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Dr. Charles Asher Small - Address To The UN by ISGAP

Speaker: Dr. Alexsandra Gliszcynska-Grabias Affiliation: Researcher, Poznan Human Rights Centre, Institute of Legal Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences; Vice President, “Open Republic” Association against Antisemitism and Xenophobia Title: “Swastika as a Symbol of Happiness: Polish Judges and Prosecutors on Antisemitic and Racist Hate Cases” Location: Fordham University, Lincoln Center, as part of the ISGAP seminar series “Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective” Date: March 6, 2014

Speaker: Gregory Gordon Affiliation: Associate Professor of Law, University of North Dakota; Director, UND Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies. Title: “The Enemy Within: A Neo-Nazi Takeover in the American Heartland?” Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: ISGAP Office, New York Date: February 6, 2014 Description: Gregory Gordon speaks about the consequences of neo-Nazi groups attempting to takeover of the midland of the United States. He notes that while contemporary antisemtism, such as the demonization of Israel, have become “acceptable” forms of antisemitism, there are still groups of neo-Nazis attempting to take over small towns in the United States.

Speaker: Elyakim Rubinstein Affiliation: Supreme Court Justice of Israel and the Attorney General of Israel from 1997 to 2004 Title: "Reflections on Antisemitism and Israel" Location: Harvard Law School Date: April 3, 2013 Elyakim Rubinstein was the Attorney General of Israel from 1997 to 2004 and is now serving as a Judge on the Supreme Court of Israel. Rubinstein, a lifelong Israeli diplomat and civil servant, has had an influential role in that country’s internal and external politics, most notably in helping to shape its peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan. Early life Born in Tel Aviv, he earned his bachelor’s (1969) and master’s (1974) degrees from Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Speaker: Ambassador Ephraim Halevy Affiliation: Head of the Center for Strategic Policy Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s School of Public Policy (2003-2011); Former Director of Mossad, Israel Title: “Sovereignties and Players Local and International – Old and New – Struggling to Reshape a Crumbling Middle East Landscape. Quo Vadis?” Location: Columbia University, New York Date: April 2, 2014

Title: “Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity” (Part 1) Date: November 12, 2013 Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small Affiliation: Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Description: Dr. Charles Asher Small speaks about the mission of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) and the need for rigorous, academic, high caliber research on the lethal phenomenon of antisemitism. Dr. Small highlights that the process of globalization has led to an increased in adversarial identity politics. It is in this environment that Israel - the central manifestation of contemporary Jewish identity - has become the focus of scapegoating and hateful rhetoric. He maintains that the old ideologies and tendencies of antisemitism have reemerged and fused with anti-Zionism, or Israel bashing. Dr. Small goes on to assert that new structural realities within the realm of international relations, as w

Title: “Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity” (Part 3) Date: November 12, 2013 Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small Affiliation: Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Description: This is the third installment in "Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity," a lecture given by Dr. Charles Asher Small at Harvard University. Dr. Small answers questions from the audience. He concludes by asserting that many in the Academy and in the West have forgotten how to defend democratic principles.

Speaker: Hon. Irwin Cotler Affiliation: Professor of Human Rights, McGill University (on leave); Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Canada Title: “The Iranian Regime: Some Inconvenient Truths about Antisemitism and Human Rights” Location: University of Miami, Florida Date: February 13, 2014

November 6, 2013 Haras Rafiq, Founding Director of CENTRI (Counter Extremism Consultancy, Training, Research and Interventions) Introductory Remarks by Convener Dr. Richard Stone, Professor of Law, Columbia University Law School

Title: “Antisemitism, Higher Education, and the Law” (Part 1) Date: December 3, 2013 Speaker: Kenneth Marcus Affiliation: President and General Counsel, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law. Location: Harvard University Conveners: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Charles Freilich, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Description: Kenneth Marcus examines the decisions by the United States Office of Education for Civil Rights (OCR), which simultaneously issued four rulings dismissing major cases regarding antisemitism pending before it. The decisions left many wondering whether the body is serious about dealing with allegations of antisemitism. He notes that the OCR is one of the most important federal institutions set with ensuring non-discrimination in educational institutions and therefore asks how all of the cas

