Journal for the Study of Antisemitism
presents the First Annual Conference
Theme: Muslim Antisemitism
OCT 2, 3, 2010 Metropolitan Doubletree Hotel New York
Click here for a Flier for this Event (JSAconference.pdf)
Rabbi Elie Hayoun next to his Mulhouse France synagogueThe graffiti reads: Israel to the death (1/09).
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Saturday Oct 2 |
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| 4-6pm | Graduate Student Liason (Registration-Book Display) | |
| 6-8pm-- | Cocktail Reception Welcoming Remarks: Steve Baum, Neal Rosenberg |
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| 8-9pm | Introduction: Michael Berenbaum Keynote Address: Richard L Rubenstein |
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Sunday Oct 3 |
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| 7-8am | Breakfast Business Meeting (Registration-Book Display) | |
| Panel A | Panel B | |
| 8-9am | Legends & Stereotypes CH: Schweitzer, Baum, Heni, |
Antisemitism Vs Anti-Israelism CH: Rubenstein, Berenbaum, Littell, Klaff, Cohen |
| 9-10am | News as Propaganda CH: Chesler, Baum |
Theological Antisemitism CH: Jacobs, Berenbaum, Rubenstein |
| 10-11am | Jews & Islam CH: Bostom, Edelman |
International Relations CH: Samuels, Eppel, Sokolowski, Klaff |
| Lunch | ||
| 1-2pm | Campus Jihad CH: Marcus, Lasson |
Academia And Research CH: Bartop, Cohen, |
| 2-3pm | European Islamists CH:Bawer |
Denial of Antisemitism CH: Heni |
| 3-4pm | Denial of Islamists CH: Pipes, Bawer, Kressel |
"Protected" Speech Laws CH: Lasson, Rosenberg |
| 4pm | Awards and Final Remarks | |
(Special Conference Issue JSA 3 #1 Available Online January 2111)
Panel Participants: Phyllis Chesler, Steven L. Jacobs, Neil J. Kressel, Daniel Pipes, Kenneth L. Marcus, Andrew G. Bostom, Steven K. Baum, Neal E. Rosenberg, Kenneth Lasson, Bruce Bawer, Sam Edelman, Shimon Samuels, Michael Berenbaum, Florette Cohen, Marcia Littell, Richard L Rubenstein, Alyssa Lappen, Frederick Schweitzer, Marcia Sokolowski, Paul Bartop, Lesley Klaff, Clemens Heni, Sam Eppel
Panel Biographies
Paul Bartop teaches comparative genocide studies at Bialik College, Melbourne. His latest book is Fifty Key Thinkers on the Holocaust and Genocide (Routledge, 2010). BARTRP@bialik.vic.edu.au
Steven K. Baum is co-editor of the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism. His book Antisemitism Explained (UPA/Rowman & Littlefield) is scheduled for release at the end of the year. www.stevebaum.com
Bruce Bawer's While Europe Slept (Anchor, 2007) was a national bestseller. His latest book is Surrender:Appeasing Islam Sacrificing Freedom (Anchor, 2010) www.brucebawer.com
Michael Berenbaum is a rabbi, director and professor of Jewish Studies of the Sigi Ziering Institute at the American Jewish University. He is the author of The World Must Know (Johns Hopkins 2005) and editor of Not Your Fathers Antisemitism (Paragon, 2008) and the Encyclopedia Judaica. www.berenbaumgroup.com
Andrew G. Bostom is a professor of medicine at Brown University and the editor of Legacy of Jihad and Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism (Prometheus, 2008). www.andrewbostom.org
Phyllis Chesler is director of the Phyllis Chesler Foundation. She is emerita professor of psychology and women's studies at CUNY. Her books include The New Antisemitism (Jossey-Bass, 2003) www.phyllis-chesler.com.
