Legal Studies Seminar - Defending Jews from the Definition of Antisemitism

Lihi Yona is an Assistant Professor at the University of Haifa, holding joint appointments in the Faculty of Law and the Department of Criminology. Her research primarily examines anti-discrimination laws, conceptions of legal equality, critical race studies, and Mizrahi legal studies. Professor Yona's academic interests also extend to labour law and LGBTQI legal issues. A recipient of the prestigious Alon Fellowship, she previously held a postdoctoral position at Harvard University before joining the faculty at Haifa. Through her work, Yona contributes to important conversations on equality, identity, and justice within the legal sphere. She holds an LLB from the University of Haifa, as well as LLM and SJD degrees from Columbia University.

Itamar Mann is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Haifa and a Humboldt Fellow Humboldt University, Berlin. Before coming to Berlin, he served as Vice Dean for research. He has written extensively in the areas of human rights law, refugee and migration law, international criminal law, Israel-Palestine, as well as legal and political theory. He is the President of the Geneva-based organization, Border Forensics.