Brandeis University President's Initiative on Antisemitism

Pacific Northwest Leadership Schedule

Time	Session	Presenter
8:30-9:00 AM	Breakfast and check-in
9:00-9:10 AM	Welcome and Goals for the Day	Portland State Professionals Rachel Fish, PhD, Brandeis University & Boundless
9:10 - 10:00 AM	Keynote Address	Deborah E. Lipstadt, PhD, Emory University
10:00 - 11:15 AM	Who are the Jews and Contemporary Antisemitism	Stephanie Wapner, PhD, Academic Engagement Network (AEN)
11:15 - 11:30 AM	Break
11:30 - 12:15 PM	Unpacking Zionism and Antizionism	Rachel Fish, PhD
12:15 - 12:45 PM	Debrief and Processing	Rachel Fish, PhD
12:45 - 1:45 PM	Working Lunch and Panel Presentation	Panel Discussion with Students and Faculty
1:45 - 3:00 PM	Understanding Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act	Denise Katz-Prober, Esq., The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
3:00 - 3:15 PM	Break
3:15 - 4:45 PM	Anti-Jewish Sentiment in Christianity	Rosann Catalano, PhD and Chris Leighton, PhD, Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies
4:45 - 5:00 PM	Break
5:00 - 6:00 PM	Research on Antisemitism in America	Bar Guzi, PhD, Boundless & Brandeis University

Time	Session	Presenter
8:30 - 9:00 AM	Light Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15 AM	Past, Present and Future of Black-Jewish Relations	Marc Dollinger, PhD, San Francisco State University
10:15 - 10:30 AM	Break
10:30 - 11:45 AM	History of the Soviet Legacy of Anti-Zionism	Izabella Tabarovsky, Senior Fellow and Scholar
11:45 - 12:00 PM	Debrief
12:00 - 1:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 PM	History of Muslim-Jewish Relations and What’s to Come	Iqbal Akhtar, PhD, Florida International University
2:15 - 2:30 PM	Break
2:30 - 3:45 PM	Understanding the Israel-Hamas Conflict	Amital Magen, PhD, Stanford University
3:45 - 4:20 PM	Case Studies in breakout groups	Facilitated by breakout session leaders
4:20 - 4:30 PM	Closing and Wrap-Up	Rachel Fish, PhD