Episode 10: Solidarity Sabbath Season – An Ancient Hatred

In the first episode of the Lantos Foundation’s special Solidarity Sabbath podcast season, we take a deeper look at the origins and history of Anti-Semitism. It is often called “an ancient hatred” or “the oldest hatred”. We ask David Nirenberg, Dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School, just how far back does it really go? Why has it been so enduring across time, geography, religion, culture, politics – even in places where no actual Jews live? This episode provides context for what will be a special season devoted exclusively to the subject of anti-Semitism and how we can combat it.

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Plot Against America trailer

Viral trailer

From creators David Simon and Ed Burns comes The Plot Against America, an alternate American history story of the country's turn to fascism told through the ...

In theaters starting February 21, 2020 Antisemitism in the US and Europe is spreading. It mutates and evolves and is seemingly unstoppable. It appears as van...

Defining Anti-Semitism

David Nirenberg

How Anti-Semitism rise on the left and right (New Yorker)

Seventy-five years after Auschwitz, anti-Semitism is on the rise (The Atlantic)

A Brief History of Anti-Semitism (Anti-Defamation League)