The London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism published a collection of 36 responses to 7 October and its aftermath, from key intellectuals and academics around the world. Why did it feel so significant? How do we make sense of the ballooning antisemitism that came with it?
The three-volume anthology brings together the observations of people who made the time to stop and look and think, and not just to rely on their pre-existing frameworks of understanding. It discusses the event itself, the antizionism and the antisemitism associated with it, the diverse intersections of the day of violence with gender, legal understandings of violence and genocide and the way it impacted in different countries.
Come and hear David Hirsh, Professor Anthony Julius, and Dr Linda Maizels, in a panel conversation moderated by Baroness Julia Neuberger DBE, give their thoughts on the first anniversary of the attack.
Preceding the event, our cinema will be open from 6.15pm - 7pm for the screening of a short film, Mesiba!, an artistic response to the Nova festival massacre.
The film is 5 minutes in length, and features no graphic content, however viewers may find the topic distressing.
Guests may enter the cinema at any time over the 45 minutes.
David Hirsh
David Hirsh is a senior lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, a Jew, a lifelong anti-racist, an expert on antisemitism, author of Contemporary Left Antisemitism, and an advisory editor of the Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism. He has pioneered a sociological account of contemporary antizionism and its relationship to antisemitism. He has worked on crimes against humanity, totalitarianism, democracy and populism.
Professor Anthony Julius
Professor Anthony Julius is one of the UK’s most senior lawyers. He chairs a new organisation Intra-Communal Professorial Group (The ICPG) amid a huge increase in antisemitism since 7 October which has been established to record and analyse the experiences of Jewish students, academics and other staff on university campuses.
Dr Linda Maizels
Dr. Linda Maizels is an independent scholar and researcher on antisemitism. She is an adjunct faculty member at the Spertus Institute, where she teaches a course on antisemitism for the Master in Arts in Jewish Professional Studies (MAJPS) and lectures for the Leadership Certificate in Combating Antisemitism (LCCA). She is also a member of the Advisory Council for the Brandeis University Presidential Initiative to Counter Antisemitism in Higher Education and a Senior Research Fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University.
Baroness Julia Neuberger DBE
Baroness Neuberger, DBE is a British rabbi and politician. She is a crossbench peer, social commentator and writer. She was senior rabbi at the West London Synagogue and one of the first two female rabbis in the UK.
In partnership with the Jewish Literary Foundation and the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.
