Full information here.

The conference conveners are Robert Katz, IU McKinney Professor of Law and John S.
Grimes Fellow (rokatz@iu.edu) and Prof. Diane Klein, Visiting Professor, Southern University
Law Center, and Lecturer, Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law
(diklein@chapman.edu)
Antisemitism has been called “the oldest hatred.” In the United States, as elsewhere, the law has been used both to perpetrate and to combat antisemitism, historically and today. Different aspects and instrumentalities of law, and specifically U.S. law, have been used to fight antisemitism, including the Constitutional separation of church and state; laws against discrimination in employment, housing, and other settings, that explicitly identify religious and ethnic groups as entitled to protection from discrimination; and “hate crimes” laws and sentencing enhancements applied to anti-Jewish violence. Despite these laws, however, there has been a recent resurgence in anti-Jewish violence and antisemitism more generally, ranging from online hate speech to cemetery desecration to the “Tree of Life” synagogue shooting in 2018. Does this mean the law has failed? Do we need new or different laws? Is there reason for doubt or skepticism about the efficacy of law in combating antisemitism?

For more information, contact Professor Robert Katz at rokatz@iupui.edu.