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Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present
  • Level Foundation
  • Duration 23 hours
  • Course by Yad Vashem
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About

In this course, 50 leading scholars from all over the world will explore questions and issues relating to antisemitism including: what is antisemitism? How has it changed throughout history? Why can it be found among so many diverse cultures, and even among opposing ideologies? What happened to antisemitism after the Holocaust? How is antisemitism expressed today, and what are the main spheres in which it can be found?

Modules

WELCOME TO THE COURSE

    • 2 Videos
    • 4 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Introduce Yourself

2 Videos

  • COURSE TRAILER
  • WELCOME TO THE COURSE

4 Readings

  • ABOUT YAD VASHEM
  • METHODOLOGY AND COURSE STRUCTURE
  • DISCUSSION GUIDELINES
  • SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK

HATE AND ANTISEMITISM

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • THE NATURE OF ANTISEMITISM

2 Videos

  • THE NATURE OF HATE
  • THE NATURE OF ANTISEMITISM

1 Readings

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THE TERM "ANTISEMITISM"

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • THE TERM "ANTISEMITISM"

2 Videos

  • ETYMOLOGY AND HISTORICAL ROOTS
  • A PROBLEMATIC TERM?

1 Readings

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WHO ARE THE JEWS?

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • WHO ARE THE JEWS?

1 Readings

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THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF ANTISEMITISM

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • A UNIQUE FORM OF HATE OR ANOTHER FORM OF XENOPHOBIA?
  • ECCLESIA AND SYNAGOGA

5 Videos

  • ANTI-JEWISH PERCEPTIONS IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD
  • A UNIQUE FORM OF HATE OR ANOTHER FORM OF XENOPHOBIA?
  • THE EARLY DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY
  • THE CONVERSION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
  • THE AUGUSTINIAN PERCEPTION

1 Readings

  • SUGGESTED READING

ANTI-JUDAISM

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • ANTI-JUDAISM AND ANTISEMITISM?

1 Videos

  • ANTI-JUDAISM

1 Readings

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ANTISEMITISM AND THE MIDDLE AGES

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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2 Videos

  • THE MIDDLE AGES
  • THE JEWISH "OTHER" IN THE MIDDLE AGES

2 Readings

  • AN EXAMPLE OF ANTI-JEWISH RESTRICTIONS
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WEEK 1 CONCLUSION

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • CONCLUDING DISCUSSION

1 Videos

  • CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 2

WELCOME TO WEEK 2

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • THE CHANGING FACE OF ANTISEMITISM

1 Readings

  • SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK

THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • THE ENLIGHTENMENT

3 Videos

  • THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
  • THE ENLIGHTENMENT
  • BETWEEN WESTERN AND EASTERN EUROPE

2 Readings

  • MARTIN LUTHER'S WRITINGS CONCERNING JEWS
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MODERN ANTISEMITISM

    • 6 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • NATIONALISM

6 Videos

  • THE RETURN OF JEWS TO WESTERN EUROPE
  • EMANCIPATION: NEW POSSIBILITIES AND NEW PERILS
  • NATIONALISM: BELONGING AND OTHERNESS
  • THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND URBANISM
  • PERCEPTIONS OF JEWISH SUCCESS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
  • RACISM AND RACIAL ANTISEMITISM

1 Readings

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MODERN ANTISEMITISM: THE CASE OF GERMANY

    • 1 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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1 Videos

  • GERMANS, JEWS, AND ANTISEMITES

2 Readings

  • CONTEMPORARY VIEWS OF THE JEWS IN GERMANY
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MODERN ANTISEMITISM: THE CASE OF FRANCE

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • THE DREYFUS AFFAIR

2 Videos

  • THE INTEGRATION OF JEWS INTO FRENCH SOCIETY
  • FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TO THE DREYFUS AFFAIR

1 Readings

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MODERN ANTISEMITISM: THE CASE OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

    • 2 Videos
    • 2 Readings
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2 Videos

  • BETWEEN RESTRICTIONS, REFORMS AND POGROMS
  • ANTISEMITIC EXPRESSIONS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY

2 Readings

  • THE ANTI-JEWISH MAY LAWS OF 1882
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THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION

1 Videos

  • THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION

1 Readings

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THE EMERGENCE OF ZIONISM

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • THE EMERGENCE OF ZIONISM

1 Readings

  • SUGGESTED READING

WEEK 2 CONCLUSION

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • CONCLUDING DISCUSSION

1 Videos

  • CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 3

WELCOME TO WEEK 3

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • FROM WORLD WAR I TO THE HOLOCAUST

