OLZAS - Why Has Anti-Semitism Risen So Alarmingly in Recent Years?
Course Description
This course will begin with a brief study of the origins of Anti-Semitism historically. This will be followed by presenting the most obvious causes of the alarming rise of Anti-Semitism in recent years. We will discuss whether Anti-Zionism is equal to Anti-Semitism. We will Field Trip to Legacy Congregation B’nai Israel on Kleinert Avenue (now Unified Jewish Community of Baton Rouge,) Guest speakers will include the Director of the Louisiana Anti-Defamation League.
Required Supplies: The Casualty of Contempt - The Alarming Rise of Anti- Semitism and What Can Be Done to Stop It a Collection of Essays and Stories Edited
by Aaron David Fruh (Deep River Books, 2020). Antisemitism Here and Now by Deborah E. Lipstadt, Shocken Books, New York
Optional Supplies: Basic Judaism by Milton Steinberg- Amazon
Notes
Instructor: Rabbi Barry WeinsteinPrerequisites
For more information about this course, contact: OLLI at LSU at 225-578-6763.English Proficiency Requirements
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