The Global State of Antisemitism & an Examination of the Zionist Project w/ Kenneth Stern

On today's episode, the director of the Bard Center for Study of Hate and author of "Conflict Over the Conflict: The Israel/Palestine Campus Debates," Ken Stern, joins me to discuss the events of October 7th and how the Antisemitism Awareness Act is being used to censor speech. A scholar who developed the working definition of antisemitism used by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), Ken offers discussions about how political discourse is a more effective way of combatting the hatred of Jews. In the episode, we also touch upon the history of Zionism and whether it is essential for Judaism.

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Staff: Director Kenneth S. Stern – Bard Center for the Study of Hate

Kenneth Stern Book
Amazon.com: Stern: The Conflict over the Conflict: 9781487507367: Stern, Kenneth S., Strossen, Nadine: Books

Articles about Kenneth Stern

•  The Problem with Defining Antisemitism | The New Yorker 
•  Colleges Use His Antisemitism Definition to Censor. He Calls It a ‘Travesty.’ (chronicle.com) 
•  Author of a definition on antisemitism: It wasn't meant to chill speech (bostonglobe.com) 
•  ‘The Conflict over the Conflict’ | Penn Today (upenn.edu) 

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•  The Origins of the Rothschilds Conspiracy Legends & Rise of Modern Antisemitism w/ Mike Rothschild (buzzsprout.com) 
• The Evolution of Far-Right Terrorism in the 21st Century w/ Bruce Hoffman and Jacob Ware (buzzsprout.com)
•  Antisemitism: The Conspiracy Theory of the Enemy Above (buzzsprout.com) 

References

•  The State of Antisemitism in America 2023: AJC's Survey of American Jews | AJC 
•  Majority in U.S. Now Disapprove of Israeli Action in Gaza (gallup.com)