Books by Kenneth S. Stern
Loud Hawk: The United Stats vs The American Indian Movement
Winner of Gustave Myers Center Award as outstanding book on human rights
A Force Upon the Plain: The American Militia Movement and the Politics of Hate
Nominated for National Book Award
(Forthcoming, Fall 2025 — Editor, Simply Human: A Guide to Understanding and Combating Hate)
Congressional Testimony:
March 27, 2025, Oral Testimony of Kenneth Stern before the Senate Higher Education, Labor & Pensions Committee.
March 27, 2025, Written Testimony of Kenneth Stern before Senate Higher Education Labor, & Pension (HELP) Committee.
September 17, 2024, Oral Testimony of Kenneth Stern before Senate Judiciary Committee
September 17, 2024, Written Testimony of Kenneth Stern before Senate Judiciary Committee
October 3, 2022, Written Testimony of Kenneth Stern before US House Homeland Security Committee
October 3, 2022, Oral Testimony of Kenneth Stern before US House Homeland Security Committee
United States Supreme Court
Oral Argument in United States v. Loud Hawk (1985)
Select publications and media by or mentioning Kenneth S. Stern
NEWS
In the Media
August 18, 2025, The Troubling Lines That Columbia Is Drawing, Eyal Press, The New Yorker
August 7, 2025, A Matter of Definition, Roni Dori, Calcalist
July 25, 2025, A Columbia genocide scholar says she may leave over university’s new definition of antisemitism, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press
July 18, 2025, Columbia University formally adopts controversial antisemitism definition, HigherEdDive
July 14, 2025, Antisemitism definition’s lead drafter has a message for Australia, ABC National Broadcast Breakfast.
July 14, 2025, Australia news live: adopting antisemitism definition would be ‘disaster’, says author who helped draft it. Guardian
June 18, 2025 The Administration’s Fight Against Antisemitism in Dividing Jews, Code Switch, NPR
May 28, 2025, How a controversial definition of antisemitism is making its way into state laws — from banning masks to training cops, Hannah Feuer, The Forward
May 13, 2025, Commentary: A battle over how to define antisemitism comes home to the Croton-Harmon school district, Michael Balter, The Croton Chronicles
May 6, 2025, Debate on Antisemitism Awareness Act Weighs the Restraint of Freedom of Speech, Leonardo Pini, The Fulcrum,
May 4, 2025 A Total Assault on the University, James Chandler, Los Angeles Review of Books
April 30, 2025, Cherry Hill puts antisemitism definition on the books, joining other N.J. townships, Denali Sagner, Philadephia Inquirer
April 23, 2025, The battle to fight and define antisemitism, Kenneth Stern on Philadelphia’s NPR station WHYY
April 20, 2025, Editorial: Universities should resist Trump’s bullying, Philadelphia Tribune.
April 16, 2025, College Hosts Panel on Islamophobia and Antisemitism, Allen Hale, The Miscellany News (Vassar)
April 14, 2025, He Fears the Definition of Antisemitism He Wrote Being Used to Silence Others, Kenneth Stern interviewed on Amanpour and Company
April 12, 2025, For some students who protested war in Gaza, fear and silence is a new campus reality, Elena Moore, NPR
April 11, 2025, Trump taps Yehuda Kaploun to serve as his antisemitism envoy, RNS
April 8, 2025, Can Science Stop Hate? Kenneth Stern on WONDROS podcast.
March 31, 2025, Some Jews worry that Trump’s antisemitism crackdown is putting them in danger, Ja’han Jones, MSNBC News
March 31, 2025, Trump’s weaponization of pro-Israel antisemitism puts US Jews at risk, Douglas Bloomfield, The Jerusalem Post
March 30, 2025, Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets, Kenan Malik, The Guardian
March 30, 2025, Why Trump’s brutal crackdown on free speech is unprecedented in the US, Maanvi Singh, The Guardian
March 28, 2025, Senate holds hearing about antisemitism on college campuses, Maddie Biertempfel, MSN
March 27, 2025, Lawmakers Tackle Antisemitism on College Campuses Amid Staggering Spike in Hate, Caitlin Burke, Christian Broadcasting Network
March 27, 2025, HELP Committee lawmakers, hearing witnesses disagree on Trump admin higher ed policy, Jewish Insider
March 27, 2025, Cassidy announces American Muslims for Palestine probe during Senate ed panel hearing, Jonathan D. Salant, JNS
March 27, 2025, At Hearing on Antisemitism on Campuses, Senator Murray Details How Trump and Musk Gutting Office for Civil Rights Worsens the Problem, US Senator Patty Murray
March 27, 2025, Jewish Leaders Discuss Campus Antisemitism, Trump Deportation Policy at US Senate, Dionne J. Pierre, The Algemeiner
March 27, 2025, Antisemitism on college campuses sparks debate in Senate hearing, Sarah Roderick-Fitch The Center Square
March 27, 2025, Hawley blasts ‘insane’ liberal attorney during Senate hearing on campus antisemitism , FOXnews
March 27, 2025, Senate holds hearing about antisemitism on college campuses, WDTN Evening News
March 27, 2025, What’s missing from NPR’s coverage of antisemitism? Kelly McBride, NPR
March 20, 2025, As It Happens with Nil Köksal, Chris Howden, CBC, interviewing Kenneth Stern (at 51:53)
March 20, 2025, Weaponizing antisemitism makes students ‘less safe,’ says drafter of definition, Kenneth Stern interviewed on NPR Morning Edition
March 10, 2025, Protests Should Be Allowed, Absent Harassing, Intimidating, Bullying, Assaulting: Analyst, Kenneth Stern on NTD Daily
February 17, 2025, Supercharged since October 7
Ken Stern on Antisemitism and Campus Conflicts over Israel/Palestine, Banished podcast
January 28, 2025, Critics Denounce Harvard’s Decision to Adopt Controversial Definition of Antisemitism, Johanna Alonso, Inside Higher Ed
January 22, 2025, To settle lawsuits, Harvard says it will use debated definition of antisemitism, Abby Patkin, Boston.com
January 21, 2025, To settle lawsuits, Harvard says it will use debated definition of antisemitism, Hillary Burns and Mike Damiano, Boston Globe
January 21, 2025, Harvard Adopts a Definition of Antisemitism for Discipline Cases, Vimal Patel, New York Times
January 20, 2025, Hopes and Fears: Higher Ed Leaders Sound Off on Trump’s Return to Power, Inside Higher Ed
2024
December 14, 2024, ‘A chilling effect’: Conduct guidelines cast shadow of concern over faculty, Washington Square News, Hope Pisoni
December 10, 2024, Cancel Culture, Censorship, Boycotts And The Israel/Palestine Conflict, The Pensive Quill, Anthony McIntyre
December 10, 2024, Bill to combat campus antisemitism stalled in Senate, The College Fix, Morgan Kromer
December 10, 2024, Will Trump’s Threats to Defund Colleges Over ‘Antisemitic Propaganda’ Become a Reality?, Inside Higher Ed, Joanna Alonso
2024
October 28, 2024, ‘Profoundly Disturbing’: U.S. Jews Sound Alarm on Ugly Immigration Discourse Ahead of Election, Haaretz, Emily Tankin
October 11, 2024, How do we deal with hatred, Kimberly Atkins Stohr podcast, Justice By Design
October 7, 2024, Oct. 7 Kicked Off a Difficult Year for Higher Ed. How Should Universities Move Forward Now? Inside Higher Ed
September 18, 2024, Special Report: Yesterday’s Hearing on Defining and Fighting Antisemitism, Steve Sheffey
September 18, 2024, In contentious Senate hearing, divisions over how to fight antisemitism come to the fore of Israel, JTA, Ron Kampeas
August 16, 2024, Anticipating Fall Protests, Colleges Adopt a Range of Approaches, Inside Higher Ed, Johanna Alonso
July 8, 2024, A Wall Street Law Firm Wants to Define Consequences of Anti-Israel Protests, The New York Times, Emily Flitter
June 27, 2024, Higher Ed Has Questions for Biden and Trump, Inside Higher Ed, Bob Moser
June 20, 2024, One chant increases the fears of both Jewish and Muslim students, The Third Narrative, Dan Flesher
May 16, 2024, Washington is pushing policies to combat antisemitism. Critics say they could violate free speech, Guardian, Lauren Gambino
May 11, 2024, AYMAN (MSNBC) interviews BCSH director Kenneth Stern
May 8, 2024, College students on divisions over Israel, safety and what is considered free speech, PBS NewsHour
May 8, 2024, “Antisemitism” vs. “Anti-Semitism”: The Style Debate Is Settled, But the Hate and Harm Are Rising, Mother Jones, Daniel King
May 7, 2024, Biden to condemn antisemitism, praise free speech at Holocaust remembrance, Reuters, Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant
May 6, 2024, Senators Need to Stop the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, NY Times, Michelle Goldberg
May 3, 2024, What the ‘Antisemitism Awareness’ Bill Could Mean for Higher Ed, Inside Higher Ed, Katherine Knott
May 1, 2024, He Helped Define “Antisemitism”; Now He Says the Term Is Being Weaponized | Amanpour and Company (interview with BCSH director Kenneth Stern)
April 24, 2024, CBS Morning News, Tensions Rising on College Campuses as Students Express Anger over War in Gaza
April 8, 2024, The Conflict over The Conflict, Penn Today, Erica Moser
March 27, 2024, Colleges Use His Antisemitism Definition to Censor. He Calls It a ‘Travesty.’ Chronicle of Higher Education, Maggie Hicks
