(Berlin, Germany / New York, N.Y.) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to the webinar “Rethinking the fight against Antisemitism after October 7”, which will take place on Wednesday, December 10, 2025.

This is the third webinar of a three-part series on how antisemitism is strategically exploited by extremist groups, a project supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.

The aftermath of the antisemitic massacres conducted on October 7, 2023, in Israel by Hamas has raised many urgent questions. For example, do we need to rethink and reconceptualize the fight against antisemitism? Should antisemitism be its own category in the prevention and countering of violent extremism (P/CVE), not just a side aspect? Do we properly understand and address the role of social media platforms in this context? How can the fight against professional antisemitic actors be improved?

Building on the findings presented in the 2025 CEP study, “The Role of Antisemitism in the Mobilization to Violence by Extremist and Terrorist Actors”, the webinar will emphasize the transnational dimensions of these questions.  

The webinar will be conducted in English via Zoom.

Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Time:

• U.S.: 9:00 am to 10:30 am ET
• Europe: 15:00 to 16:30 CET

EVENT PROGRAM:

Introductory Remarks:

Ms. Gabriele Scheel

Head of Division “International Cooperation against Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime and Corruption,” Federal Foreign Office of Germany

Presentations:

Dr. Neven Vukic

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland); Project Manager EU Horizon GEMS Project

Dr. Matthias J. Becker

Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Antisemitism (CSA), New York University (USA); Lead, Decoding Antisemitism; Postdoc, Cambridge University (UK)

Mr. Alexander Ritzmann

Senior Advisor, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

Moderation:

Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler

Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and ARCHER at House 88

The presentations will be followed by a Q&A-session open to all participants.

REGISTRATION:

To participate in this webinar please register via this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VrnY8eLcTxagqzR8g1CvDg

Please register up to one hour before the webinar start so that your registration can be approved in time.

Please feel free to forward this invitation to colleagues with an interest in the subject.

To read our latest CEP report “The Role of Antisemitism in the Mobilization to Violence by Extremist and Terrorist Actors”, click here.

Watch the previous webinars here and here.

To learn more about CEP’s new Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization (ARCHER) at House 88, the former home of the commandant of the concentration camp, Rudolf Hoess, and how to support this new effort, please check here.

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