Thursday, February 5 6:30 pm Martin E. Segal Theatre This  event  is  free,  and  admission  is  first-­‐come,  first-­‐served;  no  registra6on  required.  

The  genocidal  nature  of  racial  an1-­‐Semi1sm,  which  emerged  in  the  late  nineteenth  century  and  culminated  in  the  Holocaust,  has,  since  1945,  been  exhaus1vely  studied  and  poli1cally  contained.  Less  well  known  –  yet,  poten1ally,  just  as  lethal  –  is  the  phenomenon  of  leG-­‐wing  an1-­‐Semi1sm.  Although  

its  origins  date  from  the  mid-­‐nineteenth  century,  since  the  1960s  it  has  become  a  central  rallying  cry  among  intellectuals  and  poli1cal  actors  who  combine  an1-­‐Zionism  with  exaggerated  fears  about  Jewish  influence  and  Jewish  power.  In  this  respect,  like  tradi1onal  an1-­‐Semi1sm,  leG-­‐wing  an1-­‐Semi1sm  inflates  an1-­‐Jewish  prejudice  to  the  point  where  it  assumes  the  quali1es  of  a  dogma1c  ideology  that  is  impervious  to  reason,  evidence,  and  counter-­‐argument.  

Co-­‐sponsored  by  the  Ph.D.  Program  in  History,  the  Center  for  Jewish  Studies,  CUNY  Academy,  and  the  Ph.D.  Program  in  Poli6cal  Science.  

Richard  Wolin  is  dis1nguished  professor  of  history,  poli1cal  science,  and  compara1ve  literature  at  the  Graduate  Center.  

Leora  Batnitzky  (commentator)  is  a  professor  of  religion  and  Jewish  studies  at  Princeton  University.

The Socialism of Fools:

Reflections on the Rise of Left-Wing Anti-Semitism

A lecture by Richard Wolin With a response by Leora Batnitzky