Antisemitism and the Crisis of Liberalism

Since the American and French Revolutions, liberal democracy has always gone hand-in-hand with greater rights and opportunities for Jews. Conversely, times of crisis for liberal democracy—the Dreyfus Affair in France, Weimar Germany, our current moment—have been accompanied by rising antisemitism. This conference brings together leading scholars and thinkers to explore the relationship between Jews and liberalism historically as well as the role that antisemitism is playing in debates about liberalism today.

The conference is made possible by a generous grant from the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund and the Betty MacMillan Center for International Studies at Yale.

Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration; the Program in Jewish Studies; the Department of French; and the Whitney Humanities Center.

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