The Bennett Lecture for Judaic Studies - "In The Haunted Jewish Present: On (NOT) Confronting Anti-Semitism"

Date: 09-19-2023

Time: 07:30 PM

Location: Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts

"In The Haunted Jewish Present: On (NOT) Confronting Anti-Semitism" with Dara Horn, PhD award-winning author and lecturer. One of Granta magazine’s Best Young American Novelists (2007), she is the recipient of three National Jewish Book Awards. Her most recent book is People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present (2021)

Dr. Horn will discuss the recent rise in antisemitism and the problematics of Holocaust education. Round table discussion will include Evan R. Bernstein, CEO of Community Security Service; former Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League. Co-sponsored by Congregation B'nai Israel of Bridgeport and Quick Center for the Arts

For more information, contact Maria King / x2066 / mking@fairfield.edu