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Strengthening Democracy and Combatting Antisemitism: A Discussion with Dr. Sharon Nazarian, President of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation

  • 18 Sep 2024
  • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Levy Hall 4905 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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The American Council on Germany and the American Academy in Berlin,
in cooperation with Classrooms Without Borders; the German-American Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh Chapter; the Honorary Consul of Germany, Pittsburgh; and Rodef Shalom Congregation of Pittsburgh

invite you to a Discussion and Reception with Dr. Sharon Nazarian (President of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation and Inaugural Gahl Hodges Burt Scholar at the American Academy in Berlin)

“How Can International Cooperation Strengthen Democracy and Combat Antisemitism in Germany and the United States?”

When: Wednesday, September 18, 2024 (5:30 – 7:00 pm)

Where: Levy Hall at Rodef Shalom 4905 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Dr. Sharon S. Nazarian was earlier this year the inaugural Gahl Hodges Burt Scholar at the American Academy in Berlin. She is an expert on antisemitism and its intersection with democratic crisis across Europe, North America, and Australia. Dr. Nazarian is the president of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation, with a regional office in Israel called the Ima Foundation. She is the founder of the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at University of California, Los Angeles, housed at UCLA’s International Institute, which provides a systematic, academic study of contemporary Israel. In 2017, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) appointed Dr. Nazarian as senior vice president in international affairs. She served in this role for five years, acting as chief diplomat and policymaker of ADL, meeting with heads of state, foreign ministers, and leaders of Jewish communities around the world and advancing ADL’s initiatives for fighting antisemitism and racial hatred globally. She also oversaw ADL’s Israel office.

Dr. Nazarian currently serves as a member of ADL’s national board of directors, a trustee of the board of Freedom House, and is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. She also chairs the board of the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA and sits on the board of governors of University of Haifa. Dr. Nazarian studied journalism and international relations at the University of Southern California, where also received her master’s and doctoral degrees in political science, specializing in political economy and economic development in newly industrialized countries.



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