Conflict and Protest

Session Submission Type: Panel Session

Abstract

This panel will examine relations between Jewish and Catholic New Yorkers in the 1930s, through of the lens the two communities’ interactions concerning two foreign policy issues of concern to both Jews and Catholics, the persecution of Jews in German and the Spanish civil war. Panelists will consider how these areas of conflict and cooperation impacted Catholic-Jewish relations both in New York City and in the broader arena.

Sub Unit

• Modern Jewish History in the Americas

Cosponsor

• Gender & Sexuality Studies

Chair

• Eunice G. Pollack

Individual Presentations

• New York City’s Civil War Over Spain: The Role of Antisemitism in Catholic-Jewish Disputes in the 1930s - Laurel Leff, Northeastern University

• Catholic-Jewish Conflict and Cooperation: The Controversy over the March 1933 Anti-Nazi Rally in New York City - Rafael Medoff, The David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies

• All of Us Are Sexually Frustrated Lesbians: Protest and Accountability in Queer Israeli Activism Against the Occupation - Dean Leetal

Zoom Host

• Zoom Host 14