March 13, 2024, Persons of Interest: The Problem with Defining Antisemitism Kenneth Stern helped write a definition now endorsed by more than forty countries. Why does he believe it’s causing harm?, The New Yorker, Eyal Press
March 12, 2024, Columbia president weighs new limits on protests after months of unrest on campus, Gothamist, Ramsey Khalifeh
March 8, 2024, Jewish, Muslim Students Fear Their Views Put Them in Danger, Inside Higher Ed, Sara Weissman
March 3, 2024, Blurring the line between criticism and bigotry fuels hatred of Muslims and Jews, The Guardian, Ken Malik
February 21, 2024, Superintendents in Boston’s suburbs confront claims that DEI programs are antisemitic, WGHB Boston
February 16, 2024, Kenneth Stern on Israel/Palestine Conflict, Sofia Lichterfeld, Winsor School The Banner
February 15, 2024, I wrote a definition of antisemitism. It was never meant to chill free speech on campus. Kenneth Stern, Boston Globe
January 29, 2024, There’s a Wave of New Bills to Define Antisemitism. in These 3 States, They Could Become Law, Associated Press
January 27, 2024, It depends on the context’. Harvard plunges into roiling debate about what is considered antisemitism, Boston Globe, Mike Damiano and Hilary Burns
January 26, 2024, War, antisemitism and free speech: A critical dilemma, Jewish News Syndicate (JNS), Ben Cohen
January 22, 2024, Kenneth Stern: IHRA-Definition in Berlin missbraucht, Berliner Zeitung, Susanne Lenz
January 19, 2024 (Winter Edition), The Courage of Eric Ward, Moment Magazine, Jennifer Bardi
2023
December 30, 2023, Eradicating Hate Begins With Young People, Richmond Pulse, Joe Porrello
December 22, 2023, Can Colleges Protect Jewish Students?, Chronicle of Higher Education, Katherine Mangan and Maggie Hicks
December 15, 2023, New Study Highlights Campus Antisemitism ‘Hot Spots’, Insider Higher Ed, Jessica Blake
December 14, 2023, Republican-controlled House Committee Claims Millions Support the Violent Ideology of Aryan Nations, Southern Poverty Law Center, Travis McAdam and Rachel Carroll Rivas
December 14, 2023, Israel-Hamas War Brings Controversy to US Campuses, VOA, Robin Guess
December 10, 2023, Solutions to Violence Podcast with guest Ken Stern, Forward Radio
December 8, 2023, Kenneth Stern interviewed on CNN International’s One World with Zain Asher and Bianna Golodryga
December 7, 2023, The Fallout: What the Antisemitism Hearing Could Mean for Higher Education, Katherine Knott
December 6, 2023, Pro-Palestinian Students Demand Divestment From Israel, Johanna Alonoso, Inside Higher Ed
November 16, 2023, Expert Tackles Hate in UM Lecture, Corbin Vanderby Montana Kaimin
November 12, 2023, Free Speech is Hard, Beau Everett, Medium
November 10, 2023, SJP Still Deserves Freedom of Speech, Nadine Strossen and Kenneth S. Stern, SAPIR
November 8, 2023, “We have to hold hope.’ How Jewish-Palestinian families cope” Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor
November 4, 2023, When It Comes to Israel, Who Decides What You Can and Can’t Say?, Michelle Goldberg, New York Times
November 4, 2023, The Antisemitism Awareness Act and the IHRA definition are the wrong solutions to real problems, Steve Sheffey
October 29, 2023, Amid Gaza war, donors pull cash as US universities tolerate student support for terror, Cathryn J. Prince, Times of Israel
October 27, 2023, Israel-Hamas war stirs free speech battles at college campuses across US, Alia Wong, Deborah Barfield Berry, Zachary Schermele and Thao Nguyen, USA Today
October 26, 2023, Ken Stern on Hate and Antisemitism (podcast), A New Angle, PRX
October 23, 2023, A Catholic University Welcome Mat for Jewish Students Feeling Embattled, Inside Higher Ed, Sara Weissman
October 19, 2023, College students facing backlash after Israel-Palestine protests, NBC Nightly News (interviewed by Jacob Ward).
October 16, 2023, How should universities have responded to Hamas attacks?, Nathan Greenfield, University World News
October 12, 2023, Greater Boston, GBH News, How should colleges handle debates over the Israel-Hamas conflict?
October 11, 2023, Colleges Draw Criticism for Slow Response to Hamas Attacks, Johanna Alonso, Inside Higher Ed
August 25, 2023, Book on Princeton Syllabus Sparks Conflict, Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed
August 21, 2023, What Does the ADL Stand for Today?, Eric Alterman, The New Republic
July 13, 2023, ‘I didn’t feel protected at all’: Students worry about bill to police anti-Israel speech, Hannan Adely, Newjersey.com
July 7, 2023, SEN. ED SETZLER: Getting serious about antisemitism, Marietta Daily Journal.
