Daily Podcasts Video Research

‘What is antisemitism?’ At Northwestern, a class on the subject resists simple answers

JL;DR SUMMARY Northwestern University's course "What is Antisemitism?" led by Professor David Shyovitz, offers a nuanced examination of antisemitism without providing definitive answers, encouraging students to explore historical and contemporary scholarly frameworks. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Pro Palestinian ProtestsNorthwestern UniversityJerusalem DeclarationCampus PoliticsHistorical AnalysisJewish Christian RelationsIhra DefinitionAcademic DiscourseDavid Shyovitz

Places mentioned

Evanston, Illinois, United States
"Banners hanging from the fence outside Northwestern University during a pro-Palestinian protest in April 2024."
Beirut, Lebanon
"For Northwestern senior Maria Chebli, who grew up in Beirut, taking the class last year helped her gain a more nuanced perspective on discourse surrounding antisemitism."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 67019
Cairo Source ID 35
Retrieved 2025-11-15 05:31:17 UTC
Curated 2025-11-15 08:31:06 UTC