Ollie Anisfeld and Dr David Rich
Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism is Built into our World—and How You Can Change It
Summary
Ollie Anisfeld and Dr. Dave Rich discuss Dr. Rich’s book Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism is Built into our World—and How You Can Change It. Their conversation begins with Dr Rich’s upbringing and what drew him into a career confronting anti-Semitism. They examine different ways anti-Semitism is present in politics, culture, and everyday life. Dr. Rich offers up suggestions for how to instill change.
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Ollie Anisfeld
Ollie Anisfeld is the founder and director of J-TV, a global, online Jewish channel that aims to inspire positive Jewish identity, values, and knowledge through engaging video media. J-TV features content on current affairs, Jewish philosophy and values, Jewish history, and other entertainment. Ollie launched J-TV in 2015 while he was in his final year at University College London reading history. J-TV has viewers all over the globe with a viewership that is predominantly aged between 16–35. Ollie’s favorite word is “edutainment”—a combination of educational and entertainment content to influence hearts and minds.
Dr David Rich
Dr. Dave Rich is Director of Policy at the Community Security Trust, a Jewish charity that protects the Jewish community in the UK from antisemitism and terrorism, and an Associate Research Fellow at the Pears Institute for the Study of Antisemitism, Brubeck, University of London. Dave is the author of The Left’s Jewish Problem: Jeremy Corbyn, Israel and Antisemitism and writes about antisemitism and extremism for newspapers and journals including, The New York Times, The Guardian, New Statesman, Ha’aretz, World Affairs Journal, and The Jewish Chronicle. His academic publications include chapters and articles on Islamist extremism, hate crime, conspiracy theories, Holocaust denial and distortion, and antisemitism on university campuses.