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Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present

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Antisemitism: From Its Origins to the Present

Instructors: Dr. Yossi Kugler

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6 modules

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

94 reviews

Beginner level

No prior experience required

Flexible schedule

2 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

98%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

To discuss what antisemitism is and what is unique about it
To explain the historical and ideological roots of antisemitism and how it has developed
To discuss the characteristics of antisemitism today
To identify antisemitic language and actions in the past and in the present

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There are 6 modules in this course

In this course, 50 leading scholars from all over the world will explore questions and issues relating to antisemitism including: what is antisemitism? How has it changed throughout history? Why can it be found among so many diverse cultures, and even among opposing ideologies? What happened to antisemitism after the Holocaust? How is antisemitism expressed today, and what are the main spheres in which it can be found?

This week we will begin our exploration of the phenomenon of antisemitism. We will discuss the nature of hate, the unique characteristics of antisemitism as well as the etymology of the term. We will then turn to the historical roots and early development of the phenomenon - from the Greco-Roman period up until the Middle Ages.

What's included

16 videos12 readings7 discussion prompts

16 videos Total 85 minutes

COURSE TRAILER 2 minutes
WELCOME TO THE COURSE 5 minutes
THE NATURE OF HATE 4 minutes
THE NATURE OF ANTISEMITISM 8 minutes
ETYMOLOGY AND HISTORICAL ROOTS 5 minutes
A PROBLEMATIC TERM? 6 minutes
WHO ARE THE JEWS? 6 minutes
ANTI-JEWISH PERCEPTIONS IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD 5 minutes
A UNIQUE FORM OF HATE OR ANOTHER FORM OF XENOPHOBIA? 7 minutes
THE EARLY DAYS OF CHRISTIANITY 6 minutes
THE CONVERSION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 4 minutes
THE AUGUSTINIAN PERCEPTION 4 minutes
ANTI-JUDAISM 6 minutes
THE MIDDLE AGES 12 minutes
THE JEWISH "OTHER" IN THE MIDDLE AGES 3 minutes
CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 2 2 minutes

12 readings Total 70 minutes

ABOUT YAD VASHEM 5 minutes
METHODOLOGY AND COURSE STRUCTURE 5 minutes
DISCUSSION GUIDELINES 5 minutes
SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
AN EXAMPLE OF ANTI-JEWISH RESTRICTIONS 10 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
Additional Resources 10 minutes

7 discussion prompts Total 70 minutes

Introduce Yourself 10 minutes
THE NATURE OF ANTISEMITISM 10 minutes
THE TERM "ANTISEMITISM" 10 minutes
A UNIQUE FORM OF HATE OR ANOTHER FORM OF XENOPHOBIA? 10 minutes
ECCLESIA AND SYNAGOGA 10 minutes
ANTI-JUDAISM AND ANTISEMITISM? 10 minutes
CONCLUDING DISCUSSION 10 minutes

We will move on to the Modern Era, examining how attitudes towards the Jews were affected by the major religious, social, and political movements that were shaping Europe and the world during this time.

What's included

18 videos11 readings5 discussion prompts

18 videos Total 93 minutes

THE CHANGING FACE OF ANTISEMITISM 2 minutes
THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD 6 minutes
THE ENLIGHTENMENT 6 minutes
BETWEEN WESTERN AND EASTERN EUROPE 7 minutes
THE RETURN OF JEWS TO WESTERN EUROPE 4 minutes
EMANCIPATION: NEW POSSIBILITIES AND NEW PERILS 5 minutes
NATIONALISM: BELONGING AND OTHERNESS 5 minutes
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND URBANISM 3 minutes
PERCEPTIONS OF JEWISH SUCCESS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT 3 minutes
RACISM AND RACIAL ANTISEMITISM 9 minutes
GERMANS, JEWS, AND ANTISEMITES 8 minutes
THE INTEGRATION OF JEWS INTO FRENCH SOCIETY 2 minutes
FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TO THE DREYFUS AFFAIR 8 minutes
BETWEEN RESTRICTIONS, REFORMS AND POGROMS 6 minutes
ANTISEMITIC EXPRESSIONS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY 5 minutes
THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION 4 minutes
THE EMERGENCE OF ZIONISM 7 minutes
CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 3 2 minutes

11 readings Total 70 minutes

SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK 5 minutes
MARTIN LUTHER'S WRITINGS CONCERNING JEWS 10 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
CONTEMPORARY VIEWS OF THE JEWS IN GERMANY 10 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
THE ANTI-JEWISH MAY LAWS OF 1882 10 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes

5 discussion prompts Total 55 minutes

THE ENLIGHTENMENT 10 minutes
NATIONALISM 10 minutes
THE DREYFUS AFFAIR 10 minutes
THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION 10 minutes
CONCLUDING DISCUSSION 15 minutes

