Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy, with Jonathan Branfman

Click here to register for this free in-person program co-presented by New Lehrhaus. The Library is located at 1835 Ellis Street in San Francisco, with free garage parking at 1227 Pierce Street between Ellis and Eddy. Refreshments will be served.

Come learn how popular culture can help us challenge antisemitism.

For this talk, Jonathan Branfman will draw from his new book, Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy (New York University Press, 2024). The book uses examples from film, television, and digital media to clarify how antisemitism works in real life, and especially how antisemitism interacts with race. Although these topics can seem abstract, they’re really as familiar to many Americans as their favorite sitcom or star. No matter whether you personally follow the stars mentioned in Branfman’s book (such as the biracial Jewish rap superstar Drake), the talk will offer illuminating insights about the American Jewish experience.

Jonathan Branfman is the Eli Reinhard Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish Studies at Stanford University. Prior to Stanford, Jonathan has also researched and taught at Cornell University and the College of William & Mary.