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Julio Levit Koldorf

Mar 11, 2025, 1:29 PM

In 1845, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento published Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism, a seminal essay that dissected the dichotomy between “civilization,” represented by Enlightenment ideals, democratic North America, and European capitals epitomizing art and culture, and “barbarism,” associated with nascent Latin America,...

Feb 3, 2025, 6:47 PM

The End of Wokeism

In July 2016, I participated in a multi-day event organized by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During this event, I befriended contractors and high-ranking European defense officials. By the end of the session, the informal conversations had become...

Jan 9, 2025, 7:11 AM

Antisemitism, a crisis of Ideology

In the shadow of escalating global tensions and ideological rifts, antisemitism emerges as an enduring spectre, transcending political divides and ideological frameworks. The relationship between ideology and antisemitism has long been debated. Does this prejudice thrive primarily on the...

Nov 19, 2024, 12:51 PM

The Illusion of Peace: tragedy and distortion

In 1492, Spain expelled its Jewish population, a monumental tragedy for Sephardic Jewry. The existence of a "Palestinian people" was not even a concept then, nor was it discussed when, centuries later, the Nazi puppet government in Norway sent...

Jun 14, 2024, 1:08 AM

Idiots on campus

The situations on campuses “in response to the war in Gaza” in combination with social media appears to be driving our society mad. We are witnessing incredibly hostile crowds with very questionable intentions at our finest universities effectively supporting Hamas...

Nov 14, 2023, 12:31 AM

A Jewish Response

In May 2016, when working as a director in a European Jewish NGO, I was invited by the Peace Research Foundation to participate in the “Indispensable peace between Israel and Palestine” seminar. It was a high-level 2-day cycle of...

About Me

Dr. Julio Levit Koldorf is a scholar specializing in communication and politics, with a focus on political antisemitism. He holds a double PhD in these fields and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Valencia, University of Zaragoza and Oxford University. He has lectured across Europe and provided briefings on antisemitism to Spain’s Ministry of Justice and the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance. He is a former vice president of Sepharad Aragon NG, has advised politicians, community leaders, institutions and academic bodies on antisemitism, Jewish and Israeli affairs, international politics and ideological radicalization, and is involved in projects as an academic researcher, independent consultant and community leader.