Throughout history, the Jewish people have been subject to being "othered" - conceptually rendered by a given society's majority as falling outside paradigmatic norms. Jews are constructed linguistically and contextualized intellectually as somehow being not of the communities in which they have - and continue to - live, work and pray. This course, a reading and discussion group, examines historical and contemporary texts to look at how this linguistic process takes shape, measures its effects, traces its continued impact on modern-day issues and points of view, and most saliently, catalyzes conversations toward confronting anti-semitism. Featured readings (excerpts) will range from Luther's "On the Jews and Their Lies" (1543); Ford's "The International Jew" (1920); Mamet's "The Wicked Son" (2006); Zizek's "Disparties" (2016); and more. Meets 7-8:30 p.m., Thursdays, Sept. 12, Sept. 19, Oct. 3, Oct. 17 and Oct. 24 at Congregation Emanuel of the Hudson Valley, 243 Albany Ave., Kingston.