This week we will delve into the 20th century and see how modern antisemitic notions and perceptions continued to develop and to be expressed, reaching a murderous peak with the catastrophic event of the Holocaust

What's included

19 videos8 readings9 discussion prompts

19 videos Total 110 minutes

FROM WORLD WAR I TO THE HOLOCAUST 2 minutes
WORLD WAR I AND ITS IMPACT ON ANTISEMITISM 10 minutes
THE IMPACT ON GERMANY 4 minutes
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND THE CIVIL WAR POGROMS 6 minutes
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND THE PERCEPTION OF THE JEWS 4 minutes
BETWEEN TWO WORLD WARS 3 minutes
ECONOMIC ANTISEMITISM 5 minutes
THE MAIN PRINCIPLES OF NAZI IDEOLOGY 10 minutes
THE CENTRALITY OF ANTISEMITISM IN NAZI IDEOLOGY 5 minutes
THE RISE OF NAZISM TO POWER 6 minutes
ANTISEMITISM IN GERMANY IN THE 1930S 5 minutes
WORLD WAR II 8 minutes
THE HOLOCAUST 11 minutes
THE COLLABORATORS 7 minutes
INTIMATE MURDER 4 minutes
ANTISEMITISM AS A DRIVING FORCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 9 minutes
THE AFTERMATH 7 minutes
THE PERSISTENCE OF ANTISEMITISM 5 minutes
CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 4 1 minute

8 readings Total 45 minutes

SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
ANTI-JEWISH MEASURES 10 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes

9 discussion prompts Total 90 minutes

THE STAB-IN-THE-BACK MYTH 10 minutes
THE MYTH OF JUDEO-BOLSHEVISM 10 minutes
THE INTERWAR PERIOD 10 minutes
FROM THE SPEECH BY ADOLF HITLER, JANUARY 30, 1939 10 minutes
THE COLLABORATORS 10 minutes
PHOTOGRAPH: EXECUTION OF JEWS NEAR IVANGOROD, 1942 10 minutes
"THE JEWISH ENEMY" 10 minutes
ANTISEMITIC TRACT FROM PARIS (1946) 10 minutes
CONCLUDING DISCUSSION 10 minutes

This week we will turn to the contemporary world by first examining how antisemitism is expressed by two of the main realms in which it can be found today - the Far-right and the Far-left

What's included

20 videos5 readings6 discussion prompts

20 videos Total 116 minutes

FAR-RIGHT, FAR-LEFT, HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND ANTI-ZIONISM 5 minutes
THE FAR-RIGHT: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS 5 minutes
THE PLACE OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE FAR-RIGHT 3 minutes
RIGHT-WING POPULISM AND THE PERCEPTION OF THE JEWS 3 minutes
FAR-RIGHT ANTISEMITISM IN EUROPE 8 minutes
FAR-RIGHT ANTISEMITISM IN THE UNITED STATES 6 minutes
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES 6 minutes
RIGHT-WING POPULISM AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN THE UNITED STATES 4 minutes
THE VARYING FORMS OF HOLOCAUST DENIAL 8 minutes
IRVING V PENGUIN BOOKS AND LIPSTADT 5 minutes
ANTISEMITISM IN THE FAR-LEFT 6 minutes
ANTI-ZIONISM 5 minutes
THE HISTORICAL ROOTS OF CONTEMPORARY ANTI-ZIONISM 9 minutes
ANTI-ZIONISM IN THE 1960S AND 1970S: THE USSR AND THE SOVIET BLOC 9 minutes
THE KEYSTONE THEORY 4 minutes
BETWEEN LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE CRITICISM OF ISRAEL 7 minutes
ALLEGATIONS OF ANTISEMITISM IN THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY 10 minutes
ANTI-ZIONISM AND HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND DISTORTION 7 minutes
The Place of Antisemitism in the Yellow Vests Movement 5 minutes
CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 5 1 minute

5 readings Total 25 minutes

SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes

6 discussion prompts Total 60 minutes

THE RISE IN FAR-RIGHT ANTISEMITISM 10 minutes
HOLOCAUST DENIAL 10 minutes
ANTISEMITIC ANTI-ZIONISM 10 minutes
LEGITIMATE CRITICISM OF ISRAEL VS. ANTISEMITIC POSITIONS 10 minutes
THE HOLOCAUST AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL 10 minutes
CONCLUDING DISCUSSION - CONTEMPORARY ANTISEMITISM IN THE WEST 10 minutes

This week we will continue with our exploration of antisemitism in the contemporary world, by focusing on the past and present of a realm which has not been discussed in the course so far - the Arab and Islamic world.

