[Harvard] Mobilization for Attacking Iran

The following event may be of interest to readers in the Boston area.

The Israel Lobby is sponsoring these events all over the country (see Facing the Iranian Threat) in order to get as many Jews as possible on the same page before making the big push for an attack. (See Jewish Majority Now Backs Attack On Iran, Disagrees with Obama on Settlements.)

THE CHALLENGE OF THE IRANIAN REGIME: GENOCIDAL ANTI-SEMITISM IN A TIME OF SILENCE
When: Mon, 10/05/2009 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Where: Lowell JCR

Join us for a presentation by Professor Charles Small, Director of the Yale Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism, on the Challenge of the Iranian Regime. This timely event is crucial to those interested in the political situation in Iran and the tense standoff regarding its nuclear program. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

This event is sponsored by HSI. Questions? Contact Matt (cohen5@fas)

Helen Cobban attributes the drumbeating for war at the Washington Post to individual insanity, but the combination of newspaper articles, broadcast news reports, and incitement throughout the organized Jewish community looks more methodical than mad.

[Note that the Boston Sunday Globe continued the scare-mongering with an article entitled Iran may be able to build A-bomb.]

BTW, here is more material on Small's efforts at Yale. Notice the focus on demonizing Iran, Islam, and Arabs as anti-Semitic.

Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective

Anti-Judaism, or the controversial term coined in the 1870s by Wilhelm Marr, Antisemitism, is one of the most complex and, at times, perplexing forms of hatred. It spans history, infecting different societies, religious and philosophical movements, and even civilizations. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, some contend that Antisemitism illustrates the limitations of the Enlightenment and modernity itself. Manifestations of Antisemitism emerge in numerous ideological based narratives and the constructed identities of belonging and otherness such as race and ethnicity, nationalisms, and anti-nationalisms.

This seminar series, co-sponsored with the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy, aims to explore this subject matter in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary framework from an array of approaches and perspectives as well as regional contexts. Eminent scholars and researchers are invited to present seminar papers in an informal setting. To enhance the level of discussion, papers will be made available online one week prior to the seminar.

The Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective seminar series meets on Thursdays from 4:15-5:45 p.m. at ISPS, 77 Prospect Street, Room A002 OR Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street, Room 101 OR 102.

Organizer: Charles Small, Director, Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism (YIISA).

Contact for information: Lauren Clark, (203) 432-5239

Links to current papers are provided by clicking on the speaker's name when underlined.

Archived seminar papers and videos:2008-2009 Seminar Series; 2007-2008 Seminar Series 2006-2007 Seminar Series 2005-2006 Seminar Series

Seminar Series 2009-2010

Current Fall 2009 Semester

Oct. 1 ISPS A-002 Orly Rahimiyan PhD Candidate, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Ben-Gurion University; Phyllis Greenberg Heideman and Richard D. Heideman Fellow, Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum "Representations of Jews in Revolutionary Iran" Oct. 1 TBA *7:45pm* Professor Jytte Klausen Professor, Comparative Politics, Brandeis University; Affiliate, Center for European Studies, Harvard University "Blasphemy and Inquiry: 'The Cartoons That Shook the World'" Oct. 7 SSS 114 *7:30pm* Professor Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law Gloria Greenfield, Film Producer, Doc Emet Productions, Inc "The Case For Israel" - Free Public Screening Oct. 8 ISPS A-002 Brandon Friedman Research Fellow, Center for Iranian Studies, Tel Aviv University "Iran: Ideology and Foreign Policy, from Khomeini to Khamene'i" Oct. 15 LC 101 Professor Barry Rubin Director, Global Research in International Affairs Center (GLORIA); Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya Israel “How the PLO 'Adapted' Antisemitism as 'Anti-Zionism'” Oct. 22 ISPS A-002 Jennifer Roskies Consultant, YIISA; PhD Candidate, Gender Studies, Bar Ilan University "Missing from the Map: Feminist Theory and the Omission of Jewish Women" Oct. 22 Luce Auditorium *7:30pm* Ben-Dror Yemini Editor, Maariv Daily Newspaper, Israel “The Industry of Lies: Myths and Facts regarding the Middle East Conflict” Oct. 29 LC 101 Shoaib Choudhury Journalist, Editor and Publisher, Weekly Blitz newspaper, Bangladesh "Hate Speech and Political Islam: Root Cause of Religious Extremism, Terrorism and Jihad" Paper Nov. 5 LC 101 Judge Hadassah Ben-Itto Honorary President, The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists "The 'Jewish Conspiracy': A Strategic Weapon to Demonize Jews and Delegitimize Israel" Nov. 12 ISPS A-002 Professor Ernest Sternberg Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Buffalo, SUNY "Purifying the World: What the Radical Anti-Empire Ideology Stands For" Nov. 19 LC 101 Professor Gregory Stanton Founder and President, Genocide Watch; James Farmer Professor in Human Rights, University of Mary Washington "Lecture Title TBA" Dec. 3 ISPS A-002 Dr. Florette Cohen, The College of Staten Island, CUNY Dr. Lee Jussim, Rutgers University "The New Antisemitism Israel Model: An Empirical Approach to Modern Antisemitism"

Spring Semester 2010

Jan. 21 ISPS A-002 Professor Robert Wistrich Director, The Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SICSA), Hebrew University, Jerusalem “The New Antisemitism” Jan. 28 Luce Auditorium Professor Michael Walzer Professor, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) “A Conversation with Michael Walzer: The Implications of Contemporary Global Antisemitism” Feb 4 ISPS A-002 Dr. Diana Gregor European Affairs Associate/Political Analyst/Researcher, Réalité EU, New York “Austria's Marriage with Iran - Support for Nuclear Program Versus Historic Responsibility?” Feb. 18 ISPS A-002 Ayala Tamir Assistant Director, Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Queensborough Community College, CUNY “Architecture and Exhibition in Holocaust Centers: A Case Study” Mar. 4 ISPS A-002 Berthe Kayitesi PhD Candidate, University of Ottawa “Our World of Contradictions: Faces of a New Antisemitism, Denial of Genocide Against Tutsis in Rwanda and Never Again” Mar. 25 TBA Reuvan Paz Director, The Project for the Research of Islamist Movements (PRISM), The Gloria Center, The Interdiscpilinary Center Herzliya “Between Islamist Anti-Israelism and Anti-Judaism: Is There A Difference" Apr. 15 ISPS A-002 Professor Bryan Cheyette Chair, Modern Literature; Professor, School of English and American Literature, University of Reading, UK “Lecture Title TBA” Apr. 22 TBA Professor Asher Susser Senior Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University; Senior Visiting Fellow, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University “Israel, Jordan and Palestine: One State, Two States or Three?”

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