Ken­neth S. Stern is the direc­tor of the Bard Cen­ter for the Study of Hate and an attor­ney and award-win­ning author. For twen­ty-five years, he was the Amer­i­can Jew­ish Com­mit­tee’s expert on anti­semitism, and he was also the lead drafter of the ​“Work­ing Def­i­n­i­tion of Anti­semitism.” He has argued before the Supreme Court of the Unit­ed States and tes­ti­fied before Con­gress, and he is a fre­quent guest on tele­vi­sion and radio. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wash­ing­ton Post, USA Today, and The For­ward.