{"id":351082,"date":"2018-11-29T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=351082"},"modified":"2019-11-18T16:34:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T21:34:11","slug":"anti-semitism-academic-understanding-of-hate-351082","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/anti-semitism-academic-understanding-of-hate-351082\/","title":{"rendered":"An academic understanding of hate"},"content":{"rendered":"
LISTEN: Connections (WXXI): December 20, 2018.<\/a>
\nDiscussing the psychology and impact of hate and intolerance<\/div>\n

If you pay attention to the news, it’s easy to get the sense that acts of violence\u2014particularly violence inspired by bigotry and hate\u2014are on the rise. Unfortunately, the numbers seem to back that up. Last week the FBI released a report that showed anti-Semitic crime incidents targeting Jewish people and Jewish institutions in the US spiked about 37 percent<\/a> between 2016 and 2017. College and university campuses are not immune.<\/p>\n

In a message to the University community following acts of bigotry and violence in Philadelphia and Louisville, President Richard Feldman noted our own recent experiences with intolerance and disrespect on campus, including a swastika written on a sign at the Eastman School of Music. \u201cAs a university that celebrates academic freedom and civil discourse, these acts and a national conversation that too often displays hate and divisiveness are distressing and frightening.\u201d<\/p>\n

University Communications recently sat down with Nora Rubel<\/a>, the Jane and Allen Batkin Professor of Jewish Studies and chair of the Department of Religion and Classics, Thomas Fleischman<\/a>, assistant professor of history, and Laura Elenbaas<\/a>, assistant professor of psychology, for an academic conversation about hate and intolerance. Together, they discuss reactions to recent incidents of hate, important lessons from history, and the psychology of stereotypes and intolerance. The following Q&A has been edited for format.<\/p>\n

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