May 25, 2023, The high-stakes debate over how the US defines “antisemitism,” Johnathan Guyer, VOX
May 18, 2023, The Right and Wrong Ways for US Officials to Approach the Fight Against Antisemitism, Dylan J. Williams, J Street
May 18, 2023, Preaching Tolerance Abroad, as Hatred Surges at Home, Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times
May 3, 2023, Jewish Americans Speak Out About Living With Antisemitism, As told to Jane Eisner, AARP Magazine.
April 23, 2023, UN urged to reject antisemitism definition over ‘misuse’ to shield Israel, Chris McGreal, Guardian
April 13, 2023, Why a debate over how to define anti-Semitism has reached the United Nations, Richie Asslay, Toronto Star
March 14, 2023, Antisemitism is a growing problem. Georgia’s proposed law is the wrong way to fight it, Joe Sterling, The Forward
February 13, 2023, How Not to Define Antisemitism, Steve Sheffey, Times of Israel
January 13, 2023, Sea Change or Small Step Toward Interreligious Inclusion?, Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed
2022
December 15, 2022, Statement before ABA International Law Section Council
November 25, 2022, Both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian students feel under siege on campus. Who’s right?, Canadian Jewish News podcast Bonjour Chai
November 3, 2022, A closer look at 2022’s Take Action Against Hate Award recipients, Madeline Ricks, The Gonzaga Bulletin
October 26, 2022, Anatomy of a scandal: Unraveling the myth of ‘Jewish-free zones’ at UC Berkeley, Nate Orbach, +972 Magazine
October 26, 2022, Why Do We Hate Each Other?, Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed
October 14, 2022, In Internal Memo, American Jewish Committee Blasts Op-Ed on “Jewish-Free Zones” at Berkeley Law, Mari Cohen, Jewish Currents
October 6, 2022, Gonzaga Center for the Study of Hate announces 2022 Lassman “Take Action Against Hate Awards” Gonzaga University Press Release
October 3, 2022, Congress offers blunt message on antisemitism, hate: ‘We’re losing’, Alexander Nazaryan, Yahoo News
October 3, 2022, Anti-hate experts call on feds to step up against rising antisemitism, Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor
September 12, 2022, Bard gives award for helping fight Taliban’s hate, Quin Hillyer, Washington Examiner
September 1, 2022, Yes it may hurt, but campus groups have the right to exclude Zionists, Kenneth Stern, Times of Israel
July 27, 2022, USC Faces Investigation Over Alleged Student Harassment, Liam Know, Inside Higher Ed
June 3, 2022, Conversations Across Difference, Sara Weismann, Inside Higher Ed
May 26, 2022, 8 tips to help journalists cover antisemitism — and avoid inadvertently perpetuating antisemitic stereotypes, Jordon Fenster, The Journalist’s Resource
May 18, 2022, Random upsurge in right-wing insurgency proves there’s nothing new under the sun, Gregg Reese, Our Weekly (Los Angeles)
April 26, 2022, Three States Push to Curb Pro-Palestine Activism, Isaac Scher, Jewish Currents
April 25, 2022, participant in podcast about OSUN Collaborative Seminar on Antisemitism, Holocaust, Colonialism, Gender: Connecting the Conversations.
March 24, 2022, AAUP Statement on Legislative Threats to Academic Freedom: Redefinitions of Antisemitism and Racism
March 11, 2022, Hate’s legacy: Neo-Nazi group adopts language, iconography of the past in North Idaho, prompting human rights response, Kip Hill, Spokesman Review
March 4, 2020, FIRE raises concerns as 39 members of Congress ask Department of Education to prioritize rulemaking on anti-Semitism, John Coleman, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
February 28, 2022, G.O.P. Leaders Condemn Lawmakers’ Appearance at White Nationalist Conference, Jonathan Weisman and Annie Karni, New York Times
February 12, 2022, The Israel/Palestine Campus Debate, Kenneth Stern, The Honest Critique (YouTube)
February 8, 2022, Conflict Over the Conflict, Kenneth Stern, Eureka Street
January 25, 2022, Antisemitism rests on intent not motive. It’s clear from the IHRA Definition, Kenneth Stern, Times of Israel
January 6, 2022, Local politics have taken on a new tone in Maine since Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Lia Russell, Bangor Daily News
2021
December 17, 2021, Robert Siegel, formerly of NPR, interviews Kenneth Stern (and others) about rising antisemitism.
December 8, 2021, Report of the University of Toronto Anti-Semitism Working Group.
September 29, 2021, State of Hate Index Released by Bard Center, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
July 27, 2021, Biden’s Pick for Antisemitism Envoy Will Need to Answer These Tough Questions. Kenneth Stern, The Forward
June 14, 2021, Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, and the Fallacy of Bright Lines, Kenneth Stern, The Institute for National Security Studies
June 2, 2021, New surge in attacks on Jews raises old question: How do we fight antisemitism? Mya Jaradat, Deseret News
May 25, 2021, HATE! Why it’s so prevalent in our society and what can we do about it. Kenneth Stern in Episode 7 of “Giving Insights” podcast of Strategic Philanthropies.
