Us vs. Them: Antisemitism Goes to School

EPISODE 111 | Us vs. Them: Antisemitism Goes to School

Guest: Scott Shay, president of Chai Mitzvah and author of Conspiracy U

Hamas forces swept into Israel on October 7, 2023, committing atrocities and taking hostages. Literally the next day, American student groups were blaming Israel. Protests on campuses began to multiply and today the situation seems out of control and pro-Israel and pro-Palestine groups go at one another while school administrations react heavy-handedly. What's behind all the shrill rhetoric?

Scott Shay's 2021 book Conspiracy U looked at antisemitic trends on American campuses, and saw an uptick in sales at the end of last year as some of the things he'd talked about seemed to be coming to the fore. He shares some of his thoughts as to what is going on today on American universities. 

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SECTIONS

1. 02:57 - The Double Standard - There's no equality in otherization
2. 15:29 - Totem and Taboo - Logos, ethos, and pathos, political intent in conspiracy theories
3. 24:53 - Facts and Integrity - Digital and information literacy is lacking, the line between hate speech and threat
4. 29:35 - Trends or Tactics - Weaponizing plagiarism, economic antisemitism, BDS started on the far right 
5. 42:52 - Jewish Otherness - Anti-idolatry threatens god-king-pharaohs

• Music by Fanette Ronjat

More Info

• Chai Mitzvah 
• Conspiracy U: A Case Study by Scott Shay
• In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism by Scott Shay
• Getting Our Groove Back: How to Energize American Jewry by Scott Shay
• The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer
• A new wave of antisemitism threatens to rock an already unstable world on CNN
• Defining Antisemitism of the US State Department website
• What elite universities — and their critics — get wrong about campus antisemitism on Vox
• Major events in Pro-Palestinian protests at US universities on Reuters
• How pro-Palestinian protests unfolded on college campuses across the US: A timeline on ABC News
• Echoes of Vietnam war protest — A timeline of America's Student Spring
• Where are the US college campus protests and what is happening? in The Guardian
• As Columbia University protests on Israel-Hamas war come to a head, what to know
• Students protested for Palestine before Israel was even founded
• Is Hate Speech Legal? on TheFire.org
• Hate speech versus freedom of speech on the United Nations
• Why We Must Reject Efforts to Restrict Constitutionally Protected Speech on College Campuses on ACLU.org
• Pro-Palestinian campus protests are evolving. Here’s what to watch on PBS
• Student Protests in America Now: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?
• Why Palestinians can count on American students but not Arab allies to protest 

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