Israel, Antisemitism and the United States
A Conversation with Bret Stephens
Bret Stephens, opinion columnist for The New York Times and senior contributor to NBC News, will be in conversation with Lawrence Douglas, the James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought and LJST department chair. A noted commentator on foreign policy and domestic, domestic politics and cultural issues, Stephens serves as an opinion columnist at The New York Times, where he also engages in a celebrated weekly published conversation on current affairs with his colleague Gail Collins. He is the founding editor-in-chief of Sapir, a quarterly dedicated to exploring issues of Jewish concern, and he has previously worked as foreign-affairs columnist for The Wall Street Journal and as editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post. He is the author of America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder (2014). Among his many prizes and distinctions are the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary, the 2019 Ellis Island Medal of Honor and three honorary doctorates.