Arnie Dashefsky - "American Antisemitism Grounds For Optimism Or Pessimism?"

Published: May 18, 2016, 4:17 a.m.

b'Title: \\u201cAmerican Antisemitism: Grounds for Optimism or Pessimism?\\u201d\\n\\nDate: April 21, 2015\\n\\nSpeaker: Dr. Arnie Dashefsky\\n\\nAffiliation: Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Connecticut; \\nDirector, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life, University of Connecticut\\n\\nLocation: Harvard University\\n\\nConvener: Professor Chuck Freilich, Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School\\n\\nDescription: 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.'