What role can a state-sponsored definition of antisemitism play, if any, in protecting Jews around the world at a time when antisemitic expressions and attacks are on the rise?  And, how can definitions, such as that of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), become weaponized to shutter criticism of Israeli military occupation and increased state violence against Palestinians? Join Kenneth S. Stern, Director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate at Bard College, and Joyce Ajlouny, General Secretary of the American Friends Service Committee, as they interrogate the potentials and limitations of a state-sponsored definition of antisemitism, looking particularly to college campuses to examine whether such definitions hinder free speech in the US and elsewhere.

Cosponsored by Temple's Feinstein Center for American Jewish History, Stockton University, and Congregation Rodeph Shalom. Open to the public. Registration required. 

Participants:

• Kenneth S. Stern, Director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, Bard College
• Joyce Ajlouny, General Secretary of the American Friends Service Committee