5-6:30 PM
Virtual
There has long been a debate over whether anti-Zionism is antisemitic. In recent months, this debate has become particularly intense and often acrimonious. In an effort to tackle this contentious and timely question in a nuanced manner, Professor Dov Waxman will reframe the question from “is anti-Zionism antisemitic?” to “when is anti-Zionism antisemitic?” He will argue that anti-Zionism is not necessarily or inherently antisemitic, but this does not mean that it is never antisemitic or that it never has antisemitic consequences. Sometimes anti-Zionism is antisemitic, but not always. It is important, therefore, not to conflate anti-Zionism with antisemitism, and also to understand how, in practice, anti-Zionism has sometimes been antisemitic, both historically and recently.
Presenter:
Dov Waxman is the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. He is the author of four books: The Pursuit of Peace and The Crisis of Israeli Identity: Defending / Defining the Nation (2006), Israel’s Palestinians: The Conflict Within (2011), Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel (2016), and most recently, The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know (2019). He is currently working on a book about contemporary antisemitism and the politics surrounding it.