Understanding Anti-Semitism, Jewish History, and the Jewish Experience

Date: October 20, 2023

Workshop Recording

This event was co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Wasserman Jewish Studies Center.

Featured Speaker(s)

April Powers, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Project Shema

Resources Shared

Antisemitism & Jewish History Resources

• Websites
  • Project Shema
  • A Seat at the Table by Cornerstone (Antisemitism)
• Videos
  • Skin in The Game Eric K. Ward
  • A Century of Solidarity between Black and Jewish People
• Books
  • Antisemitism Here and Now, Lipstadt
  • How Judaism Became a Religion, Leora Batnitzky
  • Most books by Elie Wiesel (e.g., Night)
  • People Love Dead Jews, Dara Horn
  • Jews Don’t Count, David Baddiel
  • How Jews Became White Folks, Karen Brodkin
  • Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson
• Historical Fiction
  • The Source, Mitchener
  • The Dovekeepers, Hoffman
• Podcasts
  • People Love Dead Jews
• Graphic Novels and Young Adult
  • Maus, Art Spiegelman
  • The Assignment, Liza Wiemer
• Free Jewish ERG resources
  • https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/2022-06/2668_ADL_ERG%20Toolkit.pdf
  • https://shinealighton.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/FAQ-Forming-Jewish-ERGs-for-DEIB-Pros51.pdf
  • https://shinealighton.com/workplace
• Free K-12 Resources
  • https://icsresources.org/curriculum
  • https://www.adl.org/about/education
• Articles
  • Why so many people still don’t understand antisemitism
  • What Kanye can teach us about antisemitism
  • The problem of othering
  • A Secure Democratic Israel requires separation from Palestinians
  • Common root in Antisemitism and racism
  • Becoming a Heads-Up Jew at Work