#68: Twenty Years Later

September 14, 2021 01:03:32
#68: Twenty Years Later
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#68: Twenty Years Later

Sep 14 2021 | 01:03:32

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Show Notes

Looking back at the momentous month of September, 2001, Yehuda Kurtzer speaks to writer and public speaker Wajahat Ali about the impact of 9/11 on the American Muslim community, and to Ron Kampeas (JTA) about the lasting impact of the UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa and the anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric that came to dominate it.


Wajahat's article: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/09/how-9-11-destroyed-the-muslim-model-minority-myth.html
Ron's article: https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/the-first-durban-conference-devolved-into-a-festival-of-hate-679119
Special thanks to Tali Cohen for editorial support on this episode.

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