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The Way to Address Antisemitism on College Campuses Is to Defund and Deport
150 150 Asaf Romirowsky

Here’s a snapshot of what it’s like to be Jewish on an American college campus these days: In Tulane, a Jewish student engaging classmates who were burning the Israeli flag was assaulted and had his nose broken. In Columbia, a verbal exchange about the war in Gaza escalated into an altercation, with a Jewish student…

Middle East Studies
150 150 Donna Robinson Divine

I was recently told a story about a Jewish professor of Islamic studies who, some years ago, was seen standing bewildered outside the hotel gift shop at the annual conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) in a North American city. When asked what he was doing there, the professor responded in a mystified…

SPME Responds to the Solidarity Statement claiming a “Repressive Climate on US Campuses”
150 150 SPME

Almost 900 academics, claiming they are “transformational educators,” with a commitment to “education, learning and safety,” signed a letter in “Opposition to the Repressive Climate on US Campuses.” Is that repressive climate the one that attacks Jews and forbids any public defense of Israel? The one that disrupts classes and library reading rooms with slogans…

The Crisis in Higher Education and Advice for Donors
150 150 Alex Joffe & Asaf Romirowsky

Among the most shocking side effects of Hamas’ horrific October 7th attack on Israel has been to expose the indecency at the heart of the American university. The question is what to do about it. Before the Israeli victims’ blood had dried celebrations broke out on American campuses, applauding Hamas’ “audacity” and “ingenuity” in bringing…