We have faced high waves of anti-Semitism in the last years, especially since the second Intifada in 2000, and the horror of 9/11. From the Gaza flotilla in May 2010 to the Iranian threat, from Nazi marches in Latvia or Hungary to the obfuscation of the Holocaust, from anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist rallies in Berlin, London, San Francisco to scholarly works on “Islamophobia,” promoting, supporting or downplaying Islamism and Islamic Jihad: anti-Semitism is still an issue, 65 years after National Socialism and Auschwitz.
The Berlin International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (BICSA) will provide scholarly research. The Center will organize conferences, seminars, the “Berlin Lectures,” it will publish the “Berlin papers on anti-Semitism” series.
The main focus of the institute is anti-Semitism in the 21st century, particularly hatred of Israel.
The purpose of the Center is to conduct high-profile scholarly research without being stuck in the ivory towers of academia.
