Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present

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Course Summary

This course explores the history and current state of antisemitism, including its manifestations, causes, and consequences.

Key Learning Points

  • Understand the history and evolution of antisemitism
  • Explore different types of antisemitism and their impact on society
  • Examine the role of antisemitism in current events and politics

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Learning Outcomes

  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of the history and evolution of antisemitism
  • Be able to identify different types of antisemitism and their impact on society
  • Understand the role of antisemitism in current events and politics

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

  • Basic understanding of history and politics
  • Interest in understanding antisemitism and its impact on society

Course Difficulty Level

Intermediate

Course Format

  • Online
  • Self-paced
  • Video Lectures

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Notable People in This Field

  • Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies
  • Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

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Description

In this course, 50 leading scholars from all over the world will explore questions and issues relating to antisemitism including: what is antisemitism? How has it changed throughout history? Why can it be found among so many diverse cultures, and even among opposing ideologies? What happened to antisemitism after the Holocaust? How is antisemitism expressed today, and what are the main spheres in which it can be found?

Knowledge

  • To discuss what antisemitism is and what is unique about it
  • To explain the historical and ideological roots of antisemitism and how it has developed
  • To discuss the characteristics of antisemitism today
  • To identify antisemitic language and actions in the past and in the present

Outline

  • WHAT IS ANTISEMITISM? DEFINITIONS AND ORIGINS
  • COURSE TRAILER
  • WELCOME TO THE COURSE
  • THE NATURE OF HATE
  • THE NATURE OF ANTISEMITISM
  • ETYMOLOGY AND HISTORICAL ROOTS
  • A PROBLEMATIC TERM?
  • WHO ARE THE JEWS?
  • ANTI-JEWISH PERCEPTIONS IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD
  • A UNIQUE FORM OF HATE OR ANOTHER FORM OF XENOPHOBIA?
  • THE EARLY DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY
  • THE CONVERSION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
  • THE AUGUSTINIAN PERCEPTION
  • ANTI-JUDAISM
  • THE MIDDLE AGES
  • THE JEWISH "OTHER" IN THE MIDDLE AGES
  • CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 2
  • ABOUT YAD VASHEM
  • METHODOLOGY AND COURSE STRUCTURE
  • DISCUSSION GUIDELINES
  • SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK
  • SUGGESTED READING
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  • AN EXAMPLE OF ANTI-JEWISH RESTRICTIONS
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  • THE CHANGING FACE OF ANTISEMITISM
  • THE CHANGING FACE OF ANTISEMITISM
  • THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
  • THE ENLIGHTENMENT
  • BETWEEN WESTERN AND EASTERN EUROPE
  • THE RETURN OF JEWS TO WESTERN EUROPE
  • EMANCIPATION: NEW POSSIBILITIES AND NEW PERILS
  • NATIONALISM: BELONGING AND OTHERNESS
  • THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND URBANISM
  • PERCEPTIONS OF JEWISH SUCCESS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
  • RACISM AND RACIAL ANTISEMITISM
  • GERMANS, JEWS, AND ANTISEMITES
  • THE INTEGRATION OF JEWS INTO FRENCH SOCIETY
  • FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TO THE DREYFUS AFFAIR
  • BETWEEN RESTRICTIONS, REFORMS AND POGROMS
  • ANTISEMITIC EXPRESSIONS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
  • THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION
  • THE EMERGENCE OF ZIONISM
  • CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 3
  • SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK
  • MARTIN LUTHER'S WRITINGS CONCERNING JEWS
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  • CONTEMPORARY VIEWS OF THE JEWS IN GERMANY
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  • THE ANTI-JEWISH MAY LAWS OF 1882
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  • GENOCIDAL ANTISEMITISM: FROM WORLD WAR I TO THE HOLOCAUST
  • FROM WORLD WAR I TO THE HOLOCAUST
  • WORLD WAR I AND ITS IMPACT ON ANTISEMITISM
  • THE IMPACT ON GERMANY
  • THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND THE CIVIL WAR POGROMS
  • THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND THE PERCEPTION OF THE JEWS
