2025 Bernard Lewis Prize

European anti-Semitism, in both its theological and racist versions, was essentially alien to Islamic traditions, culture, and modes of thought. But to an astonishing degree, the ideas, the literature, even the crudest inventions of the Nazis and their predecessors have been internalized and Islamized. The major themes—poisoning the wells, the invented Talmud quotations, ritual murder, the hatred of mankind, the Masonic and other conspiracy theories, taking over the world—remain; but with an Islamic, even a Qur’anic twist.

- Prof. Bernard Lewis

The 2025 Bernard Lewis Prize was awarded to scholars or practitioners engaged in the study of issues on antisemitism that were of great importance to our founding chairman, Prof. Bernard Lewis. While Christian antisemitism is well-studied, a stigma remains around addressing antisemitism in the Muslim world. Beyond this, relatively few scholars focus on the Middle Eastern dimensions of Christian antisemitism in religious and cultural terms, much less the political impacts in the West.

The winners of the 2025 Bernard Lewis Prize are:

Moral Exhibitionism and the Right to Kill Jews
(Prof. Franck Salameh, Boston College)

The Palestinization of Human Rights: Lessons from October 7 and Beyond
(Prof. Gerald Steinberg, Bar-Ilan University)

From left to right: Dr. Asaf Romirowsky, Ms. Michelle Ajami, Ms. Masih Alinejad, Mr. Michael Lewis, Prof. Franck Salameh, Prof. Gerald Steinberg