Emory University launches public policy institute to counter antisemitism

Emory University launched a new academic center earlier this month focused on developing practical, government-level strategies to combat rising antisemitism.The Emory Policy Institute on Countering Antisemitism, known as EPICA, was founded and is led by Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, a University Distinguished Professor, Holocaust historian, and former US special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism under the Biden administration.Funded by private donations, the institute is designed to bridge rigorous academic scholarship with public policy, operating under the belief that anti-Jewish hatred poses a fundamental threat to democratic societies.Reflecting on her transition back to academia after nearly three years in diplomacy, Lipstadt told The Jerusalem Post, “When I finished at the State Department, a number of people, both from within universities and from the world of diplomacy, said to me, 'Deborah, you have a unique perspective on the issue of antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and Jew hatred, which is a term I prefer nowadays,…