What's included

21 videos10 readings5 discussion prompts

21 videos Total 91 minutes

THE ARAB AND ISLAMIC WORLD 2 minutes
EARLY DYNAMICS IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA 5 minutes
PERCEPTIONS OF JEWS AND JUDAISM IN THE MUSLIM SACRED TEXTS 2 minutes
ATTITUDES TOWARD JEWS UNDER MUSLIM RULE 6 minutes
JEWS UNDER CHRISTIANITY AND UNDER ISLAM 4 minutes
THE EMERGENCE OF ANTISEMITISM 6 minutes
THE ARRIVAL OF NATIONALISM 4 minutes
THE LOSS OF DOMINANCE 2 minutes
THE EMERGENCE OF ZIONISM 5 minutes
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD 6 minutes
DEFINING ISLAMISM 5 minutes
"THE INVENTION OF TRADITION": AN INVENTED INTERPRETATION OF MUSLIM-JEWISH HISTORY 5 minutes
FROM THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TO CONTEMPORARY ISLAMISM 4 minutes
A DISTORTED INTERPRETATION OF THE PAST 2 minutes
CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIST RHETORIC 2 minutes
THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION 6 minutes
HOLOCAUST DENIAL AND DISTORTION 7 minutes
ANTISEMITISM IN THE MEDIA: VARYING TRENDS 7 minutes
OTHER VOICES 3 minutes
THE CASE OF IRAN 6 minutes
CONCLUSION AND LOOKING AHEAD TO WEEK 6 2 minutes

10 readings Total 55 minutes

SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK 5 minutes
ATTITUDES TOWARDS JEW IN THE MUSLIM SACRED TEXTS 10 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes

5 discussion prompts Total 55 minutes

JEWS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD - PICTURE ANALYSIS 10 minutes
ATTITUDES TOWARDS MINORITIES 10 minutes
DEVELOPMENT OF ISLAMISM 10 minutes
CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIST RHETORIC 10 minutes
CONCLUDING DISCUSSION 15 minutes

During this last week of the course, we will try to better our understanding of contemporary antisemitism. We will also explore online hate, and examine the ways antisemitism is confronted and dealt with in various arenas today.

What's included

18 videos7 readings1 peer review7 discussion prompts

18 videos Total 98 minutes

CONTEMPORARY MANIFESTATIONS, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE 2 minutes
CASE STUDIES: WHAT IS AND WHAT ISN'T ANTISEMITISM? 5 minutes
DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE CRITICISM OF ISRAEL 6 minutes
THE BDS MOVEMENT 7 minutes
CONSPIRACY THEORIES 6 minutes
SOME PERCEPTIONS FROM THE FAR EAST 4 minutes
SOCIAL MEDIA 7 minutes
VIRALITY AND INFORMATION FLOW 7 minutes
CONFRONTING ONLINE HATE 4 minutes
RESEARCHING ANTISEMITISM 3 minutes
MONITORING ANTISEMITISM – OVERVIEW AND MAIN FINDINGS FOR 2016 5 minutes
MONITORING ANTISEMITISM – MAIN FINDINGS FOR 2017-2019 10 minutes
A WORKING DEFINITION OF ANTISEMITISM 4 minutes
COMBATING ANTISEMITISM THROUGH LEGISLATION 4 minutes
ATTEMPTS TO CONFRONT ANTISEMITISM IN THE EU AND THE UK 7 minutes
THE BRITISH ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP AGAINST ANTISEMITISM 6 minutes
MOVING FORWARD 12 minutes
CONCLUDING THE COURSE 1 minute

7 readings Total 35 minutes

SCHOLARS PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEK 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes
INSTITUTES FOR THE RESEARCH AND STUDY OF ANTISEMITISM 5 minutes
MONITORING AND RESPONSE AGENCIES AND INSTITUTES 5 minutes
SUGGESTED READING 5 minutes

1 peer review Total 90 minutes

Final Assessment 90 minutes

7 discussion prompts Total 70 minutes

WHAT IS AND WHAT ISN'T ANTISEMITISM 10 minutes
3D TEST 10 minutes
PHILOSEMITISM AND ANTISEMITISM 10 minutes
CONFRONTING ONLINE HATE 10 minutes
RISE IN ANTISEMITISM 10 minutes
DEFINING ANTISEMITISM 10 minutes
ADDRESSING HATRED 10 minutes

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Dr. Yossi Kugler

Yad Vashem

6 Courses 17,261 learners

Dmitry Kolotilenko

Yad Vashem

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Reviewed on May 20, 2024

good course but mark scheme for the end of course questionnaire is ridiculous.

Reviewed on Mar 19, 2023

A very good introduction to the issue of anti-semitism from biblical times to modernity. The course is well structured and well paced. I congratulate those who participated in the course.

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This is an interesting course which explores important issues.

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