(MAHWAH, NJ) -- Dr. Ben Rifkin will ask the question, “Why do large numbers of citizens of the Russian Federation believe that the Ukrainian government, including its Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the Ukrainian people, are Nazis?” when he is the guest speaker at Ramapo College on Monday, October 24. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 4:00pm-5:30pm in Friends Hall.

Benjamin Rifkin earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Russian and East European Studies at Yale University and his Ph.D. in Slavic languages and literature, with a dissertation on what was then considered “contemporary” Soviet film at the University of Michigan. He is professor of Russian and Dean of the Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences at Fairleigh Dickinson University.  His research focuses on world language education, issues in the design and delivery of liberal arts courses at the university level, and compassion and global citizenship.

Registration is required for those who wish to view the event via Webex.

The event is sponsored by the Gross Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Ramapo College.