Professor Katz Speaks at Harvard, The Hague on Law and Antisemitism
11/06/2025
IU McKinney Professor Robert Katz spoke at Harvard Law School (HLS) on October 20 at the invitation of the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law and its director Noah R. Feldman, HLS Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law. The topic of his talk was “What Do Universities Owe Jews under Title VI, and Why?" Katz was introduced by Stephen Sachs, HLS Antonin Scalia Professor of Law, who praised Antisemitism and the Law, Professor Katz's groundbreaking casebook, as "an extraordinary book" that "goes through a wide variety of issues and weighs parts of the law in which antisemitism has surfaced and, by its mere existence, makes the case that this is an important and integrated field of study." Also on October 20, Professor Katz led a class for an enthusiastic audience of laypersons at Lehrhaus, a Jewish learning center in Somerville, Massachusetts. His topic was "The Legal Construction of Jewish Identity: Race,Religion, and Civil Rights."
Professor Katz will also deliver a keynote address at the International Prosecutors Summit on Antisemitism (IPSA) in The Hague, the Netherlands, on November 18. The IPSA brings together public prosecutors, policymakers, and legal experts from across Europe to exchange knowledge and best practices on investigating and prosecuting hate crimes, with special attention to antisemitism.
Professor Katz is a member of the ABA Presidential Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, and founder and director of the Center for the Study of Antisemitism andthe law, a nonprofit organization he founded to promote research and education at the intersection of law and antisemitism. He also is president of the IU Indianapolis Jewish Faculty and Staff Council.
