The First Film To Document Campus Antisemitism Both Before & After October 7

A year before October 7, Yasmeen Ohebsion was urging Tulane’s administration to take antisemitism seriously, calling for mandatory antisemitism awareness training and education through Tulane’s DEI program.

Blind Spot - the critically acclaimed documentary examining the rise of antisemitism on college campuses, and what can be done about it - is premiering in Los Angeles at Sinai Temple on Wednesday, January 21. Following the screening, Yasmeen will join the post-screening panel, moderated by Rabbi Erez Sherman, to speak about the surge in antisemitism, the exclusion of Jewish students from DEI spaces, and the very real fear that Jewish students face simply for being who they are.

Her message is clear: This is about safety, dignity, and the right to live openly as proud Jews on campus. Change only happens when we speak up, which we must do even when it’s uncomfortable - as our forebears have done.

📍 Blind Spot Screening & Panel
🗓 Wednesday, January 21
⏰ 6:30 PM cocktail hour | 7:00 PM program
📌 Sinai Temple

This powerful documentary shares firsthand student experiences from campuses across the country. The panel will also feature AJC’s Alissa Bernstein, fellow recent Tulane grad Bali Lavine, and Executive Producer Lenny Gold, with support from AJC Los Angeles, StandWithUs, and The Algemeiner.

🥤 Light refreshments provided
🔗 RSVP at stla.shulcloud.com/form/blindspot or via the link in our bio ...

“Being a proud Jew starts with understanding where you come from.”
Blind Spot - the critically acclaimed documentary exploring the threat to Jewish life on college campuses, and what can be done about it - is premiering in Los Angeles at Sinai Temple on Wednesday, January 21. Following the screening, Alissa Bernstein, Assistant Director of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) in Los Angeles, will join the post-screening panel, moderated by Rabbi Erez Sherman, to continue the conversation.

Alissa will speak about Jewish identity, antisemitism on campus, and the importance of standing up, stepping forward, and advocating for yourself and your fellow Jews - especially when it feels uncomfortable. Trying to assimilate is no longer an option for survival. Her voice reflects the importance of knowing who we are, refusing to be defined by others, setting an example, and showing up with pride.

📍 Blind Spot Screening & Panel
🗓 Wednesday, January 21
⏰ 6:30 PM cocktail hour | 7:00 PM program
📌 Sinai Temple

This powerful documentary centers the firsthand experiences of undergraduates from campuses across the country. The panel will also feature recent Tulane grads Yasmeen Ohebsion and Bali Lavine, and Executive Producer Lenny Gold, with support from AJC Los Angeles, StandWithUs, and The Algemeiner.

🥤 Light refreshments provided
🔗 RSVP at https://stla.shulcloud.com/form/blindspot or via the link in our bio ...

Brandy Shufutinsky, Director of Education & Community Engagement at the Jewish Institute for Liberal Values, shines a light on how parts of today’s progressive discourse have drifted into illiberalism—where complex issues are flattened into hyper-politicized oppressor-oppresed binaries, and identity-based litmus tests create an environment of exclusion. In that space, open bigotry can hide beneath distorted and inaccurate definitions of Zionism and ideological pressure, leaving some Jewish students afraid to voice their own story or advocate for their own people. Share this video and watch Blind Spot to explore the unseen costs of silence in the face of this problem. ...

Blind Spot is coming to Los Angeles! Join us for an exciting and important in-person screening and panel discussion and community event on Wednesday, January 21 at Sinai Temple.

🕡 6:30 PM – Cocktail hour
🕖 7:00 PM – Program begins

This critically-acclaimed documentary explores the threat to Jewish life on campus and beyond, through the powerful, firsthand voices of students from across the country.

Following the screening, the panel discussion will feature special guests as well as AJC’s Alissa Bernstein, recent Tulane grads Yasmeen Ohebsion and Bali Lavine, and Executive Producer Lenny Gold, with the support of AJC Los Angeles, Stand With Us, and The Algemeiner.

🥤 Light refreshments will be served
🔗 RSVP at bit.ly/blindspotsinai or click the link in our bio! ...

After the publication of an article entitled `Ye Did Nothing Wrong` in an off-campus newspaper, in which the author (a Tulane classmate with a Jewish roommate) defended Kanye West after he publicly praised Adolf Hitler, Yasmeen Ohebsion and other Jewish students channelled their anger and sadness into advocacy for antisemitism awareness training to be included in Tulane’s freshman orientation.

Unfortunately, despite Tulane`s large Jewish student population, the university administration exhibited the evil of indifference towards students` concerns regarding antisemitism on campus, signalling that it is not an urgent priority and is not being taken seriously by the school. Yasmeen warns against the danger of complacency towards antisemitism even at a school like Tulane with such a large Jewish population, and emphasizes the need for constant vigilance - and how important it is to continue to fight to maintain a beautiful Jewish community like Tulane`s. ...

Carly Gammill, Director of the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism with prior experience as a litigator mainly defending the First Amendment rights of Christians, explains how her Christian and legal backgrounds have shaped her commitment to advocating for the civil rights of Jews, especially on college campuses, and why Israel is near and dear to her heart.

Drawing on her experience defending religious liberty and free speech, she discusses how antisemitism - particularly on college campuses - is often overlooked or treated differently than other forms of discrimination, and why equal recognition and protections matter.

An avid reader of the Bible, and having visited Israel herself, Carly says that Jews and Christians are two sides of the same coin, so, for Carly, "it`s kind of like family," which explains why antisemitism is so concerning to her, why she sees it as both morally wrong and against the law, and why she does the work that she does..

In addition to her legal work, she describes the importance of education to achieve the goal of giving Jewish people an equal and level playing field alongside all other minorities to give them the necessary attention and help that they need. ...

Yasmeen Ohebsion, a recent graduate of Tulane University, describes an upsetting experience in a classroom in which a fellow student bravely raised concerns about antisemitic material written by a Columbia professor which had been assigned by the Tulane professor for the class to read and discuss. The Tulane professor responded to the student in an intimidating manner, which so traumatized Yasmeen that she was unable to muster the courage to stand up and speak out against the professor and in support of her fellow student, a moment which she describes as one of the first times that she had experienced antisemitism in her life. Yasmeen’s account is a textbook example of a hostile learning environment that violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which begs the question of why didn’t Tulane investigate this incident and take appropriate action against this teacher? ...