Deborah Lipstadt: Is Israel really the cause of surging antisemitism?

In a new Times of Israel podcast, deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan interviews former US antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt on whether Israel's actions are fueling rising global antisemitism. Lipstadt, in Israel to accept a prize, also discusses the relationship between anti-Zionism and antisemitism and recounts her experience in Jerusalem during the 1967 Six Day War.

In a new Times of Israel podcast series, "A Mandatory Listen," deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan interviews Emory University Prof. Deborah Lipstadt, the former US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism. Lipstadt is in Israel to accept Bar-Ilan University's Jonathan Sacks Institute Prize. The conversation addresses whether Israel and the Gaza war are sources of rising global antisemitism, a claim Borschel-Dan says she has received in dozens of emails. Lipstadt assesses the nature of contemporary Jew-hatred and discusses whether anti-Zionism is a form of antisemitism. The episode also includes Lipstadt's firsthand account of being in Jerusalem during the 1967 Six Day War. The podcast is available on major platforms.