‘MTSU On the Record’ explores antisemitism with guest lecturer

Kenneth Stern, director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, will discuss the ongoing problem of antisemitism as the latest guest on the “MTSU On the Record” program air on WMOT-FM Roots Radio 89.5 and www.wmot.org. His interview with host Gina Logue will air from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, and from 6 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 10. Stern will also deliver a webinar address on “Antisemitism Today: Censorship, Conspiracy and the Dangers of Hate” at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 14, as part of a guest lecture. (Submitted photo of Stern; menorah lighting photo by Ksenia Chernaya for pexels; WMOT logo also shown)

Hatred of Jews and why it has been a societal problem for centuries will be discussed on the next “MTSU On the Record” radio program.

Host Gina Logue’s interview with Kenneth Stern, director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, will air from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, and from 6 to 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 10, on WMOT-FM Roots Radio 89.5 and www.wmot.org.

Kenneth S. Stern

Gina K. Logue

Stern will deliver a webinar address on “Antisemitism Today: Censorship, Conspiracy and the Dangers of Hate” at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 14, as part of a guest lecture sponsored by MTSU Holocaust Studies, the Department of History, the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

The webinar link is: https://mtsu.zoom.us/j/88572822720.

Issues to be examined include why antisemitism remains pervasive both on the right and the left ends of the political spectrum, the relationship between free speech and the ability to combat antisemitism and ways in which this particular form of hate manifests itself today.

“One of the things that I’ll be exploring is … the things that happen in society in general, how people vilify others, the strength of our democratic institutions,” Stern said. “All those things matter when we think about how antisemitism plays out and what actually works to combat it.”