The Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (ISCA) at Indiana University focuses on high-level scholarly research into present-day manifestations of anti-Jewish animosity.
Learn more about ISCAThrough an active program of courses, lectures, conferences, and publications, the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism aims to clarify what is new and what has been inherited from the antisemitic lexicons of the past. The repertoire of emotionally charged accusations against Judaism and the Jews is made up of a familiar series of destructive myths that have been perpetuated over the ages.
Given their longevity and tenacity, it is unlikely that these myths can be eradicated, but by analyzing and exposing them as myths, it may be possible to help people recognize this pathology for what it is and thereby mitigate some of its harmful effects.
Our deepest sympathies are with the victims and their families of the horrific shootings at Shabbat services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 27, 2018.
IU scholars Assad Al-Saleh, Günther Jikeli, Haidar Khezri, and Alvin Rosenfeld have done field work in Germany for the project „Syrian and Iraqi Refugees in Germany, Antisemitism, Islamism, and Integration.“
Lecture on the current state of antisemitism studies by Alvin H. Rosenfeld at the conference of the World Jewish Congress, Tel Aviv, December 11, 2017.
The screening will take place at 6:00 pm in the Global & International Studies Building, Room 0001 (Auditorium). Günther Jikeli will introduce the film and will give a short presentation after the film on hatred and violence against Jews in France, today.
Professor Alvin H. Rosenfeld, ISCA's director, is giving a series of lectures in India from October 30th through November 3rd.
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