Racism, Antisemitism, And Israel Palestine with Dr. Clarence Jones, Director - Fall 2020

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020| 6:30-8 p.m. | Online Webinar
Dr. Clarence Jones, Director of the USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, will deliver the sixth annual Swig Program Human Rights lecture to address the need to revitalize Black-Jewish solidarity. The persistence of structural racism, as expressed in continued police brutality against Black men and women, has been the focus of national attention with the galvanizing and potentially transformative Black Lives Matter movement. At the same time, over recent years we have witnessed a rise in antisemitism, including the murder of Jews, in our country and internationally. Racist and antisemitic violence arise largely from the same toxic source: the ideology and practice of white supremacy. Overcoming these interrelated evils requires a nonviolent response in addition to interfaith and interracial unity. Unfortunately, understanding and affirmation of the mutual dependency and shared human rights commitments of Blacks and Jews have been undermined by increasing tensions in Israel/Palestine: on the one hand, attacks on the legitimacy of Israel as a Jewish state, often coming from the left, including some activists in the Black Lives Matter movement; on the other hand, the continued suppression of Palestinian self-determination. Dr. Jones will address these painful challenges and suggest a nonviolent path forward. After the lecture, Dr. Jones will be in conversation with USF Rabbi-in-Residence Camille Angel.
This event is co-sponsored by the USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice.