The guest speaker was Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Rabbi Cooper attended the first UN Durban Conference that took place in August-September of 2001. He recounted numerous first-hand experiences of modern antisemitism that he has witnessed over the decades around the globe from Durban to Asia. He also discussed current worrying activities at the United Nations and efforts to delegitimize the state of Israel by a number of Christian churches. Finally, he pointed to constructive opportunities to combat antisemitism today.