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'''The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP)''' is an American organization "committed to fighting antisemitism on the battlefield of ideas."<ref name="GuideStar">{{cite web | title=INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM AND POLICY (ISGAP) | website=GuideStar Profile | date=January 27, 2021 | url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/20-1381912#mission | access-date=February 2, 2021}}</ref>

ISGAP was founded in 2014 by its acting director [[Charles A. Small|Charles Asher Small]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Charles Asher Small: Contemporary Global Antisemitism as Rejection of the Other | website=College of the Holy Cross | date=September 20, 2018 | url=https://www.holycross.edu/faith-service/mcfarland-center-religion-ethics-and-culture/charles-asher-small-contemporary-global-antisemitism-rejection-other | access-date=February 2, 2021}}</ref> It was the first academic research center on 'antisemitism' in North America.

In 2006, ISGAP created the [[Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism]] (YIISA). YIISA, headed by Charles Small, was the first university-based research center with a focus on antisemitism in North America.  It was housed at [[Yale University]]'s Institution for Social and Policy Studies. YIISA was the fourth center of its kind.  The other three centres are at [[Tel Aviv University]], [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] and the [[Technical University of Berlin]]. 

Professor [[Elie Wiesel]], the Nobel Laurette, is the Honorary President of ISGAP. Professors [[Alan Dershowitz]] and [[Irwin Cotler]] are the Co-Chairs of the ISGAP Academic Advisory Committee. The organization's chairman is [[Natan Sharansky]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Levine | first=Cody | title=Antisemitism institute halts activities in support of African-Americans | website= JPost | date=August 29, 2020 | url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism-institute-halts-activities-in-support-of-african-americans-640359 | access-date=February 2, 2021}}</ref>


==People==
*[[Natan Sharansky]]
*[[David Hirsh]]

==See also==
[[Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy]]
==External links==
* isgap.org
*[https://isgapdrc.org/ Official Digital Research Center]

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