Born in 1948 in the Displaced Persons camp of Bergen-Belsen in Germany to two survivors of the Nazi death and concentration camps of Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, Menachem Z. Rosensaft is also general counsel emeritus of the World Jewish Congress and a past president of Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. Professor Rosensaft has taught about the law of genocide at Cornell Law School since 2008 and at Columbia Law School since 2011; beginning in 2024, he is teaching separate courses on antisemitism in the courts and in jurisprudence to Cornell law students and to undergraduates. He is the author of “Poems Born in Bergen-Belsen” (Kelsay Books, 2021) and editor of “God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors” (Jewish Lights Publishing, 2015).
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Antisemitism, the Israel-Hamas War, and Distorting the Law of Genocide
A Perfect Storm
Monday, February 12, 2024, 5pm EST
Event Overview
Menachem Z. Rosensaft, Adjunct Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School, and a longtime activist for Holocaust and genocide remembrance, will discuss the global surge in antisemitism both before and after the savage Hamas terrorist attack on Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023, the misuse of the law of genocide before the International Court of Justice, and why a two-state solution is the only viable outcome for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
This talk is the first in the series "Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined." The College of Arts & Sciences has partnered with the Office of the Provost and departments and programs across Cornell University to bring four leading academics to campus in the Spring 2024 semester to explore the history of these forms of prejudice, examine the impact on Jews and Muslims in America today, and map the legal landscape for addressing these issues. These cross-disciplinary talks will also reflect on the relationship between the history of Israel/Palestine, the outbreak of the current conflict, and contemporary manifestations of antisemitism and Islamophobia.
For more information regarding this series, visit the College of Arts & Sciences website.
Sponsored by: Office of the Provost; College of Arts & Sciences; Department of Near Eastern Studies; Jewish Studies Program; Religious Studies Program; Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures; Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East at the Cornell Law School; Comparative Muslim Societies; Critical Ottoman + Post-Ottoman Studies; Einhorn Center for Community Engagement; Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies; Society for the Humanities.
This talk is the first in the series "Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined." The College of Arts & Sciences has partnered with the Office of the Provost and departments and programs across Cornell University to bring four leading academics to campus in the Spring 2024 semester to explore the history of these forms of prejudice, examine the impact on Jews and Muslims in America today, and map the legal landscape for addressing these issues. These cross-disciplinary talks will also reflect on the relationship between the history of Israel/Palestine, the outbreak of the current conflict, and contemporary manifestations of antisemitism and Islamophobia.
For more information regarding this series, visit the College of Arts & Sciences website.
Sponsored by: Office of the Provost; College of Arts & Sciences; Department of Near Eastern Studies; Jewish Studies Program; Religious Studies Program; Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures; Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East at the Cornell Law School; Comparative Muslim Societies; Critical Ottoman + Post-Ottoman Studies; Einhorn Center for Community Engagement; Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies; Society for the Humanities.
What You'll Learn
- The historical roots of antisemitism as a multifaceted form of bigotry
- The genocidal mission of Hamas and how its October 7 attack on Israeli Jews was nothing more than an antisemitic (judeophobia) pogrom
- How the law of genocide is being misapplied in relation to the present Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
Speaker
Menachem Rosensaft
Adjunct Professor of Law
Cornell Law School
Adjunct Professor of Law at Cornell University and General Counsel Emeritus, World Jewish Congress
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2024-02-12 17:002024-02-12 19:00Antisemitism, the Israel-Hamas War, and Distorting the Law of GenocideAdd to CalendarMenachem Z. Rosensaft, Adjunct Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School, and a longtime activist for Holocaust and genocide remembrance, will discuss the global surge in antisemitism both before and after the savage Hamas terrorist attack on Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023, the misuse of the law of genocide before the International Court of Justice, and why a two-state solution is the only viable outcome for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
This talk is the first in the series "Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined." The College of Arts & Sciences has partnered with the Office of the Provost and departments and programs across Cornell University to bring four leading academics to campus in the Spring 2024 semester to explore the history of these forms of prejudice, examine the impact on Jews and Muslims in America today, and map the legal landscape for addressing these issues. These cross-disciplinary talks will also reflect on the relationship between the history of Israel/Palestine, the outbreak of the current conflict, and contemporary manifestations of antisemitism and Islamophobia.
For more information regarding this series, visit the College of Arts & Sciences website.
Sponsored by: Office of the Provost; College of Arts & Sciences; Department of Near Eastern Studies; Jewish Studies Program; Religious Studies Program; Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures; Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East at the Cornell Law School; Comparative Muslim Societies; Critical Ottoman + Post-Ottoman Studies; Einhorn Center for Community Engagement; Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies; Society for the Humanities.https://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/view/K021224/primaryAmerica/New_YorkeCornell
This talk is the first in the series "Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined." The College of Arts & Sciences has partnered with the Office of the Provost and departments and programs across Cornell University to bring four leading academics to campus in the Spring 2024 semester to explore the history of these forms of prejudice, examine the impact on Jews and Muslims in America today, and map the legal landscape for addressing these issues. These cross-disciplinary talks will also reflect on the relationship between the history of Israel/Palestine, the outbreak of the current conflict, and contemporary manifestations of antisemitism and Islamophobia.
For more information regarding this series, visit the College of Arts & Sciences website.
Sponsored by: Office of the Provost; College of Arts & Sciences; Department of Near Eastern Studies; Jewish Studies Program; Religious Studies Program; Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures; Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East at the Cornell Law School; Comparative Muslim Societies; Critical Ottoman + Post-Ottoman Studies; Einhorn Center for Community Engagement; Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies; Society for the Humanities.https://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/view/K021224/primaryAmerica/New_YorkeCornell
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