Law and Antisemitism Conference March 8–9, 2026
Cardozo School of Law
Cardozo Law School is proud to host the Center for Law and Antisemitism’s 2026 Law and Antisemitism Conference on March 8–9, 2026. This interdisciplinary gathering will bring together more than 50 leading scholars from around the world for two days of rigorous, timely, and pathbreaking discussion on the legal dimensions of antisemitism.
The conference will feature over 15 panels addressing topics including the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, conceptual and legal approaches to defining antisemitism, international law and human rights, political violence, freedom of speech, new initiatives to combat Jew-hatred, historical perspectives on antisemitism and the law, comparative approaches, antisemitism online, education, and empirical research.
The conference is chaired by Professor Rona Kaufman, with a distinguished steering committee comprised of Professors Rob Katz, Ruthy Lowenstein, Andrea J. Martin, Seth Oranburg, Suzanne Stone, and Zalman Rothschild.
REGISTRATION LINKS
Registration for Professionals (non-students)
Conference Hotel Recommendations
The Walker Hotel – Greenwich Village
Rona Kaufman (Conference contact)
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Keynote Speaker: David M. Schizer
A 25-year veteran of the nonprofit world, David M. Schizer became the youngest dean in Columbia Law School’s history at age thirty-five. He was also the CEO of JDC, a humanitarian organization active in seventy countries with a $365 million annual budget. Schizer has served on the board of a number of nonprofits and for-profit companies, including 92NY, the Ramaz School, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Feil Properties, SEACOR Holdings, and more. A member of the Columbia Law School faculty since 1998, Schizer is a leading scholar of nonprofits, tax, energy, and business law, as well as an award-winning teacher. He has taught at Yale, Harvard, Hebrew University, University of Tokyo, and other major universities around the world. Schizer also clerked for US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski.