1 Readings

  • SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK

WORLD WAR I

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • THE STAB-IN-THE-BACK MYTH

2 Videos

  • WORLD WAR I AND ITS IMPACT ON ANTISEMITISM
  • THE IMPACT ON GERMANY

1 Readings

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THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND THE CIVIL WAR POGROMS

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • THE MYTH OF JUDEO-BOLSHEVISM

2 Videos

  • THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND THE CIVIL WAR POGROMS
  • THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND THE PERCEPTION OF THE JEWS

1 Readings

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THE INTERWAR YEARS

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • THE INTERWAR PERIOD

2 Videos

  • BETWEEN TWO WORLD WARS
  • ECONOMIC ANTISEMITISM

1 Readings

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NAZI IDEOLOGY AND HITLER'S RISE TO POWER

    • 4 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • FROM THE SPEECH BY ADOLF HITLER, JANUARY 30, 1939

4 Videos

  • THE MAIN PRINCIPLES OF NAZI IDEOLOGY
  • THE CENTRALITY OF ANTISEMITISM IN NAZI IDEOLOGY
  • THE RISE OF NAZISM TO POWER
  • ANTISEMITISM IN GERMANY IN THE 1930S

2 Readings

  • ANTI-JEWISH MEASURES
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THE HOLOCAUST

    • 5 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 3 Discussion
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3 Discussions

  • THE COLLABORATORS
  • PHOTOGRAPH: EXECUTION OF JEWS NEAR IVANGOROD, 1942
  • "THE JEWISH ENEMY"

5 Videos

  • WORLD WAR II
  • THE HOLOCAUST
  • THE COLLABORATORS
  • INTIMATE MURDER
  • ANTISEMITISM AS A DRIVING FORCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

1 Readings

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ANTISEMITISM AFTER THE WAR

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • ANTISEMITIC TRACT FROM PARIS (1946)

2 Videos

  • THE AFTERMATH
  • THE PERSISTENCE OF ANTISEMITISM

1 Readings

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WEEK 3 CONCLUSION

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • CONCLUDING DISCUSSION

1 Videos

  • CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 4

WELCOME TO WEEK 4

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • FAR-RIGHT, FAR-LEFT, HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND ANTI-ZIONISM

1 Readings

  • SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK

ANTISEMITISM IN THE FAR-RIGHT

    • 7 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • THE RISE IN FAR-RIGHT ANTISEMITISM

7 Videos

  • THE FAR-RIGHT: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
  • THE PLACE OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE FAR-RIGHT
  • RIGHT-WING POPULISM AND THE PERCEPTION OF THE JEWS
  • FAR-RIGHT ANTISEMITISM IN EUROPE
  • FAR-RIGHT ANTISEMITISM IN THE UNITED STATES
  • LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES
  • RIGHT-WING POPULISM AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN THE UNITED STATES

1 Readings

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HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND DISTORTION

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • HOLOCAUST DENIAL

2 Videos

  • THE VARYING FORMS OF HOLOCAUST DENIAL
  • IRVING V PENGUIN BOOKS AND LIPSTADT

1 Readings

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ANTISEMITISM IN THE FAR-LEFT

    • 7 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • ANTISEMITIC ANTI-ZIONISM
  • LEGITIMATE CRITICISM OF ISRAEL VS. ANTISEMITIC POSITIONS

7 Videos

  • ANTISEMITISM IN THE FAR-LEFT
  • ANTI-ZIONISM
  • THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF CONTEMPORARY ANTI-ZIONISM
  • ANTI-ZIONISM IN THE 1960S AND 1970S: THE USSR AND THE SOVIET BLOC
  • THE KEYSTONE THEORY
  • BETWEEN LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE CRITICISM OF ISRAEL
  • ALLEGATIONS OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY

1 Readings

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ANTI-ZIONISM AND HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND DISTORTION

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • THE HOLOCAUST AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL

1 Videos

  • ANTI-ZIONISM AND HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND DISTORTION

1 Readings

  • SUGGESTED READING

WEEK 4 CONCLUSION

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • CONCLUDING DISCUSSION - CONTEMPORARY ANTISEMITISM IN THE WEST

2 Videos

  • The Place of Antisemitism in the Yellow Vests Movement
  • CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 5

Welcome to week 5

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • THE ARAB AND ISLAMIC WORLD

1 Readings

  • SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK

THE PLACE OF THE JEWS UNDER ISLAM

    • 4 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • JEWS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD - PICTURE ANALYSIS