  • BETWEEN TWO WORLD WARS
  • ECONOMIC ANTISEMITISM
  • THE MAIN PRINCIPLES OF NAZI IDEOLOGY
  • THE CENTRALITY OF ANTISEMITISM IN NAZI IDEOLOGY
  • THE RISE OF NAZISM TO POWER
  • ANTISEMITISM IN GERMANY IN THE 1930S
  • WORLD WAR II
  • THE HOLOCAUST
  • THE COLLABORATORS
  • INTIMATE MURDER
  • ANTISEMITISM AS A DRIVING FORCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
  • THE AFTERMATH
  • THE PERSISTENCE OF ANTISEMITISM
  • CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 4
  • SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK
  • SUGGESTED READING
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  • ANTI-JEWISH MEASURES
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  • CONTEMPORARY ANTISEMITISM
  • FAR-RIGHT, FAR-LEFT, HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND ANTI-ZIONISM
  • THE FAR-RIGHT: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
  • THE PLACE OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE FAR-RIGHT
  • RIGHT-WING POPULISM AND THE PERCEPTION OF THE JEWS
  • FAR-RIGHT ANTISEMITISM IN EUROPE
  • FAR-RIGHT ANTISEMITISM IN THE UNITED STATES
  • LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
  • RIGHT-WING POPULISM AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN THE UNITED STATES
  • THE VARYING FORMS OF HOLOCAUST DENIAL
  • IRVING V PENGUIN BOOKS AND LIPSTADT
  • ANTISEMITISM IN THE FAR-LEFT
  • ANTI-ZIONISM
  • THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF CONTEMPORARY ANTI-ZIONISM
  • ANTI-ZIONISM IN THE 1960S AND 1970S: THE USSR AND THE SOVIET BLOC
  • THE KEYSTONE THEORY
  • BETWEEN LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE CRITICISM OF ISRAEL
  • ALLEGATIONS OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY
  • ANTI-ZIONISM AND HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND DISTORTION
  • The Place of Antisemitism in the Yellow Vests Movement
  • CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 5
  • SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK
  • SUGGESTED READING
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  • THE ISLAMIC AND ARAB WORLD
  • THE ARAB AND ISLAMIC WORLD
  • EARLY DYNAMICS IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
  • PERCEPTIONS OF JEWS AND JUDAISM IN THE MUSLIM SACRED TEXTS
  • ATTITUDES TOWARD JEWS UNDER MUSLIM RULE
  • JEWS UNDER CHRISTIANITY AND UNDER ISLAM
  • THE EMERGENCE OF ANTISEMITISM
  • THE ARRIVAL OF NATIONALISM
  • THE LOSS OF DOMINANCE
  • THE EMERGENCE OF ZIONISM
  • THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
  • DEFINING ISLAMISM
  • "THE INVENTION OF TRADITION": AN INVENTED INTERPRETATION OF MUSLIM-JEWISH HISTORY
  • FROM THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TO CONTEMPORARY ISLAMISM
  • A DISTORTED INTERPRETATION OF THE PAST
  • CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIST RHETORIC
  • THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION
  • HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND DISTORTION
  • ANTISEMITISM IN THE MEDIA: VARYING TRENDS
  • OTRAS VOCES
  • THE CASE OF IRAN
  • CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 6
  • SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK
  • ATTITUDES TOWARDS JEW IN THE MUSLIM SACRED TEXTS
  • SUGGESTED READING
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  • ADDRESSING ANTISEMITISM
  • CONTEMPORARY MANIFESTATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE
  • CASE STUDIES: WHAT IS AND WHAT ISN'T ANTISEMITISM?
  • DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE CRITICISM OF ISRAEL
  • THE BDS MOVEMENT
  • CONSPIRACY THEORIES
  • SOME PERCEPTIONS FROM THE FAR EAST
  • SOCIAL MEDIA
  • VIRALITY AND INFORMATION FLOW
  • CONFRONTING ONLINE HATE
  • RESEARCHING ANTISEMITISM
  • MONITORING ANTISEMITISM – OVERVIEW AND MAIN FINDINGS FOR 2016
  • MONITORING ANTISEMITISM – MAIN FINDINGS FOR 2017-2019
  • A WORKING DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM
  • COMBATING ANTISEMITISM THROUGH LEGISLATION
  • ATTEMPTS TO CONFRONT ANTISEMITISM IN THE EU AND THE UK
  • THE BRITISH ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP AGAINST ANTISEMITISM
  • MOVING FORWARD
  • CONCLUDING THE COURSE
  • SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK
  • SUGGESTED READING
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  • INSTITUTES FOR THE RESEARCH AND STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM
  • MONITORING AND RESPONSE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTES
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Yossi Kugler, Dafna Dolinko, Dmitry Kolotilenko
Yad Vashem
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