Title: “Antisemitism, Higher Education, and the Law” (Part 2) Date: December 3, 2013 Speaker: Kenneth Marcus Affiliation: President and General Counsel, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law. Location: Harvard University Conveners: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Charles Freilich, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School Description: Kenneth Marcus examines the decisions by the United States Office of Education for Civil Rights (OCR), which simultaneously issued four rulings dismissing major cases regarding antisemitism pending before it. The decisions left many wondering whether the body is serious about dealing with allegations of antisemitism. He notes that the OCR is one of the most important federal institutions set with ensuring non-discrimination in educational institutions and therefore asks how all of the cas

Title: “Multiculturalism and Marginalization: A Double-Edged Sword,” as part of the ISGAP Seminar Series “Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective” Date: April 24, 2014 Speaker: Jennifer Roskies Affiliation: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; Doctoral Candidate, Bar-Ilan University; Research Consultant, ISGAP Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: ISGAP Center, New York Description: Jennifer Roskies discusses multiculturalism and marginalization in the contemporary context.

Title: “Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity” (Part 2) Date: November 12, 2013 Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small Affiliation: Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Description: This is the second installment of "Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity," a lecture given by Dr. Charles Asher Small at Harvard University. Dr. Small maintains that the Academy has failed to condemn the rise of Islamism, especially in relation to its lack of acceptance of the "Other," as seen, for example, in its vitriolic prejudice against the Jewish people, as well as its lack of basic notions of human rights and democratic principles. Dr. Small asserts that intellectuals, such as Edward Sayid, who attempt to undermine the legitimacy of Jewish self-determination, the State of Israel and Jewish historical narratives in the diaspora, need to be critically examined with regard to the role of the reemergence of antisemi

Title: “The West’s Auto-Immune Disease: How the Free World Has Confused Its Friends and Its Enemies” Date: February 19, 2014 Speaker: Melanie Phillips Affiliation: British journalist, author and public commentator Location: ISGAP Center Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Description: Melanie Phillips speaks about the boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel as part of the broader campaign to delegitimize Israel. Phillips notes that the BDS movement seeks not a two state solution, but the elimination of Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people. She notes, however, that the true peril inherent in the BDS movement is not the financial loses to Israel, but its efforts to isolate, stigmatize and demonize the Jewish state in the international arena.

Dr. Matthias Küntzel, Hamburg Technical College; Research Associate, Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, Hebrew University, Jerusalem March 11, 2014

Dr. Matthew Levitt, Fromer-Wexler Fellow; Director, Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Monday, March 10, 2014

Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small Affiliation: Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Title: United Nations Q&A - "The Silence of the Human Rights Community" Location: United Nations Headquarters, New York Date: April 28, 2014 Description: Dr. Small’s address ("The Silence of the Human Rights Community Amid the Threat of Contemporary Global Antisemitism, Demonisation and Incitement Against the Jewish People") was part of the conference, “The Human Rights Dimension: Addressing the “new” Antisemitism and Related Intolerance”, sponsored by the Engr Eze Foundation, Proclaiming Justice to The Nations (PJTN), and the World Council of Independent Christaian Churches (WCICC).

Title: "Arab Antisemitism: Indigenous Phenomenon or Foreign Import" Date: January 26, 2006 Speaker: Michael Oren Affiliation: Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Description: Former Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren explores Arab, Middle Eastern, and Muslim antisemitism.

Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz Minister of Transportation and Road Safety Former Minister of Defense and and Chief of Staff of the IDF April 30, 2008

Title: “Sub-Saharan Africa, Globalization and Antisemitism” (French) Date: Feb 26, 2013 Speaker: Dr. Shalem Coulibaly Affiliation: Professor of Philosophy, Université de Ouagadougou in the West African country of Burkina Faso; Senior Research Fellow, ISGAP. Location: Mcgill University Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP)