According to several recent reports, hate crimes and violent incidents motivated by bigotry are on the rise. In November, the FBI released a report that showed hate crimes in the U.S. increased 17 percent in 2017, with anti-Semitic crimes spiking at 37 percent. This hour, we have a conversation about the impact of hate and intolerance with local professors who have studied the subject . We discuss recent incidents of hate, lessons from history, and the psychology of stereotypes and intolerance. Our guests: Nora Rubel , the Jane and Allen Batkin Professor of Jewish Studies and chair of the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester Laura Elenbaas , assistant professor of psychology at the University of Rochester Thomas Fleischman , assistant professor of history at the University of Rochester
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