May 12, 2021, BCSH written submission to the UK Parliament Human Rights (Joint Committee)’s inquiry, Freedom of Expression accepted and published.
May 11, 2021, What is IHRA anyway and why all the fuss?, Nicole Raz, Jewish News
April 28, 2021, Panel on IHRA Antisemitism Definition Rankles, Jesse Bernstein, The Jewish Exponent
March 11, 2021, Interview with Kenneth Stern and Nadine Strossen, The Philanthropy Roundtable
March 10, 2021, The recent upsurge in right-wing insurgency just proves there’s nothing new under the sun, Gregg Reese, OurWeekly
March 4, 2021, How to debate BDS on campus? Jonathan Marks says be reasonable, Kenneth Stern, Times of Israel
February 12, 2021, UCL board rejects IHRA definition of antisemitism, Rachel Hall, Rachel Hall, Guardian
February 12, 2021, The IHRA definition of anti-Semitism derails our fight against it on campus, Moriah Richman, Times of Israel
February 11, 2021, The great divide: are you an ‘us-Jew’ or ‘them-Jew’?, Eetta Prince-Gibson, Plus61JMedia
February 10, 2021, We disagree about the working definition. That’s ok. Here’s what’s not. Kenneth Stern, The Forward
January 26, 2021, Thirty-nine words about antisemitism are splitting the Jewish community, Arno Rosenfeld, The Forward
January 25, 2021, How to Fight Anti-Semitism: The most common answers focus on hate crimes law and education Here are nine others, by Kenneth Stern, myjewishlearning.com
January 22, 2021, What Zoom Does to Campus Conflicts Over Israel and Free Speech, John Leland, New York Times
January 19, 2021, Can America inoculate against the dire threat of ‘us vs. them’?, Kenneth Stern, Times of Israel
January 15, 2021, The IHRA definition of anti-Semitism and why people are fighting over it, explained, Ben Sales, Forward
January 11, 2021, A Fraught Balancing Act, Greta Anderson, Inside Higher Education
January 4, 2021, We Need Better Ways to Speak to Each Other about Campus Antisemitism and Israel, Kenneth Stern, JewThink(UK)
2020
December 24, 2020, “How do we deal with white supremacy moving forward? A hate expert has some thoughts.” Interview with Kenneth Stern on 2020 Talks, Pacifica Network and Public News Service
December 14, 2020, How Experts Say Biden Should Respond to The Last Four Years of Rising Antisemitism, Arno Rosenfeld, The Forward
December 10, 2020, Jewish Federations Urge Biden to Promote Controversial Definition of Antisemitism, Mari Cohen, Jewish Currents
December 9, 2020, Steering the Biden Administration Wrong on Antisemitism, Kenneth Stern, Times of Israel
December 7, 2020, Get Smart: A Review of Kenneth Stern’s “The Conflict over The Conflict,” Jonathan Marks, Minding The Campus
November 26, 2020, Critical Thinking on Israel, not Coddling, Needed for Jewish University Students: Expert, Steve Arnold, Canadian Jewish Record
November 23, 2020, Zionism is not Racism; BDS isn’t always antisemitism, Times of Israel, Kenneth S. Stern
October 16, 2020 Examined Zionism: Mira Sucharov and Belonging, Kenneth Stern, Times of Israel
September 7, 2020 If Trump Wins — Or Loses — Expect More Right-Wing Violence, Stewart Ain, Forward
June 23, 2020, Efforts to Curb Online Hate Meet Concerns Over Free Speech, Stewart Ain, Jewish Week
April 21, 2020, Is the crisis on college campuses over Israel overblown? Amy Spiro, Jewish Insider
June 11, 2020, The Israel/Palestine Campus Debate, webinar with J Street.
June 3, 2020, Is there any good time to publish during a pandemic?, Forward, Kenneth S. Stern
April 11, 2020, “What Is The Relationship Between Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism?” Pairagraph conversation between Shany Mor and Kenneth Stern
March 1, 2020, Stifling free speech isn’t necessary to combat anti-Semitism, Elizabeth Heineman, Des Moines Register
January 14, 2020, A Conversation with Kenneth S. Stern, ShelfAwareness
January 14, 2020, Columbia Complaint Tests Limits of Anti-Zionist Speech, Stewart Ain, New York Jewish Week
January 9, 2020, The Scholar Who Wrote the Definition of Anti-Semitism Says It’s Been Subverted, Eric Cortellessa, Times of Israel
2019
December 19, 2019, White House Explains to Haaretz How Its anti-Semitism Executive Order Will Work in Practice, Amir Tibon, Haaretz
December 19, 2019, Ken Stern and Rabbi Andrew Baker on the origins of the IHRA definition on antisemitism and its application today,JI Staff, Jewish Insider
December 17, 2019Trump Targets Anti-Semitism: ‘Game Changer’ Or ‘Disaster’?, Stewart Ain, NY Jewish Week
December 16, 2019, Trump’s Anti-Semitism Executive Order Undermines Campus Free Speech, Tyler Coward, National Review.
