0321 - After Charlottesville and Pittsburgh: Theoretical, Empirical, Comparative, Pedagogical, and Policy Implications of Sociology of Antisemitism (Organized by AJYB, Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry, and Berman Jewish DataBank)

Session Submission Type: Preconference

Description

Rationale: The chant, “Jews will not replace us,” at the Charlottesville, VA, rally in August 2017, and the mass murders at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA, in 2018, suggest that antisemitism may not be easily dismissed as a latent phenomenon in the US, which bears only minimal scrutiny by social scientists. Historically, significant and pioneering research on the topic of antisemitism was carried out by prominent social scientists in the 20th century, including Wirth (The Ghetto 1928), Adorno et al. (The Authoritarian Personality 1950), and Glock and Stark (Christian Beliefs and Anti-Semitism 1964).

Goal: In this preconference, we will assemble several colleagues to address the 1) theoretical, 2) empirical, 3) comparative, 4) pedagogical, and 5) policy implications of advancing the “sociology of antisemitism.” Topics 1-3 will be covered in a two hour session, followed by topics 4-5 in another two hour session. Each session will open with brief paper presentations followed by a roundtable panel of discussants.

Summary: Participants will gain a better understanding of the sociology of antisemitism, which expands on the theme of the annual meeting: “Engaging Social Justice for a Better World.”

Sub Unit

• Preconference

Session Organizers

• Arnold Dashefsky, University of Connecticut

• Chad Alan Goldberg, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Presiders

• Arnold Dashefsky, University of Connecticut

• Chad Alan Goldberg, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Panelists

• Jack Jacobs, John Jay College, CUNY

• Gunther Jikeli, IIBSA

• David Hirsh, University of London

• Jeff Weintraub, New School for Social Research

• Tom W. Smith, NORC

• Benjamin Schapiro, NORC at the University of Chicago

• Leonard Saxe, Brandeis University

• Jennifer Rich, Rowan University

• Peter Gluck

• Charles Small, Oxford University and ISGAP: