The Dr. James Sacks Conference:
“The Psychological Impact of the Threat of
Contemporary Genocidal Antisemitism:
From Denial and Paralysis to Understanding the Challenge”
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Yale University – Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Room 101
63 High Street, New Haven, CT 06520
Conference Schedule
Welcome and Introduction – Video #1 – Video Time 00:01
10:30AM – Charles Small, YIISA Director
Panel #1: Society, Antisemitism and Terror
Video #1(Stevan Hobfoll – Video Time 12:35; Neil Kressel – Video Time 57:00)
Video #2 (Idit Shalev – Video Time 00:01; Panel Discussion – Video Time 26:30)
“The Impact of Terrorism and War on Tearing the Self and the Fabric of Society”
10:45AM – Stevan Hobfoll, The Judd & Marjorie Weinberg Presidential Professor & Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center
“Why Well-Intentioned Westerners Fail to Grasp the Dangers Associated with Antisemitism in the Muslim World”
11:15AM – Neil Kressel, Visiting Associate Professor, YIISA; Professor, Psychology, William Paterson University
“Coaching for Killing: What Motivational Mechanisms Underlie Islamists Terrorists’ Ideology”
11:45AM – Idit Shalev, Post-Doctorate Associate, YIISA
Panel Discussion
12:15PM
Lunch Break
12:45PM – 1:45PM
Panel #2: Antisemitism: The Dynamics of Prejudice and the Threat of Genocide
Video #2 (Peter Glick – Video Time 42:30)
Video #3 (Peter Glick Continued; Ron Aviram – Video Time 3:36; Panel Discussion – Video Time 30:00)
“Victims of Success: How Envious Antisemitism Foments Genocidal Intent and Undermines Bystanders’ Moral Outrage”
1:45PM – Peter Glick, Professor, Psychology, Lawrence University
“To Act or Not to Act, That is the Question: The Psychological Impact of Hatred in a Geopolitical Context”
2:15PM – Ron Aviram, Instructor, Clinical Psychology, Columbia University
Panel Discussion
2:45PM
Refreshment Break
3:15PM
Panel #3: Antisemitism Trauma and Emotional Needs
Video#4(Hadar Lubin-Video Time 00:01;Nurit Shnabel-Video Time 22:50;Panel Discussion-Video Time 52:45)
“Trauma in Disguise: Antisemitism”
4:00PM – Hadar Lubin, Assistant Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, Yale University
“Mixed Emotional Needs of Israeli-Jews as a Potential Source of Ambivalence in their Response to the Iranian Challenge”
4:30PM – Nurit Shnabel, Research Associate, Psychology, Yale University
Panel Discussion
5:00PM
Round Table Discussion – Video #4 (Video Time 1:16:05); Video #5 (Video Time 00:01)
5:30PM
Closing Remarks
6:00PM
This symposium made possible in part by assistance of Dr. James Sacks and the Anti-Defamation League.
For more information email Lauren Clark, yiisa.program@yale.edu; (203)432-5239