Thursday, February 5 6:30 pm Martin E. Segal Theatre This event is free, and admission is first-‐come, first-‐served; no registra6on required.
The genocidal nature of racial an1-‐Semi1sm, which emerged in the late nineteenth century and culminated in the Holocaust, has, since 1945, been exhaus1vely studied and poli1cally contained. Less well known – yet, poten1ally, just as lethal – is the phenomenon of leG-‐wing an1-‐Semi1sm. Although
its origins date from the mid-‐nineteenth century, since the 1960s it has become a central rallying cry among intellectuals and poli1cal actors who combine an1-‐Zionism with exaggerated fears about Jewish influence and Jewish power. In this respect, like tradi1onal an1-‐Semi1sm, leG-‐wing an1-‐Semi1sm inflates an1-‐Jewish prejudice to the point where it assumes the quali1es of a dogma1c ideology that is impervious to reason, evidence, and counter-‐argument.
Co-‐sponsored by the Ph.D. Program in History, the Center for Jewish Studies, CUNY Academy, and the Ph.D. Program in Poli6cal Science.
Richard Wolin is dis1nguished professor of history, poli1cal science, and compara1ve literature at the Graduate Center.
Leora Batnitzky (commentator) is a professor of religion and Jewish studies at Princeton University.
The Socialism of Fools:
Reflections on the Rise of Left-Wing Anti-Semitism
A lecture by Richard Wolin With a response by Leora Batnitzky