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A RETREAT IN JEWISH SPACE AND TIME

Open. Inclusive. Multi-generational.

ANNOUNCING A SEMINAR

 

Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center in NYC

and

Limmud Bay Area 

PROGRAM

Day 1, Tuesday, February 27, 4:00 – 6:00 PM PST. Live-stream From Your Device Only

  • THREE MILLENNIA OF ANTISEMITISM: Rabbi David Wolpe, Visiting Scholar at Harvard Divinity School and the Max Webb Emeritus Rabbi of Sinai Temple
  • THE HISTORY OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE US: Dr. Pierre Birnbaum, Emeritus Professor, University of Paris
  • THE ANTISEMITISM OF TODAY’S LEFT: Batya Ungar-Sargon, Opinion Editor, Newsweek
  • THE ANTISEMITISM OF TODAY’S RIGHT: Dr. Heidi Beirich, Chief Strategy Officer & Cofounder, Global Project Against Hate and Extremism
  • ANTISEMITISM AT THE UNITED NATIONS: Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Israel’s Special Envoy for Combating Antisemitism and former member of the Knesset

Day 2, Wednesday February 28, 3:00 – 8:00 PM PST. In Person in Foster City or Lafayette

Arrive at 3:00 PM PST

  • WELCOME, GATHER AND SCHMOOZE

Live-Streamed to Foster City and Lafayette at 4:00 PM PST

  • THE LINE BETWEEN ANTI-ZIONISM AND ANTISEMITISM: THE CHALLENGES TO AMERICAN JEWRY: Dr. Sharon Nazarian, Former Senior Vice President for International Affairs, Anti-Defamation League
  • HOW WORRIED SHOULD WE BE?: Jonathan Greenblatt, National Director, Anti-Defamation League
  • FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM, THEN AND NOW: Abe Foxman, Former National Director, Anti-Defamation League
  • CAN WE LEGISLATE ANTISEMITISM OUT OF EXISTENCE?: Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, UC Berkeley School of Law
  • COUNTERING ANTISEMITISM, THE NEXT STEPS: Dr. Dara Horn (award-winning novelist, essayist and professor of literature) in conversation with Rabbi David Wolpe

6:00 – 8:00 PM PST

  • LIGHT KOSHER DINNER
  • FACILITATED DISCUSSION

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

Two step registration is required – you must register for both!

  • Register for Day 1 online seminar here: Streicker (Free) If you wish to forgo the in-person part of the seminar on Day 2, stop here – your Streicker online registration will work both days.
  • Register for Day 2 for Foster City or Lafayette in-person seminar here: Antisemitism – It’s Not About the Jews! – seminar ($18 per person, light Kosher dinner is included). Location detail available upon registration.

 

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