December 16, 2019 What Trump’s Executive Order Means for Anti-Semitism in the U.S., The Takeaway, WNYC, with Kenneth Stern and Yair Rosenberg
December 13, 2019 I Drafted the Definition, Rightwing Jews are Weaponizing It by Kenneth S. Stern, Guardian
December 11, 2019 Interview with Kenneth Stern on CBS radio in Los Angeles (at 8:59)
December 11, 2019 Trump is Not Defining Antisemitism Correctly, Says Author of Antisemitism Definition, Noah Kulwin, The Outline.com
November 8, 2019 Strong democracy is essential to combating forms of hate, antisemitism expert says, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill College of Arts and Science
October 25, 2019, Anti-Semitic Crimes on the Rise in the U.S. (interview of Kenneth Stern), Cheddar.com tv
October 21, 2019, Hate expert Kenneth Stern talks about anti-Semitism in Jewish Lecture Series, by Rachel Sawicki, The Review
October 17, 2019, Revealed: rightwing push to ban criticism of Israel on US campuses, by Ed Pilkington, The Guardian
October 15, 2019, Anti-Semitism, Bard and Me, byTamar Wyschogrod, Times of Israel
October 14, 2019, Anti-Semitism At the Bard Conference? When Early Reports Don’t Tell the Whole Story about a Protest, by Jeffrey C. Isaac, Public Seminar
October 14, 2019, Batya Ungar-Sargon links anti-Zionists to David Duke and synagogue murders, by Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss
October 14, 2019, What Really Happened at Bard College? by Mairav Zonszein, Jewish Currents
October 13, 2019, I Was at the Bard Anti-Semitism Panel, and Saw Deep Disagreement, not Singling Out of Jews, by Kenneth S. Stern, Forward
September 20, 2019, Bard College Receives $165,000 Grant for Center Focused on Combating Hate, by Sarah Wood, Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
September 12, 2019, Bard Has New Award for Beth Rickey, Heroine Against Hate by Quin Hillyer, Washington Examiner.
August 7, 2019 There’s an old word for Trump’s brand of nationalism: “Hatriotism” by Samuel G. Freedman, Guardian
July 27, 2019 Is B.D.S. Anti-Semitic? A Closer Look at the Boycott Israel Campaign by David M. Halbfiner, Michael Wines, and Steve Erlanger (NY Times)
Summer, 2019 Antisemitism Through a Hate Studies Lens by Kenneth S. Stern (Peace Chronicle — page 30)
July 18, 2019 Fighting Antisemitism on Campus by Larry Yudelson (Jewish Standard)
June 20, 2019 Jewish Trademark on Concentration Campus? (TTN blog)
June 11, 2019 Anti-Semitism Expert Offers Best Practices for Combating Hate, by Martin Raffel (New Jersey Jewish News)
May 29, 2019, Defining anti-Semitism:A conversation with Kenneth Stern on the Greatest Threats to the Jews, by Martin Raffel (New Jersey Jewish News)
May 5, 2019, Holocaust Remembrance Day Honors the Millions Lost (Spectrum News)
April 4, 2019 Inland Journal, Gonzaga Hate Studies Conference (Spokane Public Radio)
April 3, 2019 Gonzaga Hosts International Conference on Hate Studies (Spokane Public Radio)
February 20, 2019 How an Oscar Nominee Went From Chronicling Cory Booker to Nazis, And Back Again (Los Angeles Times, by John Anderson)
January 30, 2019 When Nazis Came To Madison Square Garden (Jewish Journal, by Kenneth Stern)
January 25, 2019 Twitter Joins World Jewish Congress to Raise Holocaust Awareness.
