This lecture series, held throughout the 2021–22 academic year, will explore the ongoing phenomenon of anti-Semitism by examining its myriad historical contexts and relationships to other forms of prejudice and hatred.
Anti-Semitism and Christianity, A Lecture by Magda Teter of Fordham University
Anti-Semitism and Racism: Entangled Genealogies, A Lecture by Jonathan Judaken of Rhodes College
Anti-Semitism and Ableism, A Lecture by Katherine Sorrels of the University of Cincinnati
Current Events
2/03
Tuesday
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 Please join us weekly and stay as long as you like. Kline Commons1:30 pm – 2:30 pm EST/GMT-5 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm EST/GMT-5 Kline Commons
2/09
Monday
Monday, February 9, 2026 Discussants: Ruby Namdar, Novelist (LABA). Professor Haim Weiss, Ben Gurion University. Facilitated by Professor Shai Secunda, Bard College Olin Humanities, Room 1025:00 pm EST/GMT-5 In this conversation between a professor of classical Hebrew literature and a contemporary Hebrew novelist, we will discuss a remarkable Talmudic tale about a rabbi, hiding in a cave to avoid Roman persecution, who then reemerges after twelve years to a world that appears unchanged. We will explore some of the literary and philosophical features of this story as we consider the relationship between the study of classical Hebrew literature and the writing of modern Hebrew literature today.
Please join us weekly and stay as long as you like. Kline Commons1:30 pm – 2:30 pm EST/GMT-5 Language tables are held at Kline and entail about an hour of casual discussion during meal times, where students interested in a language get to know each other and practice colloquial conversations. They are held by the tutor of the language, and although sometimes professors join the table, it is a very low-stakes and fun setting to immerse yourself in a language, its culture and the foreign language community at Bard.