The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy
The CSULB Jewish Studies Program is delighted to welcome Dr. Steven J. Ross back to Long Beach for his talk “The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy.” This will be at the Alpert JCC (3801 E. Willow St., Long Beach), on Thursday, September 10th, at 7 pm.
The end of the Second World War is often remembered as the beginning of a more peaceful and tolerant era in the US, but the reality was far darker: antisemitism and racism increased after the war, and the number of organized hate groups more than doubled between 1940 and 1946.
In his talk, based on his latest book, Dr. Ross tells the story of the ordinary Americans who decided to fight back. Working through clandestine networks, these civilian operatives infiltrated Nazi and white supremacist organizations, gathered intelligence, and helped thwart plots to bomb churches and synagogues.
Steve Ross is Distinguished Professor, Dean’s Professor of History, and the Myron and Marian Casden Director of the Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life. He is the author of several books, including Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics – which received a Pulitzer Prize nomination and a Film Scholars Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences – and Hitler in Hollywood: How Jews Foiled Nazi Plots Against Hollywood and America – which was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History for 2018, and won the Richard Wall Memorial Award.
All Jewish Studies events are free and open to the public. To speed admission through security, the JCC asks that people rsvp first: https://jewishlongbeach.regfox.com/free-lectures .
