"Antisemitism and Racism: A Shared History" featuring Magda Teter (Fordham University)
2:30 PM 鈥 4:00 PM
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The Centre for the Study of Democracy and Diversity Presents the Contemporary Antisemitism Series:
"Antisemitism and Racism: A Shared History"
featuring Magda Teter (Fordham University)
Monday, March 4, 2024
3:00-4:30 PM
Online via Zoom
Abstract:
In 2017 in Charlottesville, antisemitism and anti-Black racism converged as white supremacists, in a highly choreographed and violent protest against the removal of a statue honoring a Confederate general, carried Confederate flags and chanted 鈥淛ews will not replace us.鈥 This convergence is not just a product of American history, its roots go far deeper. In this talk, Magda Teter, the author of Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism, will explore the interplay between Christian theology and law to demonstrate how the theological framework of Christian supersessionism articulated in antiquity and its subsequent application in law led to the creation of social hierarchies, legal exclusion of and a denial of equality to Jews and Black people also in modern times.
This lecture series is supported by the Azrieli Foundation.
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