Featuring Elite Experts Combating Antisemitism

Title: “Worse than Their Enemies: Anti-Semitism among Jews” Date: February 6, 2014 Speaker: Emanuele Ottolenghi Affiliation: Senior Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, Washington DC Location: Fordham University, New York Conveners: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Doron Ben-Atar, Department of History, Fordham University Description: Emanuele Ottolenghi speaks about how occasionally Jews, themselves, are their own worst enemies. He deconstructs the antisemitic notion that Jews control the media and other aspects of society, noting that some of the most infamous critics of Israel in the media are Jewish, while some of the most compelling pro-Israel writers are not Jewish.

The Dr. James Sacks Conference: The Psychological Impact of the Threat of Contemporary Genocidal Antisemitism: From Denial and Paralysis to Understanding the Challenge – Part 2 Title: “Coaching for Killing: What Motivational Mechanisms Underlie Islamists Terrorists’ Ideology” Date: April 28, 2009 Speaker: Idit Shalev Affiliation: Post-Doctorate Associate, YIISA Panel Discussion (Min. 26:30)– Stevan Hobfoll, Neil Kressel and Idit Shalev Title: “Victims of Success: How Envious Antisemitism Foments Genocidal Intent and Undermines Bystanders’ Moral Outrage” (Min. 48:10) Speaker: Peter Glick Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Lawrence University Location: Yale University

The Dr. James Sacks Conference: The Psychological Impact of the Threat of Contemporary Genocidal Antisemitism: From Denial and Paralysis to Understanding the Challenge – Part 1 Date: April 28, 2009 Introduction by Charles Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Speakers and Affiliations: Speaker: Stevan Hobfoll Affiliation: The Judd & Marjorie Weinberg Presidential Professor & Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center Title: “The Impact of Terrorism and War on Tearing the Self and the Fabric of Society Speaker: Neil Kressel Affiliation: Visiting Associate Professor, YIISA; Professor, Psychology, William Paterson University Title: “Why Well-Intention Westerns Fail to Grasp the Dangers Associated with Antisemitism in the Muslim World” Location: Yale University

Title: “America’s Intelligentsia: How Prejudice Often Trumps Intelligence” Date: November 14, 2013 Speaker: Michael Widlanski Affiliation: Schusterman Visiting Professor, University California Irvine; Lecturer, Bar Ilan University Location: Fordham University Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Doron Ben-Atar, Professor, Department of History, Fordham University Description: Michael Widlanski maintains that intelligence and terror are inter-connected and that terrorists seek to capture the minds of the public. Widlanski questions how the West, Western intellectuals and intelligence agencies are so often wrong about the Middle East. He says this phenomenon is the result of a number of prejudices, including Arabism, or Islamophilia, and antisemtism. He goes on to note the influence of Edward Said and Noam Chomsky on the academy and how they were the two living sources most cited on American college courses an

“The Enemy Within: A Neo-Nazi Takeover in the American Heartland?” Gregory Gordon, Associate Professor of Law at the University of North Dakota and Director of the UND Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies. “Misunderstandings of the Phenomenon ‘Antisemitism’ in Some Recent Influential Studies of the Holocaust” Dan Michman, Bar-Ilan University; International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem Convener: Dr. Richard Stone, Professor of Law, Columbia University Law School

Understanding the Challenge of Iran Conference – Panel 1 Date April 30, 2008 Title: “Iran’s Power Structure and Implications for Democratic Change” Speaker: Dr. Hooshang Amirahmadi Affiliation: Professor of Urban Planning & Policy Development and Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at Rutgers University Title: “Human Rights Situation in Iran” Speaker: Mehrangiz Kar Affiliation: Iranian Journalist and Leading Human Rights Activist Title: “The State of Civil Society in Iran” Speaker: Andrew Apostolou Affiliation: Senior Program Manager for Iran at Freedom House Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism, Yale University, New Haven, CT

The Dr. James Sacks Conference: The Psychological Impact of the Threat of Contemporary Genocidal Antisemitism: From Denial and Paralysis to Understanding the Challenge – Part 4 Date: April 28, 2009 Title: “Trauma in Disguise: Antisemitism” Speaker: Hadar Lubin Affiliation: Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Yale University Title: “Mixed Emotional Needs of Israeli-Jews as a Potential Source of Ambivalence in their Response to the Iranian Challenge” Speaker: Nurit Shnabel Affiliation: Research Associate, Psychology, Yale University Panel Discussion (Min. 52:45): Speaker: Hadar Lubin Affiliation: Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Yale University Speaker: Nurit Shnabel Affiliation: Research Associate, Psychology, Yale University Round Table Discussion (Min. 1:16:05): Speaker: Stevan Hobfoll Affiliation: The Judd & Marjorie Weinberg Presidential Professor & Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center Speaker: Neil Kressel Affiliation: Visiting Associate Professor

The Psychological Impact of the Threat of Contemporary Genocidal Antisemitism: From Denial and Paralysis to Understanding the Challenge – Part 3 Date: April 28, 2009 Title: “Victims of Success: How Envious Antisemitism Foments Genocidal Intent and Undermines Bystanders’ Moral Outrage” Speaker: Peter Glick Affiliation: Psychology Department, Lawrence University Title: “To Act or Not to Act, That is the Question: The Psychological Impact of Hatred in a Geopolitical Context” Speaker: Ron Aviram Affiliation: Instructor, Clinical Psychology, Columbia University Location: Yale University

