Antisemitism and the Blood Libel


Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 04:49 PM PDT

Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 1:00 PM PT | 4:00 PM ET

Dr. Magda Teter, Professor of History and the Shvidler Chair of Judaic Studies at Fordham University, is a scholar of early modern history, specializing in Jewish history, Jewish-Christian relations, cultural, legal, and social history, as well as the history of transmission of historical knowledge in the premodern and modern periods. Dr.

Decoding Antisemitism


Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 04:49 PM PDT

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 11:00 AM PT | 2:00 PM ET

Over its 2,000 years of existence, antisemitism has always changed and adapted to the historical and societal context. This adaptability has increased even more on the interactive web, which means that, today, we are confronted not only with a large conceptual arsenal of stereotypes, but also with a polyphony of communicative patterns with which Jew-hatred is shared online. In this talk, Dr.

Israel Under Attack


There are no words that can adequately convey our grief, outrage, and sorrow. The barbaric crimes committed against Israeli civilians this week have shocked us all. As we continue to uncover the brutality of the attacks perpetrated by Hamas, including more than 1,300 murders, untold numbers of those abducted and violated, and the many more who have been traumatized by these crimes, we are deeply concerned for our friends and relatives in danger. Our hearts break for the families who fear for the safety of loved ones, and we grieve alongside those who have experienced unspeakable loss.

Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh)


For more than a year, tensions and fighting in and on the border of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) have grown in intensity. In part the result of the nature of the region’s creation under the Soviets in the 1920s, this has had a disastrous effect on the 120,000 ethnic Armenians who call Nagorno-Karabakh home.

A statement from Joel Citron, Board Chair


Dear Friends,

I am writing to you with profound sorrow. The murderous attack that occurred in Israel was an act of antisemitism in its most depraved form by a genocidal regime in Gaza sponsored by Iran, a country that repeatedly calls for the destruction of Israel. There can be no moral equivalence. “From the river to the sea” has only one meaning–the elimination of Israel. This was a massacre of people for only one reason—they were Jews.

President Folt's statement regarding the situation in Israel and Gaza


Over the past several days, I have been in touch with many members of the Trojan Family who voiced their pain and despair in the wake of the unprecedented terrorist attacks in Israel. We mourn the shocking loss of life. We condemn the terrorist attacks by Hamas and their brutal threats to execute kidnapped civilians and commit other atrocities.