Sociology Program, Hannah Arendt Center, Human Rights Program, Interdisciplinary Study of Religions Program, Jewish Studies Program, and Politics Program Present

Jews on Campus Pick a Side: On the Demand That Jews Be Public

The period since October 7, 2023 has seen the emergence of a "complicity discourse" manifested in injunctions to speak publicly about Israel-Palestine. While this is particularly prevalent in pro-Palestinian activism, pro-Israel groups also associate silence with complicity. This lecture explores the profound implications for Jewish life of competing demands that Jews be public. It is becoming necessary for Jews across the political spectrum to re-consider the value of the private, mundane realms of Jewish existence.

Keith Kahn-Harris is a British sociologist and writer. He is a senior research fellow at the Institute for Jewish Policy Research and a senior lecturer at Leo Baeck College. The author of eight books, his next book Everyday Jews: Why the Jewish People Are Not Who You Think They Are will be published in March 2025.

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Time: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Olin Humanities, Room 202

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