4 Videos

  • EARLY DYNAMICS IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
  • PERCEPTIONS OF JEWS AND JUDAISM IN THE MUSLIM SACRED TEXTS
  • ATTITUDES TOWARD JEWS UNDER MUSLIM RULE
  • JEWS UNDER CHRISTIANITY AND UNDER ISLAM

2 Readings

  • ATTITUDES TOWARDS JEW IN THE MUSLIM SACRED TEXTS
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTISEMITISM

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • ATTITUDES TOWARDS MINORITIES

4 Videos

  • THE EMERGENCE OF ANTISEMITISM
  • THE ARRIVAL OF NATIONALISM
  • THE LOSS OF DOMINANCE
  • THE EMERGENCE OF ZIONISM

1 Readings

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMISM

    • 4 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMISM

4 Videos

  • THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
  • DEFINING ISLAMISM
  • "THE INVENTION OF TRADITION": AN INVENTED INTERPRETATION OF MUSLIM-JEWISH HISTORY
  • FROM THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TO CONTEMPORARY ISLAMISM

1 Readings

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CONTEMPORARY ISLAMISM

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIST RHETORIC

2 Videos

  • A DISTORTED INTERPRETATION OF THE PAST
  • CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIST RHETORIC

1 Readings

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THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION

1 Readings

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RESPONSES TO THE HOLOCAUST IN THE ISLAMIC AND ARAB WORLD

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND DISTORTION

1 Readings

  • SUGGESTED READING

ANTISEMITISM IN THE MEDIA

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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  • ANTISEMITISM IN THE MEDIA: VARYING TRENDS
  • OTHER VOICES

1 Readings

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THE CASE OF IRAN

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • THE CASE OF IRAN

1 Readings

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WEEK 5 CONCLUSION

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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  • CONCLUDING DISCUSSION

1 Videos

  • CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 6

WELCOME TO WEEK 6

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • CONTEMPORARY MANIFESTATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE

1 Readings

  • SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK

IDENTIFYING ANTISEMITISM

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • WHAT IS AND WHAT ISN'T ANTISEMITISM
  • 3D TEST

3 Videos

  • CASE STUDIES: WHAT IS AND WHAT ISN'T ANTISEMITISM?
  • DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE CRITICISM OF ISRAEL
  • THE BDS MOVEMENT

1 Readings

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CONSPIRACY THEORIES

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • PHILOSEMITISM AND ANTISEMITISM

2 Videos

  • CONSPIRACY THEORIES
  • SOME PERCEPTIONS FROM THE FAR EAST

1 Readings

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ONLINE HATE

    • 3 Videos
    • 1 Readings
    • 1 Discussion
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  • CONFRONTING ONLINE HATE

3 Videos

  • SOCIAL MEDIA
  • VIRALITY AND INFORMATION FLOW
  • CONFRONTING ONLINE HATE

1 Readings

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ADDRESSING ANTISEMITISM

    • 7 Videos
    • 3 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • RISE IN ANTISEMITISM
  • DEFINING ANTISEMITISM

7 Videos

  • RESEARCHING ANTISEMITISM
  • MONITORING ANTISEMITISM – OVERVIEW AND MAIN FINDINGS FOR 2016
  • MONITORING ANTISEMITISM – MAIN FINDINGS FOR 2017-2019
  • A WORKING DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM
  • COMBATING ANTISEMITISM THROUGH LEGISLATION
  • ATTEMPTS TO CONFRONT ANTISEMITISM IN THE EU AND THE UK
  • THE BRITISH ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP AGAINST ANTISEMITISM

3 Readings

  • INSTITUTES FOR THE RESEARCH AND STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM
  • MONITORING AND RESPONSE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTES
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PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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  • ADDRESSING HATRED

1 Videos

  • MOVING FORWARD

WEEK 6 AND COURSE CONCLUSION

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Final Assessment

1 Videos

  • CONCLUDING THE COURSE

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"Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present" is an insightful course in the Arts & Humanities domain, offered by Coursera. Guided by 50 leading scholars, it delves into the history, evolution, and contemporary expressions of antisemitism across various cultures and ideologies. Spanning 1380 minutes, this foundational course is available through Starter and Professional subscription options, making it ideal for learners seeking a comprehensive understanding of antisemitism's complex nature.

Dr. Yossi Kugler
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Dr. Yossi Kugler

Dmitry Kolotilenko
Instructors

Dmitry Kolotilenko