How I’m teaching Holocaust literature in light of Canadian recommendations around combatting antisemitism

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par Regan Lipes, Extended Sessional Instructor, English and Comparative Literature, MacEwan University

As university students encounter hate speech, like statements perpetrated by music industry personalities they may have once enjoyed, they have questions about antisemitism — and what it really is.

I research and teach Jewish literature with a focus on Holocaust narratives. With rising tensions on both sides of the Israel-Hamas War, and 24…