Stephen Wise Temple and AJC Present: Antisemitism in Europe and America Today
Thursday, March 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Wise Campus | Tickets
On Thursday, March 2, Stephen Wise Temple will host a special panel discussion with Katharina von Schnurbein, European Commission Coordinator on Combatting Antisemitism, and Eddo Verdoner, Netherlands’ National Coordinator for Countering Antisemitism.
The event, sponsored by Wise and the American Jewish Committee-Los Angeles (AJC), will draw attention to the deeply worrying trend of rising antisemitism around the world and discuss effective solutions for confronting the various manifestations of contemporary antisemitism.
About the AJC: American Jewish Committee Los Angeles connects the Los Angeles Jewish community with AJC’s global advocacy work. ACJ-LA’s access to foreign diplomats, elected officials, and interfaith leaders throughout Southern California advances AJC’s broader priorities: combating antisemitism, promoting Israel’s place in the world, and countering the spread of radicalism and extremism.
About the Speakers
Katharina von Schnurbein was appointed the first European Commission Coordinator on combatting antisemitism in December 2015. She started working for the European Commission in 2002 as press officer for the EU Delegation in Prague. She then moved to Brussels as the spokesperson for Employment, Social Affairs, and Equal opportunities under the Czech EU Commissioner Vladimir Špidla. She spent the 2017-18 academic year as EU Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence to research in effective measures to combat antisemitism across Europe.
Eddo Verdoner became the Netherlands’ National Coordinator for Countering Anti-Semitism (NCAB) in April 2021. At the request of Minister Grapperhaus of Justice and Security, Mr. Verdoner will provide solicited and unsolicited advice next year on tackling discrimination, threats and intimidation of the Jewish community. The NCAB will also have a signaling function in developments that arise in the field of antisemitism.
