New Course:
How to be an Anti-Antisemite

America has recently seen antisemitism flare up on its streets, against its Jewish institutions and, exponentially, online. Public
harassment, desecration of sacred sites & vandalism have multiplied, as have the numbers of fatal shootings. On the far-right, tiki-torches marchers shout on America’s streets: “Jews will not replace us!” On the far-left, Israel-hating activists attack Jews in NYC’s neighborhoods and LA’s restaurants.

This hatred of Jews isn’t new. It is more than 2,000 years old. And though it expresses today in different guises than in the past, the core of what animates antisemitism has remained the same. Understanding this history, tracing back the birth and evolution of the different strands of antisemitism in time, allows us to better spot it, call it out for what it is, and confront it today, something we can no longer postpone doing.

This course is for anyone, Jewish or not, invested in combating racism and prejudice wherever and however it may appear. This is a necessary course. And its time is now.

Topics that will be covered during this course:

1. Jews & Christians: Separation & Consequences
2. Before & After the Crusades
3. Medieval Antisemitism
4. Luther, the Jews & The Renaissance
5. The Age of Enlightenment & the Jewish Question
6. Nationalism & Antisemitism: From Dreyfus to the “Protocols”
7. Antisemitism Before & After the Shoah (Holocaust)
8. Jews & Muslims: From Medina to Gaza
9. Antisemitism Today: at Home & Around the World

**The historical timeline for this course begins with the start of the Common Era and will not look at earlier expressions of anti-Judaism. Also, we will not cover the Shoah (Holocaust) itself as this would necessitate a course of its own.**

Sources used for this course will include but are not limited to scholarly works by H.H. Ben-Sasson, J. Efron et al, A.L. Sachar, D. Prager & J. Telushkin, J. Carroll, R.S. Wistrich, P. Goldstein and D.E. Lipstadt. All references and resources will be shared with participant for further exploration at the end of the course.