{"id":1904,"date":"2026-07-01T07:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T07:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compercenter.haifa.ac.il\/?p=1904"},"modified":"2026-07-22T09:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:15:46","slug":"livestream-contemporary-antisemitism-haifa-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/compercenter.haifa.ac.il\/?p=1904","title":{"rendered":"Conference video recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch videos of the all livestreamed sessions – on the conference playlist<\/a> on the University of Haifa YouTube Channel.<\/p>\n

Individual presentations and keynote speeches are being made available on the Comper Center YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The following is the full list of livestreamed sessions and plenaries available on the conference playlist, above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Day and Time (Israel time)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Stream 1: Student Building 001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Stream 2 : Student Building 101<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Tuesday July 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00 AM \u2013 10:30 AM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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P01: GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 How the Palestinian Movement\u2019s Historic Refusal of a Jewish State Fuels Contemporary Antisemitism \u2013 A Perspective from Chilean Parliamentary Experience \u2013 Daniel Farcas (Bar Ilan University)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Shared Struggles? Native American Solidarity with Palestine and the Politics of Comparison \u2013 Salome Richter (Trier University)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Contemporary Antisemitism: Global Discourses, Political Dynamics, and Emerging Challenges: Exploring Identity, Technology, Education, and Society in the 21st Century \u2013 Manish Kumar Yadav (Adikeih, College of Business and Social Sciences, NHERI-Asmara University, Eritrea)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Muslim Clerics on Zionism and Jews \u2013 Elad Ben David (INSS-ISGAP)<\/p>\n

Chair: Anja Schmidt-Kleinert (Philips University of Marburg)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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P02: MUSLIM ANTISEMITISM I<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Antisemitism and Islam: On the Religious Dimension of October 7 \u2013 Matthias K\u00fcntzel (Independent Researcher and Book Author)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Delegitimizing the Jewish State: How Al-Azhar Sunni Islam\u2019s Highest Authority Weaponsed Religious Discourse Post-October 7 \u2013 Michael Barak (Reichman University)<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Three-Headed Hydra: Antisemitism in Modern Arab Thought \u2013 Tom Khaled W\u00fcrdemann (Heidelberg University of Jewish Studies)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jewish Threat Perceptions and the “Blame Game” over Islamist Antisemitism in Germany \u2013 Niklas Herrberg (Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Germany)<\/p>\n

Chair: Stephen Pogany (University of Warwick) <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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11:00 AM \u2013 12:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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P09: NATURALIZING ANTISEMITISM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Antisemitism, Nationalism, and Authoritarianism in the International Climate Movement \u2013 Kathrin Renz (University of Passau)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Climate Change and Antisemitism \u2013 Charlie Kaufhold (International Psychoanalytic University)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Against the “Natural Order”: Antisemitism, Anti-Vaxx Ideology, and Historical Revisionism \u2013 Isolde Vogel (Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance)<\/p>\n

Chair: Robert Litman (Gratz College)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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P10: DEFINITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 The IHRA Definition of Antisemitism \u2013 Dina Porat (Tel Aviv University)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Settler Colonial Studies: Ideology and Violence – Derek Spitz (One Essex Court)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Israel, Antisemitism, and the Ideological Clash: Toward a New Theoretical Framework \u2013 Nikolay Tabah (Haifa University)<\/p>\n

Chair: Stacey Aviva Clark (Gratz College)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1:00 PM \u2013 2:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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S02: BUILDING A NETWORK: RESEARCH ADDRESSING ANTISEMITISM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7         David Hirsh (London Centre\/Goldsmiths, University of London)<\/p>\n

\u00b7         Ayal Feinberg (Gratz College)<\/p>\n

\u00b7         David Barak-Gorodetsky (Comper Center, University of Haifa)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2:00 PM \u2013 3:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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S03: ANTISEMITISM AND SPORTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Discussion:<\/p>\n

\u00b7         David Hirsh ((London Centre\/Goldsmiths, University of London)<\/p>\n

\u00b7         Adam Dickson (Durham University)<\/p>\n

Moderator: Oren Dvoskin ( Comper Center, Unversity of Haifa)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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P15: USA\/POLITICS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Continuities and Discontinuities in Anti-Jewish Politics: A Constructivist Approach \u2013 Shaul Kelner (Vanderbilt University)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Chicago 1967 to Chicago 2024: Israel, Radicalism, and War from the National Conference for New Politics to the Democratic National Convention \u2013 Sara Hirschhorn (Comper Center, University of Haifa)<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Relationship between Populism and Antisemitism: New Data from the United States \u2013 Chad Alan Goldberg (University of Wisconsin-Madison)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Antisemitic Surges in the United States Track Military Campaigns Against Israel \u2013 Michael Barlev (Arizona State University)<\/p>\n

Chair – David Barak-Gorodetsky (Comper Center, University of Haifa)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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4:00 PM \u2013 5:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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S04: BE A REFUSNIK: A JEWISH STUDENTS’ SURVIVAL GUIDE \u2013 BOOK LAUNCH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Discussion:<\/p>\n

