Category: Highlights

Statement on Recent Upsurge of Global Antisemitism

https://isgap.org/post/2021/08/statement-on-recent-upsurge-of-global-antisemitism/

An Important Message from ISGAP Like you, all of us at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy are watching in horror at the global impact of the Israel-Hamas conflict, and the calls to attack Jewish communities and individuals throughout the world.  While ISGAP welcomes the ceasefire, we remain alert as the […]

Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, Professor Rosa Freedman, Dr. Charles Asher Small Appointed Co-Directors of the ISGAP-Oxford Civil Servants Programme; Upcoming December 2021

https://isgap.org/post/2021/08/dr-ahmed-shaheed-professor-rosa-freedman-dr-charles-asher-small-appointed-co-directors-of-the-isgap-oxford-civil-servants-programme-upcoming-december-2021/

Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, Professor Rosa Freedman and Dr. Charles Asher Small will co-direct and serve as keynote speakers at the upcoming ISGAP-Oxford High-Level Online Workshop for Government Civil Servants and Policy Experts on Understanding and Combatting Antisemitism in December 2021. Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief; Senior Lecturer, School […]

Antisemitism and Societal Fragmentation: How can we Talk About Israel, Jews and Race? – Watch The Seminar

https://isgap.org/post/2021/08/antisemitism-and-societal-fragmentation-how-can-we-talk-about-israel-jews-and-race/

1 June, “Antisemitism and Societal Fragmentation: How can we Talk About Israel, Jews and Race?” Open Discussion with: Dr. Joel Finklestein, Director, Network Contagion Research Institute; Visiting Scholar, Madison Program for Ideas and Institutions, Princeton University Dr. Pamela Paresky, Senior Scholar, Network Contagion Research Institute; Visiting Senior Research Associate, Stevanovich Institute on the Formation of Knowledge […]

Upcoming Book – Poisoning the Wells: Antisemitism in Contemporary America

https://isgap.org/post/2021/08/upcoming-book-poisoning-the-wells-antisemitism-in-contemporary-america/

The United States was once the Golden Land where Jews could escape centuries of persecution. However, recent events suggest not only that this dream has not been realized but that general socioeconomic, political, and cultural trends are moving in the opposite direction. ISGAP’s forthcoming publication, Poisoning the Wells: Antisemitism in Contemporary America, provides a detailed analysis of contemporary antisemitism, […]

Groundbreaking Symposium on the Origins and Manifestations of Antisemitism from North Africa

https://isgap.org/post/2021/05/groundbreaking-symposium-on-the-origins-and-manifestations-of-antisemitism-from-north-africa/

19 May, “ISGAP Symposium on The Origins and Manifestations of Antisemitism from North Africa – Session One” Professor Yassin Abdel Aziz, University Ibnou Zohr, Morocco Ahmed Assid, Philosopher and Political Activist, Royal Institute of Amazigh Culture, Morocco Mohamed Abdelwahab al-Rafiqi, Ex-Salafist turned Social Activist against Extremism, Morocco Professor Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, Department of Middle Eastern and African History, […]

Groundbreaking Symposium on the Origins and Manifestations of Antisemitism from North Africa – Day Two

https://isgap.org/post/2021/03/groundbreaking-symposium-on-the-origins-and-manifestations-of-antisemitism-from-north-africa-day-two/

26 May, “ISGAP Symposium on The Origins and Manifestations of Antisemitism from North Africa – Session Two” Dr. Georges Bensoussan, Historian and Editor-In-Chief, Revue d’histoire de la Shoah, France Professor Tewfic Aclimandos, Department of International Relations, Collège de France; Visiting Professor, Cairo University; France Dr. Joël Kotek, Free University of Brussels and the Institut d’Etudes […]

Read ISGAP’s Chair and Human Rights Activist, Natan Sharansky op-ed in The Washington Post: The Sakharov Centenary arrives with an Urgently Needed Message About Freedom

https://isgap.org/post/2021/01/read-isgaps-chair-and-human-rights-activist-natan-sharansky-op-ed-on-the-washington-postthe-sakharov-centenary-arrives-with-an-urgently-needed-message-about-freedom/

19 May 2021 – The Washington Post Natan Sharansky, Chair of ISGAP, former political prisoner, and human rights activist, discusses Andrei Sakharov’s seminal essay challenging totalitarianism. Sharansky reflects upon his own life and the challenges to freedom in modern democracies. To read the full story, click here.

Read ISGAP’s Chair and Human Rights Activist, Natan Sharansky, discuss COVID-19, Antisemitism and more in Israel Hayom

https://isgap.org/post/2021/01/read-isgaps-chair-and-human-rights-activist-natan-sharansky-discuss-covid-19-antisemitism-and-more-in-israel-hayom/

Natan Sharansky, Chair of ISGAP, former political prisoner, and human rights activist, sat down with Israel Hayom to discuss the number of ways in which the coronavirus pandemic has affected the Jewish community, the political climate in Israel, and much more.   To read the full story, click here.

Digital Research Center

https://isgap.org/post/2020/12/introducing-the-isgap-digital-research-center/

The ISGAP Digital Research Center holds online courses, seminars and symposiums. It also includes ISGAP’s network of research scholars, faculty and students. Visit our new website and attend top lectures from the ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute, and explore our expanding library of digital courses, including a special course based on the best lectures from our International ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute, […]

ISGAP welcomes decision against Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) in the Fordham University case

https://isgap.org/post/2020/12/isgap-confronts-bigotry-the-sjp-and-the-ideology-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-at-u-s-universities/

ISGAP is at the forefront of fighting antisemitism within academia. ISGAP confronts bigotry, the SJP and the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, at U.S. universities.         New York, December 23, 2020 — The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) welcomed the decision by a New York appellate court on December 22 […]