Tag: Institute for the study of Contemporary Antisemitism

Conspiracy Theories Among Refugees in Germany: Preliminiary Findings of an Empirical Study

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Feb. 23, “Conspiracy Theories Among Refugees in Germany: Preliminary Findings of an Empirical Study” Dr. Günther Jikeli, Associate Professor Justin M. Druck Family Scholar at the Institute for the study of Contemporary Antisemitism, Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University. Location: ARTS Building, McGill Room W20 Time: 5:00 P.M. 

Islamist Terrorism and Antisemitism

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Combating Islamist ideology and understanding the Islamism-Antisemitism nexus will be key in the battle against terrorism and antisemitism A review of terrorist acts over the last 15 years shows a sharp rise of Islamist terrorism–[1] that is, terrorist acts justified by an Islamist-Jihadist ideology, the perpetrators’ interpretation of “true” Islam. Most indications suggest that Jihadist […]

Assessing the New Wave of Judeophobia in France

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Today, few commentators deny the new wave of hatred against Jews in France. Indeed, many increasingly acknowledge that this is a global phenomenon. Assessing antisemitism in France is not only important for an evaluation of the threat for Jewish communities, but for French society in general. Moreover, the French case, in which this new wave […]

Europe, the Vatican and the Normalization of Antisemitism

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On Sunday January 17th, 2016 Pope Francis made his first visit as Pontiff to the Great Synagogue in Rome. This was a significant event, the third such visit by a Pontiff to the Great Synagogue. Importantly, it followed on the heels of the October commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, where the Pontiff […]