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Haifa Conference: The New Anti-Semitism – Educational Challenges

A conference on “The New Anti-Semitism – Educational Challenges” will be held at Hecht Museum Auditorium, University of Haifa, Monday 22 June, 2009. Further details may be found at the conference website:

http://construct.haifa.ac.il/~ilangz/antisemitism_conference/

Program

Conference Convenor: Professor Ilan Gur-Ze’ev

8:30-9:00 Gathering- Refreshments

Opening Session– The Existential Threat and Spiritual Challenge of the New Anti-Semitism
Convenor- Prof. Gabi Salomon

9:00- 9:30 Welcome & Introductory Remarks –

President of Haifa University: Prof. Aaron Ben-Ze’ev
Rector of Haifa University: Prof. Yossi Ben-Artzi
Dean of the Faculty of Education: Professor Ofra Mayseless

9:30- 10:15 Opening Lecture

Prof. Ilan Gur-Ze’ev: The Existential Threat and Spiritual Challenge of the New Anti-Semitism
10.15-10.45 Discussion
10:45-11:00 Break

Second Session- Postmodernism and the New Anti-Semitism
Convenor- Dr Annabel Herzog

11:00-11:30- A. B. Yehoshua, Novelist: Getting to the Roots of Anti-Semitism
11:30-12:00- Prof. Dani Gutwein: The New Anti-Semitism and Neo- Liberalism
12:00-12:30- Prof. Bernard Harrison: The New Anti-Semitism and its Defenders
12:30-13:00- Prof. Menahem Kellner & Asaff Turgeman: Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism and the Left: The Unholy Trinity

13:00- 13:15- Discussion

13:15-14:00- Lunch

Third Session- The Politics of the New Anti-Semitism
Convenor- Dr. Orit Rozin

14:30- 15:00 Nazir Madgali. Journalist: Judophobia in the Arab Sector
15:00- 15:30 Dr. Yuval Yonnai: When the Majority Fears the Minority
15:30-16:00 Arie Kizel: Post Colonialism and the New Anti-Semitism- the Case of the New Mizrahi Discourse

16:00-16:15 Discussion

16:15- 16:30 Break

Fourth Session- The New Anti-Semitism as Spiritual and Educational Challenge
Convener- Dr. Yotam Hotam

16:30- 17:00 Prof. Elhanan Yakira: Postmodernism and the New Anti-Semitism
17:00- 17:30 Rabbi Menahem Fruman: Jerusalem and the New Anti-Semitism in the Book of the Zohar
17:30- 18:00 Dr. Uri Ammitai: The Sources of Anti-Semitism and its Uniqueness in our Generation

18:00-18:30 Discussion

18:30- Closing Remarks: Prof. Ilan Gur -Ze’ev

AUTHOR

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