The Unique and 'Successful' Antisemitism in the East of the European Union

ISGAP

Speaker: Dr. Dovid Katz Affiliation: Editor, DefendingHistory.com; Chief Analyst, Litvak Studies Institute (Vilnius) Title: "The Unique and 'Successful' Antisemitism in the East of the European Union" Convener: Dr. Charles Asher Small, Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) Location: Yale University, New Haven, CT Date: April 14, 2011 Description: Dr. Dovid Katz poses the question: "What is 'successful' antisemitism?" He contrasts the 'old' antisemitism with the 'new' antisemitism and notes that while there is a small group of scholars dealing with modern manifestations of antisemitism, the phenomenon is often regarded and taboo and not easily accepted.