Florette Cohen is an assistant professor of psychology at College of Staten Island/CUNY. She is lead researcher with Lee Jussim and others of: Modern antisemitism and anti-Israeli attitudes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2009, 97, 290-306. florette.cohen@csi.cuny.edu
Sam Edelman is executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME). He is former dean at American Jewish University and emeritus professor at California State University, Chico. www.spme.net
Sam Eppel is a Venezuelan-based journalist and writes for El Uni Versal and director of information of CAIV and Human Rights Commission for B'nai Brith.
Steven L. Jacobs is a rabbi and associate professor in the Dept. of Religious Studies University of Alabama. He has written Dismantling the Big Lie (Ktav 2003) and Fifty Key Thinkers in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Routledge, 2010). sjabobs@bama.un.edu
Lesley Klaff is a senior lecturer in law at Sheffield Hallam University and book review editor for the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism. She serves as a faith advisor on the University's multi-faith chaplaincy. Her papers include: Anti-Zionist expression on the UK campus: Free speech or hate Speech? Jewish Political Studies Review l.d.klaff@shu.ac.uk
Neil J. Kressel is a professor of psychology and director of the Honors Social Science Program at William Paterson University. His latest book is Bad Faith: Dangers of Religious Extremism (Prometheus Books, 2009). kresseln@wpunj.edu
Clemens Heni is a Berlin based independent scholar who is MEF funded and has written several articles. His Antisemitism as a Specific Phenomenon and Antisemitism and Germany will be made available in English this year. clemens_heni@web.de
Alyssa Lappen is a New York based writer and editor with several articles and reviews on Muslim antisemitism. alyssaalappen@gmail.com
Kenneth Lasson teaches law at University of Baltimore. His latest book includes Trembling in the Ivory Tower, (Bancroft, 2003) and related articles: Bloodstains on a "Code of Honor" The Murderous Marginalization of Women in the Islamic World, 30 Women's Rights Law Reporter 407 (2009). klasson@ubalt.edu
Marcia Littell is founding director of the MA program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Stockton College of New Jersey and coordinator of the Annual Scholar Conference on Holocaust and the Churches. Marcia.Littell@stockton.edu.
Kenneth L. Marcus is the Ackerman Chair in Equality & Justice in America at the School of Public Affairs, CUNY/Baruch College and director of the Anti-Semitism & Anti-Israelism Initiative for the Institute for Jewish & Community Research. His book Jewish Identity and Civil Rights in America (Cambridge University Press) will be published later this year. klmarcus@aim.com
Daniel Pipes is Director of the Middle East Forum, which publishes the Middle East Quarterly and DanielPipes.org. He is a Taube Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University His books include Militant Islam Reaches America (2002). www.danielpipes.org
Neal E. Rosenberg is an attorney with an MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies. He co-edits the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism. nerosenberg@aol.com
Richard L Rubenstein is a rabbi and president emeritus University of Bridgeport. His latest book is Jihad and Genocide (Rowman & Littlefield, 2010). rlr@bridgeport.edu
Frederick Schweitzer is a professor emeritus of history at Manhattan College and is co-author with Marvin Perry of Anti-Semitism (Palgrave,Macmillan 2005) and Antisemitic Myths (Indiana University Press, 2007). frederick.schweitzer@manhattan.edu
Shimon Samuels is Honorary Chair of Journal for the Study of Antisemitsm and is Director of International Relations, Simon Wiesenthal Centre Paris. He is lead editor of Antisemitism: The Generic Hatred (Vallentine Mitchell, 2007) www.csweurope.org
Sponsors
Middle East Forum http://www.meforum.org
Jeff Diamond Law (New Mexico, Texas) jeffdiamondlawfirm.com
Institute for Antisemitism Studies www.jsantisemitism.org
Accomodations:
A block of rooms has been reserved at the
Metropolitan Doubletree Hotel
569 Lexington Ave NYC 10022
Ask for the JSA conference rate of US $259.00 per night plus tax.
You must book by July 15th in order to obtain the group rate using the following number:
(800) 222-TREE (8733)
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