The ancient scourge of antisemitism is resurging across the world, particularly in the United States and Western Europe. The mass shooting in October, 2018 at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, in which 11 people were killed and seven injured, was the most violent of a recent string of antisemitic incidents in the United States. Dramatic increases in antisemitic events are occurring in France, Germany and elsewhere in western Europe. This special forum, organized by OSHER@Dartmouth in collaboration with several Dartmouth college departments or centers, will explore the reasons behind this phenomenon and what should be done to combat it.

Forum participants will include: Prof. Cynthia Baker, Chair of the Religious Studies faculty, Bates college, author of the recent book, Jew, Prof. Maurice Samuels, Chair of the Yale Program in Judaic Studies; Forum Moderator, Edward M. Bradley, Dartmouth College Classics Professor emeritus.

This forum, free and open to the public, is being sponsored by OSHER@Dartmouth in collaboration with the Dartmouth Jewish Studies Program; Dartmouth Leslie Center; Dartmouth Hillel and Dartmouth Aquinas House.