Examining Antisemitism in America & Schools:
What does it look like? How does it manifest?
And what do I do about it?

Sunday, February 2
The Temple
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Reception to follow

The Temple is thrilled to welcome Dr. Rachel Fish as our Montag Speaker Series 2024-2025 scholar. Dr. Fish's presentation will explore the ways in which antisemitism presents itself within the campus environment and the intellectual factors that cultivate a hostility towards the collective Jewish identity. Depending on the educational institution one attends, it is possible to encounter a variety of forms of antisemitism ranging from traditional expressions of antisemitic incidents to those that are more challenging for students, faculty, and administrators to label, define and directly confront.

Bio: Dr. Rachel Fish co-founded the nonprofit Boundless, a think-action tank partnering with community leaders across North America to revitalize Israel education and take bold collective action to combat Jew-hatred. Dr. Fish also serves as Special Advisor to The Brandeis University Presidential Initiative to Counter Antisemitism in Higher Education. She is also an associate research professor at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies. In addition, Dr. Fish teaches Israeli history and society at The George Washington University as Visiting Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the Graduate School of Education and Human Development.

Previously, Dr. Fish was the executive director of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism. She also served as Senior Advisor and Resident Scholar at the Paul E. Singer Foundation in New York City and Executive Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, where she trained the next generation of academics in the field of Israel Studies.

This program is in partnership with The Zalik Foundation.