In Tel Aviv, two cousins inspired by hateful incitement blended into the crowd with a mission to kill as many civilians as possible. They used improvised weapons (Carl Gustav) and […]
The Terror Attack in the Tel Aviv Sarona Market
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/the-terror-attack-in-the-tel-aviv-sarona-market/
By now there is wide coverage in various media outlets of the terror attack in Tel Aviv close to IDF Headquarters. The Atlanta Journal & Constitution – which did not report on the shooting – reported today on a few reactive measures enacted by Israel. The confusion of the first moments was understandable and initially […]
Erdogan, the AKP and Antisemitism
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/erdogan-the-akp-and-antisemitism/
Turkey’s 15-20,000 Jewish community is on high alert. Just a few months ago Sky News broke a story that Islamic State, otherwise known as ISIS or ISIL, was planning attacks specifically against Turkey’s Jews. Inevitably, security was heightened, schools were closed and community events were postponed. The alert points to the precarious situation of Turkey’s […]
Antisemitism and anti-Zionism: Same Idea, New Cloak
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/antisemitism-and-anti-zionism-same-idea-new-cloak/
Comparing antisemitism and Anti-Zionism and showing that the latter is the modern form of the former may be easy if we simply use the US state department 2010 definition of antisemitism that states that “Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism […]
Colombia Unbecoming: Hate Week Comes to Latin America
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/colombia-unbecoming-hate-week-comes-to-latin-america/
What is known in English as Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) has made it to Colombia in the form of the Semana contra el Apartheid Israelí. The “week” consisted of a 4 hour session on April, Friday 22, at a public university in Bogotá, featuring Palestinian, South African, Brazilian and Colombian speakers, and a 4 hour […]
“The Politics of Memory in Contemporary Ukraine and Antisemitism”
https://isgap.org/media/2016/05/the-politics-of-memory-in-contemporary-ukraine-and-antisemitism/
Apr. 21, “The Politics of Memory in Contemporary Ukraine and Antisemitism” Professor Yaroslav Hrytsak Ukrainian Catholic University at Lviv, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, and Central European University in Budapest Location: NaUKMA Museum Time: 7:00 P.M.
Taras Voznyak, “Overcoming Antisemitism: A Practical Experience. The Case of the Ї Independent Journal”
https://isgap.org/media/2016/05/taras-voznyak-overcoming-antisemitism-a-practical-experience-the-case-of-the-%d1%97-independent-journal/
Mar. 24, 2016 “Overcoming Antisemitism: A Practical Experience. The Case of the Ї Independent Journal” Taras Voznyak, Ukrainian culture expert and political scientist, founder and editor-in-chief of the independent cultural journal Ї, executive director of the Ukrainian Center of the International PEN Club Location: Center for Jewish Studies, Seminar Room Time: 6:00 P.M.