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Emory Alumni Association Virtual Book Club Reads Lipstadt’s ‘Antisemitism: Here and Now’

The Emory Alumni Association is hosting a virtual book club that will read Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt’s most recent book, Antisemitism: Here and Now (Penguin Random House, 2019). The event, to be held on Thursday, September 03, 2020, will be moderated by Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Dean of the Emory College of Arts and Sciences Michael A. Elliott. Lipstadt is Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies and Associated Faculty in the History Department. Read a description of the book below, and learn more about the event here.

Over the last decade there has been a noticeable uptick in antisemitic rhetoric and incidents by left-wing groups targeting Jewish students and Jewish organizations on American college campuses. And the reemergence of the white nationalist movement in America, complete with Nazi slogans and imagery, has been reminiscent of the horrific fascist displays of the 1930s. Throughout Europe, Jews have been attacked by terrorists, and some have been murdered.

Where is all this hatred coming from? Is there any significant difference between left-wing and right-wing antisemitism? What role has the anti-Zionist movement played? And what can be done to combat the latest manifestations of an ancient hatred? In a series of letters to an imagined college student and imagined colleague, both of whom are perplexed by this resurgence, acclaimed historian Deborah Lipstadt gives us her own superbly reasoned, brilliantly argued, and certain to be controversial responses to these troubling questions.

 

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Stein to Teach Emory Alumni Association’s First Masterclass

The Emory Alumni Association has tapped Kenneth W. Stein, Professor of History, to teach their first alumni masterclass. The course, entitled “Arab-Israeli Negotiations – From Nixon to Trump and Beyond the 2020 Elections,” will take place Wednesday, August 19, from 7:30-8:30 PM on Zoom. Read more about Stein’s 43-year career at Emory and further details about this event via the Emory Alumni Association website.

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Lesser Interviewed on Mecila Center Podcast

Jeffrey Lesser, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of History and Director of the Halle Institute for Global Research, was recently interviewed on an episode of the podcast for the Maria Sibylla Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America. Lesser, whose current research centers on the history of public health in the city of São Paulo, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing social inequalities for poor Brazilians. Listen to the episode (in Portuguese) here: “Ouvindo a Pandemia.”

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Goldstein Participates in Forum on the History of U.S. Antisemitism in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Associate Professor of History Eric L. Goldstein participated in a forum on the history of antisemitism in the United States for the July 2020 issue of The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. The other members of the roundtable include Jonathan D. Sarna (Brandeis University), Hasia R. Diner (New York University), and Beth S. Wenger (University of Pennsylvania). Goldstein, who most recently published On Middle Ground: A History of the Jews of Baltimore (Johns Hopkins UP, 2018) with co-author Deborah R. Weiner, is also the director of Emory’s Tam Institute for Jewish Studies. Read more about the forum on the Tam Institute’s website.

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Lipstadt Co-Authors Op-Ed on Legacy of Neo-Nazism and White Supremacy Three Years After Charlottesville

Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies and Associated Faculty in the History Department, co-authored an op-ed on CNN.com titled “Three years later, Charlottesville’s legacy of neo-Nazi hate still festers.” Lipstadt wrote the article with Roberta Kaplan, lead attorney for the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against 24 Neo-Nazis and white supremacists alleged to have organized the racial and religious violence in Charlottesville in 2017. Read an excerpt from the article below along with the full piece here.

“Sadly, it is now clear that the violence and hatred evident at Charlottesville was not a passing moment or a onetime event. Its ideology has served as the inspiration for many others. The alleged killers at the Tree of Life synagogue (Pittsburgh), Chabad Center (San Diego), Walmart (El Paso), Halle synagogue (Halle, Germany) and Al Noor mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre (Christchurch, New Zealand), all had connections to and echoed the slogans and worldview so proudly proclaimed by the groups and individuals who came to Charlottesville.”

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Anderson Featured on FAIR’s Weekly Radio Show CounterSpin

Dr. Carol Anderson was recently interviewed on CounterSpin, the weekly radio show produced and hosted by Janine Jackson of FAIR. Read the summary of the episode below along with the full interview here: “Alex Main on Bolivia Coup, Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression.” Anderson is associated faculty in the History Department and Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies.

“The 2020 election had enough problems before the coronavirus and the White House disinformation campaign around voting by mail, and Trump’s latest brazen attempt at derailment and distraction—as we record, that would be his suggestion to postpone the election, but by the time you hear the show, who knows?  We talked about those pre-existing challenges and their historic roots back in February with Carol Anderson, professor of African-American Studies at Emory University, and author of, among other books, One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy.  We’ll hear part of that conversation as well.”

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Anderson Quoted in ‘USA Today’ Article on Maceo Snipes, 1946 Voting Rights Pioneer and Victim of Racist Violence

Dr. Carol Anderson, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies and Associated Faculty in the History Department, was quoted in the recent USA Today article “Before John Lewis, was the bold life and unjust death of Maceo Snipes.” Snipes was the only Black person to vote in the Democratic primary in Taylor County, Georgia, in 1946. The day following, white men arrived at Snipes’s home and shot him. He died two days later. Read more about Snipes’ life, murder, and influence on the website of The Georgia Civil Right Cold Cases Project, based at Emory. Also read the excerpt from the USA Today article quoting Anderson, who is an expert on issues of voter suppression and author of One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy, below.

Professor Carol Anderson, chair of African American studies at Atlanta’s Emory University and author of the recently acclaimed book “One Person, No Vote,” said that Snipes essentially signed his death warrant by voting.

 

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Lipstadt Quoted in ‘Media Line’ Article “Vaccinating Against the Virus of Anti-Semitism”

Deborah E. Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies and Associated Faculty in the History Department, was quoted in a recent The Media Line article about the growth of anti-semitism. The article examines how the growth of anti-semitism intersects with the COVID-19 pandemic. Read an excerpt that quotes Lipstadt below, along with the full piece: “Vaccinating Against the Virus of Anti-Semitism.”

“Lipstadt said that anti-Semitism should not be used as a political weapon to shield against legitimate criticism of certain Israeli policies.

“‘Be careful. Be strategic. Be tactical. This is a major moral problem, and we must fight it with all our strength. But we also must fight it smart. We have to fight it tactically with a scalpel, not with a bludgeon,’ Lipstadt said.”

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Anderson Discusses ‘White Rage’ and Ralph Ellison on WDET (Detroit NPR Affiliate)

Dr. Carol Anderson, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies and Associated Faculty in the History Department, was recently interviewed on Detroit Toady, a show produced by the Detroit NPR affiliate WDET. Anderson discusses her 2016 book White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide and draws connections to Ralph Ellison’s 1952 novel Invisible Man, which WDET hosts and listeners are reading as part of a summer book club series. Listen to the conversation here: “‘White Rage’ Author on Racial Justice and Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man.’“

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Crespino Interviewed on GPB’s ‘Political Rewind’

Dr. Joseph Crespino, History Department Chair and Jimmy Carter Professor of History, was interviewed on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s show “Political Rewind.” The episode, “History As Comfort, Teacher In Troubled Times,” pairs Crespino with Tamar Hallerman (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), Frederick Knight (Professor, Morehouse College), and Doug Shipman (former-CEO Atlanta Center for Civil and Human Rights). Read a quote from Crespino below and listen to the full episode here: “History As Comfort, Teacher in Troubled Times.”

“We have been through incredible divisive times,” Crespino said. “We have faced enormous difficulties before, and I think in that sense history can be a good guide.”