About this Event
Join the Institute via Zoom on Wednesday, February 26, at 1:30 PM for a virtual lecture with Professor Dina Porat, titled “"When does Anti-Zionism turn into Antisemitism?"
This lecture will explore:
- The definition of anti-Zionism and antisemitism
- Is anti-Zionism any better than antisemitism?
- Should antisemitism and anti-Zionism be dealt with separately?
- When does anti-Zionism turn into antisemitism?
- What did Martin Luther King actually say in this regard?
Dina Porat is the founding head of the Kantor Center for the study of Contemporary European Jewry, served as head of the Department of Jewish History, of the Rosenberg School for Jewish Studies and as incumbent of the Alfred P. Slaner Chair in Antisemitisnm and Racism, all in Tel Aviv university.
She has served as the Yad Vashem chief historian 2010-2021 and is now its academic advisor. Prof. Porat has been awarded prizes for most of her many publications, and was TAU’s Faculty of Humanities best teacher for 2004. She has tutored 30 M.A and 20 Ph.D. students.
In 2012, she received the Raoul Wallenberg, and was on the 50 leading Israeli scholars the Marker Magazine list of 2013 and on the 50 leading women in Israel list of the Forbes in 2018.
Dina Porat has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Columbia, New York, Venice and the Hebrew, universities.
She has also served as an expert on Israeli Foreign Ministry delegations to UN world conferences, and as the academic advisor of the International Task Force on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (now IHRA).
Supported by the generosity of the Abel and Kaye families.
While all IIJS events are free and open to the public, we do encourage a suggested donation of $10.
Event Venue
Online
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