September 23, 2026
Dear All,
Please join us on September 23, 2026 at 4:00pm EST for an exclusive Fireside Chat with MIT Engineering Professor, Yossi Sheffi, who will discuss his recently released book, “Unsafe at MIT: A Chronicle of a Campus War on the Jews”.
Professor Sheffi will be interviewed by founding member and leader of MIT JAA, Dr. Lori Ullman.
To Learn More and Register please view our event on Eventbrite.
Dr. Sheffi will discuss the rise of Jew-hate - both traditional antisemitism and its ideological and political decoy, antizionism - that has flourished on MIT’s campus following the massacre of October 7 and its impact on the learning environment and overall social and academic climate at MIT.
Dr. Sheffi will share excerpts from dozens of testimonies of MIT students and staff who shared with him their first-person experiences with targeted hostility and with religious and ethnic discrimination within the institute.
He’ll share with us his views on the current state of antisemitism at MIT and address how antisemitism at all levels throughout the institute has broadly influenced and reshaped academic life, social life, and sense of belonging for its Jewish community.
There will be an opportunity throughout the Chat to share questions and perspectives with Professor Sheffi.
Registration to this Fireside Chat is limited so register now!
About our featured guest:
Yossi Sheffi is Professor of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, and author of nine award-winning books. Born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, Dr. Sheffi obtained his BSc from Technion and his SM and PhD from MIT. Dr. Sheffi currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts.
An on-the-ground witness to the growing effects of antisemitism and antizionism on campus since the massacre of October 7 and the impact they have had on higher education, professor Sheffi brings a broad and thoughtful perspective to this crucial conversation.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear directly from Dr. Sheffi, a first-hand witness to the antisemitism at MIT and its impact on Jewish life on campus.
Highly Recommended Reading: Dr. Sheffi’s book: “Unsafe at MIT: A Chronicle of a Campus War on the Jews”
MIT JAA Executive Committee