Antisemitism Awareness Week 2026
January 26–30, 2026
Antisemitism Awareness Week invites the Tulane community to engage in learning, dialogue, and cultural connection centered on Jewish identity, history, and lived experience. Through performances, workshops, site visits, and community reflection, the week creates space for understanding, empathy, and shared responsibility.
2026 Theme: Southern Jewry
The 2026 theme centers Southern and New Orleans Jewish history as a vital lens for understanding both historical and contemporary antisemitism. By highlighting Jewish life, culture, and contributions in the American South, the week invites participants to move beyond abstract definitions of antisemitism and toward grounded, place-based understanding rooted in lived experience. Across events, the theme emphasizes how cultural expression, historical memory, and community dialogue can deepen empathy, challenge bias, and strengthen collective responsibility.
Schedule of Events
Community Building Circles on Experiences with Antisemitism
Monday, January 26, 2026
Multiple Sessions
Downtown: Tidewater Gallery, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Uptown: Richardson Building 115, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Facilitated community circles offering structured space for participants to share experiences, listen across identities, and build collective understanding.
“(Re)Gaining Consciousness of the Holocaust in Latin America” Lunch & Learn
Monday, January 26, 2026
12:30 p.m.
Executive Dining Room, Freeman School of Business (4th Floor)
In this talk, Professor Marilyn Miller explores how the Holocaust resonates within Latin American experience and consciousness, past and present. Drawing from history, literature, memoir, and visual art dating from 1939 forward, the presentation demonstrates how the Holocaust has remained vitally present in varied forms of representation and memory across the region. Moderated by Professor Golan Moskowitz..
Sponsored by Tulane’s Jewish Studies Department, the Stuart and Suzanne Grant Center for the American Jewish Experience, and the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies.
RSVP for the Marilyn Miller Lecture
Creativity with Krewe du Mishigas
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Tulane Hillel
An interactive workshop exploring Jewish cultural expression through Carnival traditions. Participants will learn about the krewe’s history and create Mishigas-inspired throws and art.
RSVP for Creativity with Krewe du Mishigas
Klezmer All Stars: Performance and Conversation on Southern Jewish Culture
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Woldenberg Art Center, Room 205
A live Klezmer performance followed by conversation with band members exploring Southern Jewish culture, music traditions, and New Orleans Jewish history.
Moderated by Gary Brandt.
RSVP for the Klezmer All Stars Event
Jewish Faculty and Staff Gathering
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Multiple Times and Locations
An informal gathering for Jewish faculty and staff focused on community building, connection, and institutional belonging.
RSVP for the Faculty and Staff Gathering
Visit to the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience
Friday, January 30, 2026
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
A guided visit to the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience highlighting Jewish life, culture, and history across the American South. Transportation and lunch are included.
Ongoing and Supporting Programming
- Southern Jewry book display curated by Tulane Libraries
- Jewish Identity Project displayed in the LBC mezzanine windows
- Asynchronous faculty module: Understanding Antisemitism in the Classroom
Presented By
Office of Academic Excellence & Opportunity
Grant Center for the Jewish American Experience
Tulane Hillel
Antisemitism Working Group
Newcomb Tulane College
Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Center for Public Service
