Confronting Hate: The Perpetuation of Hate on Social Media

Monika Hübscher holds a MA in Holocaust Studies and is currently a research associate in the project "Youth and Antisemitism" at the University of Duisburg-Essen and a doctoral candidate at the University of Haifa. She is the co-editor of the recently published volume “Antisemitism on Social Media”. Her last publications are “A Snapshot of Antisemitism in 2021” (2022, with Sabine von Mering), “Tertiary Antisemitism in Social Media Posts of Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland” (2022, with Sophie Schmalenberger), and “Attacks on Democracy? A Troll Attack on YouTube” (2022, with Vanessa Walter). Monika researches and publishes in German and English on antisemitism and Holocaust memory and how these manifests on social media and offline. Further, she lectures and gives workshops on antisemitism on social media and educational material and social media literacy to combat antisemitism.

Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath is a lifelong Jewish educator and learner. As an expert on Jewish teens, Generation Z, experiential education, Israel, and questions of Jewish identity, Samantha comes equipped with the right questions to help learners find the answers that resonate with them. Samantha currently serves as the Senior Director of Knowledge, Ideas, and Learning at the Jewish Education Project, teaches at Gratz College, and is constantly brainstorming about the Jewish past, present, and future. She is an alumna of the University of Pittsburgh (BA), the Jewish Theological Seminary (MA), Gratz College (EdD), and the Pardes Experiential Educators Program. She's the author of the book#antisemitism: Coming of Age During the Resurgence of Hate, and is currently at work on her next book.