The Religious Roots of
Anti-Semitism

Sunday, January 7, 2007
11 a.m.
 

	Kurtz		Hoffmann		Firestone
	Tabash		Bartchy		Bakhos

     The roots of anti-Semitism run deep into the past, and find nourishment in the soils of both Christianity and Islam. Indeed, the Qur'an and the Bible have laid a foundation for centuries of persecution of Jews all over the world. From well before the Crusades to well after the Holocaust, these religions have themselves been instrumental in encouraging anti-Semitic attitudes and policies.

     How can these texts which are considered by so many millions be the cause of so much bloodshed and injustice? What messages do these books send today?

Presenters include:

• Paul Kurtz, Ph.D., father of secular humanism, founder of the Centers for Inquiry and author of many books on religion and ethics

• R. Joseph Hoffmann, Ph.D., academic V.P. of the Center for Inquiry-Transnational and author of of Jesus Outside the Gospels

• Reuven Firestone, Ph.D., professor of Medieval Jewish History at Hebrew Union College, author of Jihad: The Origin of Holy War in Islam

• Eddie Tabash, J.D., human rights advocate, attorney, and Honorary Chair of the Center for Inquiry-West

• S. Scott Bartchy, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Study of Religion at UCLA

• Carol Bakhos, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Late Antique Judaism and Jewish Studies, author of Ishmael on the Border: Rabbinic Portrayals of the First Arab.

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