Jews respond to crisis

Session Submission Type: Panel Session

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic and the Israel-Hamas war each represent an experience of rupture for global Jewry. Whether by testing Jewish social-communal bonds, or by shattering held assumptions about the safety of Jews post-1948, these two historical events challenged the Jewish imagination.

These 3 papers each focus on challenging contemporary historical events and ways in which Jews have responded.

Sub Unit

• Social Science

Individual Presentations

• Historical Divergence and Political Convergence: Post-October 7 Japanese Media and its Impact on Jewish Organizations in Japan - Dylan Hallingstad O'Brien, University of California, San Diego

• How the Terror Attacks of October 7 Affect Jewish Communities in the Diaspora - Isabel Schlerkmann

• Profiles of Argentine Jewish migrants to Israel between COVID-19 Pandemic and October 7th, 2023. - Alejandro Cozachcow

Zoom Host

• Zoom Host 05