2018
December 23, 2108 New Bard College Center Seeks to Study Hate, Bigotry (Daily Freeman)
December 9, 2018 The Relevance of the 1948 Genocide Convention Today (by Elizabeth Rosner and Kenneth Stern)
December 8, 2018 The End of Tolerance (In Psychology Today, by Pamela Paresky)
November 21, 2018 Kenneth Stern Talks about Bard Center for the Study of Hate (YouTube via Daily Freeman)
November 15, 2018 FBI Data Shows Plenty of Vandalism, Little Violence Against U.S. Jews (The Forward)
November 5, 2018 The Political Power of Hate (by Kenneth S. Stern in the Hannah Arendt Center blog)
November 5, 2018 After Pittsburgh, Jewish Groups’ First Fight Is Against BDS, Not White Nationalism (The Forward)
October 30, 2018 Kenneth Stern Named Director of Bard Center for the Study of Hate (Daily Freeman)
October 16, 2018 Bard College Creates Center for the Study of Hate (Daily Freeman)
The Relevance of the 1948 Genocide Convention Today (with Elizabeth Rosner)
BCHS blog — December 9, 2018
The End of Tolerance (by Pamela Paresky)
Psychology Today — December 8, 2018
FBI Data Shows Plenty of Vandalism, Little Violence Against US Jews (by Josh Nathan-Kavis)
The Forward — November 15, 2018
The Political Power of Hate
Hannah Arendt Center Blog — November 5, 2018
After Pittsburgh, Jewish Groups’ First Fight is Against BDS, Not White Nationalism (by Josh Natan-Kavis)
The Forward — November 5, 2018
Is Anti-Zionist Speech Anti-Semitic? (@ 32:45)
WNYC’S On The Media — June 15, 2018
What’s Wrong With the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act? (With Cary Nelson and other Alliance for Academic Freedom Executive Committee members)
Inside Higher Education — June 12, 2018
2017
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Alliance for Academic Freedom (on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Alliance for Academic Freedom: David Greenberg, Rebecca Lesses, Kenneth Stern, Deborah Dash Moore, Sharon Musher, Jeffry Mallow and Irene Tucker) — September 6, 2017
How to Counter White Supremacists Energized By Trump
LA Jewish Journal — August 17, 2017
“On Antisemitism,” (RAVBLOG by Rabbi Rachel Timoner, July 18, 2017)
Why Israel’s Rules to Muzzle Professors Will Only Make Things Worse
The Forward (Cary Nelson on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Alliance for Academic Freedom: David Greenberg, Rebecca Lesses, Kenneth Stern, Deborah Dash Moore, Sharon Musher, Jeffry Mallow and Irene Tucker) — July 7, 2017
The Israeli Right Moves Against Academic Freedom
by Cary Nelson on behalf of Executive Committee of the Alliance For Academic Freedom (David Greenberg, Rebecca Lesses, Kenneth Stern, Deborah Dash Moore, Sharon Musher, Jeffry Mallow and Irene Tucker) — June 26, 2017
Everyone Lost at Dartmouth, Inside Higher Education, by Kenneth S. Stern, Cary Nelson, David Greenberg, Rebecca Lesses, Deborah Dash Moore, Sharon Musher, Jeffry Mallow and Irene Tucker (June 19, 2017)
Anti-Semitism: Is Hostility Toward Jews On The Rise Worldwide? (CQ Researcher, May 12, 2017)
How Legislative Efforts to Define Antisemitism Threaten Academic Freedom, Academe Blog (AAUP), by Kenneth S. Stern and Ernst Benjamin (May 5, 2017)
Anti-Semitism Bill Would Suppress Open Discussion on Israel (Charleston Post and Courier, May 2, 2017)
S.C. Anti-Semitism Bill Isn’t Needed, The Post & Courier, by Kenneth S. Stern, April 26, 2017
Statement to South Carolina Senate Higher Education Subcommittee (on antisemitism legislation), by Kenneth S. Stern, April 25, 2017
Opinion: Jewish Students Deserve a Better Definition of Anti-Semitism (Times of Israel, April 24, 2017)
The Dangers of Sean Spicer’s Soft Holocaust Denialism (Think Progress, April 12, 2017)
Threats Against Jewish Groups Stoke Fears of Rising Anti-Semitism (AFP, March 3, 2017)
Trump Decries Anti-Semitic Acts As “Horrible” Amid Calls For Stronger White House Denunciations (Washington Post, February 21, 2017)
Amid Rising Anti-Semitism, Trump’s Lackluster Response has Jewish Groups Concerned (Vox.com, February 21, 2017)
What Will It Take For Donald Trump to Condemn Anti-Semitism?, Forward, by Kenneth S. Stern, February 16, 2017
How Trump Empowers White Supremacists and Jihadis Alike, Forward, by Kenneth S. Stern, February 5, 2017
Correspondent of the Day: Anti-Semitism Legislation Bad Idea, Richmond Times Dispatch, by Kenneth S. Stern, February 3, 2017
How to Honor MLK Legacy in Whitefish, Montana, CNN, by Kenneth S. Stern, January 13, 2017
National Anti-Hate Organization Hopes to Have Antisemitic Marchers Working Against Themselves (KURL News, January 4, 2017)
Montana Town Celebrates Diversity Amid Threats of an Armed Neo-Nazi March (Huffington Post, January 4, 2017)
