About this episode
Ken Stern joins Amna and Jeff to discuss antisemitism on campuses and the complexities surrounding the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Ken Stern (Director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate) joins Amna and Jeff to discuss these urgent questions: Are campuses hotbeds of antisemitism? How do we define antisemitism in the first place? Is there a difference between antisemitism and anti-Zionism? How have colleges handled the student protests around Gaza? Why are so many higher education institutions facing Title VI lawsuits? What counts as a “hostile” campus environment? How should we educate students about the Israel/Palestine conflict? Show Notes * International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism * Kenneth Marcus, director of the Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, explains why universities and colleges should adopt the IHRA definition * Ken Stern, bio ( Bard ; Wikipedia ); see also this New Yorker profile * Stern, The Conflict over the Conflict: The Israel/Palestine Campus Debate (University of Toronto Press, 2020) * Bard College Center for the Study of Hate * On quotas for Jewish students in higher education, see Jerome Karabel, The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton * Stern complements Wesleyan President Michael Roth…
People in this episode
Hosts: Amna Khalid, Jeff Snyder
Guest: Ken Stern
Topics covered
- antisemitism
- anti-Zionism
- higher education
- student protests
- Israel/Palestine conflict
- Title VI lawsuits
- campus environment
Keywords
- antisemitism
- anti-Zionism
- higher education
- Title VI lawsuits
- student protests
- Israel/Palestine
- campus environment
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bard Center for the Study of Hate, Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, Wesleyan, New York Times, University of Toronto Press
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