On today’s pledge drive show, Carousel continues the ongoing conversation about antisemitism with Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of Antisemitism: Here and Now. They discuss the rise of antisemitism on both the right and the left, contemporary events like the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, the role of free speech, and the importance of fighting antisemitism and conspiracy theories for a healthy democratic society.

For the last fifteen minutes of the show, Carousel reflects on the topic with Dawn Berney, executive director of Jewish Social Services of Madison.

Deborah E. Lipstadt is a professor of modern Jewish history and Holocaust studies at Emory College. She is the author of several books, including Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory (Plume, 1994) and Antisemitism: Here and Now (Schocken, 2019).