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Combating Antisemitism on Campus Through K-12 Jewish Identity Education – In-Person Program
This event focuses on the connection between the lack of substantive Jewish history in K-12 education and the rise in antisemitism on college campuses. We’ll probe how last year’s events on campuses are tied to a longstanding gap in understanding Jewish identity within education. We’ll also explore how that gap has influenced broader cultural narratives that limit Jewish history to the confines of the Holocaust.
The panel will feature Professor Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, a history professor at The New School and author of Classroom Wars, and the senior academic advisor to the NYC DOE overseeing the K-12 Jewish studies curriculum; Karen Marder, teacher and dean at Hillcrest High School in Queens; Professor Ester Fuchs, political scientist and co-author of Columbia's report on antisemitism; and JCRC CEO Mark Treyger, who will moderate the conversation.
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