White Supremacist March To Be Matched With Human Rights Donations (Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, January 3, 2017)
What to Do When Antisemitic Bullies Come To Town, by Kenneth S. Stern (January 2, 2017) (Reprinted in LA Jewish Journal)
2016
Colleagues Critique Proposed US Law on Antisemitism (The Third Narrative, December 14, 2016)
Why the Proposed “Antisemitism Awareness Act” is a Bad Idea (The Faculty Lounge, December 13, 2016)
Will Campus Criticism of Israel Violate Federal Law?, (The New York Times), by Kenneth. S. Stern. (December 12, 2016)
House Puts Off Action on controversial Anti-Semitism Bill (Jewish Telegraphic Agency, December 10, 2016)
Analysis: Why Congress’ New anti-Semitism Bill Won’t Protect Jews (Haaretz, December 10, 2016)
Controversial Anti-Semitism Bill Won’t Pass Congress in 2016 (Haaretz, December 9, 2016)
Expert On Hate Opposes Anti-Semitism Bill — Based on Definition He Created (Forward, December 6, 2016)
Letter to Members of Congress opposing legislation that violates academic freedom and would harm Jewish students, by Kenneth S. Stern (December 6, 2016)
ACLU Opposition to Antisemitism Bill (December 5, 2016)
The Blacklist in the Coal Mine, by Kenneth Stern (with David Greenberg, Rebecca Lesses, Jeffry Mallow, Deborah Dash Moore, Sharon Ann Musher, Cary Nelson and Irene Tucker) (October 26, 2016)
Decal Debacle, by Kenneth Stern (with David Greenberg, Rebecca Lesses, Jeffry Mallow, Deborah Dash Moore, Sharon Ann Musher, Cary Nelson and Irene Tucker) (October 7, 2016)
Inside Higher Ed: Decal Debacle (October 7, 2016)
My Behind The Scenes DENIAL Story, by Kenneth Stern (September 15, 2016)
Campus BDS and the law: First, do no harm, by Kenneth Stern (June 21, 2016)
CUNY Under the Anti-Semitism Microscope (Forward, March 30, 2016)
What The Oregon Standoff Reveals about the Militias, Counter-Terror Laws, and the Rural West(warisboring.com, January 6, 2016)
2015
Worldwide Terror: Connecting the ISIS Dots, by Kenneth Stern (November 30, 2015)
Submission: UC Should Not Adopt Anti-Semitism Definition Which Endangers Debate (UC Daily Bruin, September 17, 2015)
Pro-Israel Students Dislike UC Regents “Intolerance” Statement (San Francisco Chronicle, September 16, 2015)
OPINION-SF Chronicle, How UC Can Respond To Bigoted Speech Without Censorship, by Justus Rosenberg and Kenneth Stern (also at SF Chronicle Website) (August 20, 2015)
Biblio File: Bullies, Dissemblers and Slanderers (Australia/Israel Review, July 30, 2015)
Why U. of California Should Dump 3-D Definition of Antisemitism (Forward, July 22, 2015)
Should a Major University System Have A Particular Definition of Antisemitism? by Kenneth Stern (June 22, 2015)
How A Secret Charity Helps Jewish Groups Feel Safe (Forward, April 7, 2015)
Engage: JKR Foundation: British University Shouldn’t Cancel Anti-Israel Conference (UK) (April 2, 2015)
The Third Narrative: An Open Letter To Southampton University (UK) (April 1, 2015)
British University Shouldn’t Cancel Anti-Israel Conference by Kenneth Stern and Cary Nelson (April 1, 2015)
12K Gift Goes Toward Bard College Internship Program (Daily Freeman March 6, 2015)
What’s in a name? That which we call Islamic by Kenneth Stern (February 26, 2015)
Book Review: The Case Against Academic Boycotts by Kenneth Stern (February 16, 2015)
Ameinu: Progressive Values In Action: Oppose Both Boycotts of Israel and Occupation of Palestinian Lands (January 30, 2015)
War on Campus by Kenneth Stern and Cary Nelson (January 23, 2015)
2014
We Need To Understand Hatred Better If We Are Serious About Fighting Antisemitism By Kenneth Stern (September 12, 2014)
Should We Fear BDS? By Kenneth Stern and Michael Berenbaum (April 30, 2014)
Should Jews Fear BDS?
Jewish Journal – May 3, 2014
Letters to the Sports Editor
The New York Times – May 3, 2014
2013
What If Matthew Shepard’s Murder Wasn’t an Anti-Gay Hate Crime?
When an Object Lesson in Hatred Gets Muddy
The Forward – September 09, 2013
Videos — SEE Bard Center for the Study of Hate
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Kenneth Stern speaks on antisemitism at Middle State Tennessee University (April 14, 2022)
Antisemitism Policy Lab (hosted by FMEP), October 19, 2022
NewGround Public Forum on Antisemitism, May 2, 2023
Ken Stern at plenary of Eradicate Hate Global Summit, September 27, 2023
Antisemitism after October 7, Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism, November 1, 2023
College students facing backlash after Israel-Palestine protests, NBC Nightly News (interviewed by Jacob Ward), October 19, 2023
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Katie Couric speaks with Kenneth S. Stern
Diminishing Rage Within Militias
CBSNews.com – April 6, 2010