Understanding the Challenge of Iran Conference – Panel 3 Date: April 30, 2008 Title: “Discrimination and Intolerance in Iranian Curriculum” Speaker: Dr. Saeed Paivandi Affiliation: Professor of Sociology, Paris-8 University Title: “Promoting a Culture of Human Rights in Iran” Speaker: Tom Parker Affiliation: Executive Director, Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Title: “The Excluded Muslims: Institutionalized Discrimination Against Muslims in the Islamic Republic of Iran” Speaker: Roya Boroumand Affiliation: Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation for the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy in Iran Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Understanding the Challenge of Iran Conference – Panel 2 Date: April 30, 2008 Title: “Why Does Iran Want A Nuclear Weapon?” Speaker: Patrick Clawson Affiliation: Deputy Director for Research, The Washington Institute for Near Policy, Washington, DC. Title: “Countering Iran’s Geopolitical Designs” Speaker: Michael Rubin Affiliation: Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute; Senior Lecturer, Naval Postgraduate School; Editor, Middle East Quarterly Title: “Holocaust Denial in Iran and the Arab World” Speaker: Meir Litvak Affiliation: Senior Researcher, Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University Title: “Iranian Use of Internet for Propaganda and Holocaust Denial” Speaker: Liora Hendelman-Baavur Affiliation: Research fellow of the Center for Iranian Studies (CIS), Tel Aviv University Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism, Yale Un

Understanding the Challenge of Iran Conference – Panel 4 Date: April 30, 2008 Title: “From Incitement to Indictment? Prosecuting Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for Advocating Israel’s Destruction” Speaker: Dr. Gregory Gordon Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Law, University of North Dakota Speaker: Dr. David Menashri Affiliation: Director of The Center for Iranian Studies and Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern History, Tel Aviv University Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small Affiliation: Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP)

The Dr. James Sacks Conference:The Psychological Impact of the Threat of Contemporary Genocidal Antisemitism: From Denial and Paralysis to Understanding the Challenge – Part 5 Date: April 28, 2009 Round Table Discussion Speaker: Stevan Hobfoll Affiliation: The Judd & Marjorie Weinberg Presidential Professor & Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center Speaker: Neil Kressel Affiliation: Visiting Associate Professor, YIISA; Professor, Psychology, William Paterson University Speaker: Idit Shalev Affiliation: Post-Doctorate Associate, YIISA Speaker: Peter Glick Affiliation: Psychology Department, Lawrence University Speaker: Ron Aviram Affiliation: Instructor, Clinical Psychology, Columbia University Speaker: Hadar Lubin Affiliation: Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Yale University Speaker: Nurit Shnabel Affiliation: Research Associate, Psychology, Yale University Location: Yale University

Lecture: Antisemitic Hate Speech: Incitement to Violence in the Absence of a Marketplace of Ideas Speaker: Professor Alan Dershowitz, Harvard University Date: October 11, 2007

January 25, 2007 Professor Antony Polonsky Albert Abramson Chair of Holocaust Studies, Brandeis University, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – “Poles, Jews, and the Problems of Divided Memory” Professor Jan T. Gross Professor of War and Society, Princeton University – “Polish Anti-semitism after Auschwitz”

Title: "The Contemporary Context Of Antisemitism" Date: March 22, 2015 Speakers and Affiliations: Dr. Alan Dershowitz, Department of Law, Harvard University; Dr. Charles Small, Founder and Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Description: Professor Alan Dershowitz and Dr. Charles Small speak about the need for rigorous, academic, and replicable research on antisemitism. Professor Dershowitz expands on the fascistic and Islamic antisemitism throughout Europe and the demonization of Israel on campus and throughout the international arena. He asserts that the hard left has adopted Israel as its villain of today's day and age. The demonization of Israel and the assault on notions of Jewish peoplehood, he notes, has arguably become the most dangerous form of antisemitism in existence today.

Date: Thursday, April 3, 2014 Speaker: Professor Doron Ben-Atar, Professor of History, Fordham University Location: Fordham University

Title: "The Internal Palestinian Conflicts" Date: February 22, 2016 Speaker: Mr. Bassem Eid Affiliation: Founder, Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG) Location: Harvard Law School Description: Dr. Bassem Eid discusses the challenges within the Palestinian community. He brings a unique perspective from his residence in the territories. In a fascinating seminar he highlights the internal weaknesses that are damaging his people's prospects for making peace with Israel, and establishing a stronger economic future.

Title: “American Antisemitism: Grounds for Optimism or Pessimism?” Date: April 21, 2015 Speaker: Dr. Arnie Dashefsky Affiliation: Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Connecticut; Director, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, University of Connecticut Location: Harvard University Convener: Professor Chuck Freilich, Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School Description: Dr. Arnie Dashefsky traces Jewish history and the emergence of antisemitism and notes that the first instances of antisemitism were, in fact, instances of anti-Judaism. This anti-Judaism and the notion that Judaism is less then Christianity evolved into antisemitism and the denigration and demonization of the Jews.

Title: Dr. Charles Asher Small speaks at the International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT) Date: September 9, 2015 Speaker: Dr. Charles Asher Small Affiliation: Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT) 15th International Conference: World Summit on Counter-Terrorism, Interdisciplinary Center of Herzliya Description: Dr. Charles Asher Small speaks about processes of antisemitism in the age of globalization and argues that it is essential to understand power dynamics and economic social and cultural processes which are occurring at a rapid rate through processes of globalization. Dr. Small highlights the difference between looking at global antisemitism as a descriptive exercise and looking at antisemitism and globalization or the globalization of antisemitism. He goes on to highlight the inherent genocidal aspect of antisemitism and elucidates the various phases of antisemitism thro

Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 5:30PM “Is Europe Safe for Jews? The Role of ISIS, al-Qaeda, Hezbollah/Iran in Imposing Lethal Antisemitism on Jews in Europe” Benjamin Weinthal European Affairs Correspondent for The Jerusalem Post Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies