Dr. Neven Vukic
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland); Project Manager EU Horizon GEMS Project

On December 10, 2025, CEP hosted the webinar, “Rethinking the fight against Antisemitism after October 7”

This is the third webinar of a three-part series on how antisemitism is strategically exploited by extremist groups, a project supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.

The aftermath of the antisemitic massacres conducted on October 7, 2023, in Israel by Hamas has raised many urgent questions. For example, do we need to rethink and reconceptualize the fight against antisemitism? Should antisemitism be its own category in the prevention and countering of violent extremism (P/CVE), not just a side aspect? Do we properly understand and address the role of social media platforms in this context? How can the fight against professional antisemitic actors be improved?

Building on the findings presented in the 2025 CEP study, “The Role of Antisemitism in the Mobilization to Violence by Extremist and Terrorist Actors”, the webinar emphasizes the transnational dimensions of these questions.  
Read the report: https://counterextre.me/TransnationalAntisemitism

EVENT PROGRAM:

Introductory Remarks:
Ms. Gabriele Scheel
Head of Division “International Cooperation against Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime and Corruption,” Federal Foreign Office of Germany

Presentations:

Dr. Neven Vukic
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland); Project Manager EU Horizon GEMS Project

Dr. Matthias J. Becker
Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Antisemitism (CSA), New York University (USA); Lead, Decoding Antisemitism; Postdoc, Cambridge University (UK)

Mr. Alexander Ritzmann
Senior Advisor, Counter Extremism Project (CEP)

Moderation:
Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler
Senior Director, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and ARCHER at House 88