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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T190000
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URL:https://www.chaimitzvah.org/events/from-conspiracy-to-social-justice-t
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SUMMARY:From Conspiracy to “Social Justice”: The Intellectual Origins a
 nd Institutional Power of Progressive Antizionism
DESCRIPTION:This lecture is part of Antizionism: The History of an Ideology
 \, a six-part series hosted by Chai Mitzvah. The series examines the histo
 rical origins\, evolution\, and contemporary manifestations of antizionism
 . Sponsored by the Institute for the Critical Study of Antizionism.\n\nThi
 s lecture traces how progressive antizionism emerged\, evolved\, and becam
 e a dominant moral framework in Western academic and activist spaces. It e
 xplains how postcolonial theory\, Critical Race Theory\, and related intel
 lectual traditions recast Zionism as racial domination and Jews as system-
 manipulating “hyper-whites\,” reproducing classic antisemitic conspira
 torial patterns in updated social-justice language. The talk highlights th
 e central role of scholars\, faculty networks\, and NGOs in institutionali
 zing these ideas\, and examines how this ideological ecosystem helped prod
 uce the campus reactions to October 7 and its spread in K-12 classrooms. F
 inally\, it situates progressive antizionism within the broader global his
 tory of antisemitism—Russian\, Nazi\, Soviet\, and Islamist—showing ho
 w older propaganda and coalitions\, including today’s "Red–Green Allia
 nce\," continue to shape the movement’s assumptions and goals. \nRegiste
 r Here\nA passionate advocate of the free expression of ideas and a suppor
 ter of Israel's quest for peace and security\, David Bernstein is the foun
 der of the North American Values Institute (NAVI)\, formerly Jewish Instit
 ute for Liberal Values (JILV)\, which opposes radical ideology in K-12 edu
 cation. He is author of Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideology Harm
 s Jews. He is past President and CEO of Jewish Council for Public Affairs 
 and former executive director of the David Project. He spent 13 years at t
 he American Jewish Committee in senior roles. David is a Fellow at the Ins
 titute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) and a Strat
 egic Advisor for the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM). He is a prolific 
 speaker\, podcaster and writer\, having written hundreds of opinion pieces
  in the Jewish and general press.
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CATEGORIES:Scholars Circle
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