\u00b7         Natan Sharansky<\/p>\n

\u00b7         David Hazony<\/p>\n

\u00b7         Izabella Tabarovsky<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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P21: ANTISEMITISM AND EDUCATION: FROM GOAL TO OUTCOME – TAGLIT-BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL PANEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

This panel, led by expert Taglit-Birthright Israel educator Dr. Zohar Raviv and award-winning journalist Zvika Klein, explores the critical intersection of educational strategy and the fight against global antisemitism.<\/p>\n

Discussion: <\/p>\n

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  • Zohar Raviv<\/li>\n
  • Zvika Klein<\/li>\n
  • Lily Minkoff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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7:00 PM \u2013 9:30PM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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OPENING PLENARY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings: David Barak-Gorodetsky, Gur Alroey, Eyal Ostrinsky<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opening Remarks: Irwin Cotler<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lifetime Achievement Award: Dina Porat<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keynote Address: Deborah Lipstadt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Launch of the Contemporary Antisemitism Studies Association (CASA): David Hirsh, Ayal Feinberg, David Barak-Gorodetsky<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Wednesday July 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00 AM \u2013 10:30 AM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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P28: GENOCIDE ACCUSATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 The PLO and the Roots of the Genocide Accusation against Israel \u2013 Norman Goda (University of Florida)<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Elusive Genocide: Gaza through International Law and History \u2013 Joel Kotek (Jonathas Institute)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Antisemitism in Settler Colonial Studies and “The Written Resistance” \u2013 Andr\u00e9 Swanstr\u00f6m (\u00c5bo Akademi University, Finland)<\/p>\n

Chair: Gerald Steinberg<\/p>\n

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P29: ANTIZIONISM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Protocols of the Elders of Anti-Zion: The Global Conspiracy Against the Jews \u2013 Andrew Pessin (Connecticut College)<\/p>\n

\u2022 On Jew Hatred \u2013 Rona Kaufman (Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University)<\/p>\n

\u2022 American Anitzionism \u2013 Shaul Kelner (Vanderbilt University) <\/p>\n

Respondent: David Hirsh<\/p>\n

Chair: Derek Spitz<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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10:45 AM \u2013 12:15 PM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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P36: PUBLIC POLICY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Jewish Response to Antisemitism \u2013 Avi Benlolo (The Abraham Global Peace Initiative)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Has a Rubicon Been Crossed? Scenarios for Jewish Life in the West Post-October 7 \u2013 Jacob Dallal (Comper Center, University of Haifa)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Beyond Hatred: Mapping Pro-Jewish and Pro-Israel Allies in the Global Struggle Against Antisemitism \u2013 Aharon Ariel Lavi (The Ohr Torah Interfaith Center)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Two Camps, One Front: Aligning Jewish Conservatism and Liberalism Against Antisemitism \u2013 Inbal Ratz Gilmore (Yachad Israel-Breaking Barriers Initiative)<\/p>\n

Chair: Jacob Dallal<\/p>\n

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P37: ERASIVE ANTISEMITISM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Erasing Jewish History: The Denial of Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage and the Colonial Framing of Israel \u2013 Marc Neugr\u00f6schel (St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge)<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Battle Over Jewish Identity: Erasive Jew-Hate in the British Left \u2013 Ben Freeman (Comper Center, University of Haifa)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Hate and Morality \u2013 Tanja Ehmann (Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin, KHSB)<\/p>\n

Chair: Katie Posey<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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1:00 PM \u2013 2:00 PM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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S07: ACADEMIC KEYNOTE: CRITICAL THEORY, 7 OCTOBER AND THE CRITIQUE OF ANTISEMITISM AND SEXISM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Critical Theory, 7 October and the Critique of Antisemitism and Sexism \u2013 Karin St\u00f6gner (University of Passau)<\/p>\n

Respondent: Balazs Berkovits (Comper Center, University of Haifa)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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2:15 PM \u2013 3:45 PM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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P44: MAKING A CHANGE: POLICY ON CAMPUS AND BEYOND<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Confronting Antisemitism on US College Campuses: What Do We Know and What We Do? \u2013 Leonard Saxe (Brandeis University)<\/p>\n

\u2022 On the Front Lines of Jewish Advocacy: Making Sense of Antisemitism Data at AJC \u2013 Laura Shaw Frank (American Jewish Committee)<\/p>\n

\u2022 When Protection Fails to Transfer: Institutional Betrayal and the Title IX\/Title VI Double Standard \u2013 Sagit Sade Attia (Israeli American Council)<\/p>\n

Chair: Amira Halperin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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4:00 PM \u2013 5:30 PM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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S08: INTERFAITH AND ANTISEMITISM: RESPONSES THAT UNITE US<\/strong>
This moderated conversation explores collaborative, interfaith frameworks for countering contemporary antisemitism and religious prejudice across the West and the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Georgette Bennet Iman Atta (Director | Tell MAMA)<\/p>\n

Jules Freeman (LCSCA and TAU)<\/p>\n

Moderator: David Barak-Gorodetsky (Comper Center, University of Haifa)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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