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Antisemitism, Hate Speech, and Social Media

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City

Annual event marking Holocaust Remembrance Day Welcoming remarks: Barbara Faedda Associate Director, Italian Academy, Columbia Speakers: Susan McGregor Assistant Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism; Assistant Professor, Columbia Journalism School Memes, Misinformation, and Antisemitism: Coded Communications on Social Media Michel Rosenfeld University Professor of Law and Comparative Democracy & Justice; Sydney L. Robins Professor of Human Rights, Benjamin…

James Carroll: The Jews, the Irish, and a Challenge to Catholic Anti-Semitism

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City

Renowned author, James Carroll, presents, "The Jews, the Irish, and a Challenge to Catholic Anti-Semitism: A Boston Story". The sister of Cardinal Richard Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, was married (outside the Church) to a Jewish fellow named Dick Pearlstein. It was the 1950’s. On the Boston Common, Pearlstein heard the anti-Semitic preaching of Father Leonard Feeney, an ultra-conservative Jesuit. Pearlstein’s…