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.
