The Hate Industry – and Racism during the Past Century

International Conference upon the Inauguration of the New Wing at Massuah Museum

Tuesday, March 21, 2017— International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

9:00 Welcoming remarks: Prof. Yitzhak Kashti, Chairman of Massuah, and Dr. Werner Puschra, Director, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in 9:20 Keynote speech: Justice (ret.) Joseph Haim Shapira, State Comptroller—Special Report on Prevention of Racism 2016 9:40 First Session – Discrimination and Incitement in the Public Sphere, Israel and Abroad. Chair: Prof. Yitzhak Kashti Adv. Ami Palmor, Director General, Ministry of Justice: Coping with Discrimination in Israeli Society Prof. Karine Nahon, President, Israel Internet Society and Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya: Information, Incitement, and Social Networks Ron Yaakobi, Director of Department for Combating Antisemitism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Debates over Defining the Concept of Antisemitism in the International Arena 10:45 Break 11:15 Aya Ben-Naftaly, Director General and Chief Curator, Massuah About the “Industry of Hate” Exhibition—“Hate begins with the Jews but never ends with them.” Inauguration of the new wing and tour of the exhibition

12:30 Lunch 13:15 Panel discussion: Combating Racism and Incitement in the Education System – Israel 2017. Moderator: Oshrat Kotler Rabbi Avi Gisser, Chair, Council for National- Religious Education in Israel; Yiftah Guy, Deputy Director, Youth and Society Administration, Assaf Malach, Chair, Citizenship Subject Committee; Anat Rosilio, Director, Hate Speech Index Project, Berl Katznelson Foundation 14:30 Second Session – Racism, Antisemitism, and Xenophobia in View of the Refugee Crisis. Chair: Dr. Mali Eisenberg, Academic Director, Massuah , Vice Chair and Acting Chair, World Zionist Organization, and Head of Department for Countering Antisemitism Yogev Karsenti, Director of Department on Fighting Antisemitism, Ministry of Diaspora Affairs Dr. Ralf Melzer, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: “Polarization, right-wing extremist orientations and group-focused enmity in Germany” (based on the latest "FES-Mitte-Studie") Prof. Andreas Zick, University of Bielefeld: “Antisemitism and Racism in Contemporary Europe”