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On Oct. 10, 2023, Susannah Heschel faced a packed audience in a Dartmouth classroom. Seated alongside Heschel were three other professors from Jewish studies and Middle Eastern studies. It was a Tuesday evening, and 80 people were crowded in the…
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On Tuesday night, Sept. 3, Ilya Bratman—U.S. Army veteran, CUNY English teacher, and Hillel executive director at eight CUNY and SUNY schools—hosted a welcome-back dinner for Hillel students at a kosher restaurant near Baruch College. Soon after their entrance into…
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“When newly-appointed Professor of Near Eastern Studies Bernard Lewis arrives in Princeton next Wednesday, his presence will make the university ‘the strongest school in Near East history in the country.’” Thus did the Daily Princetonian report Lewis’s arrival, expected on Wednesday, September…
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Columbia University’s most strident pro-Hamas organization distributed literature calling on students to join the terror group’s movement to destroy Israel during this year’s convocation ceremony, according to various reports on social media. “This booklet is part of a coordinated and…
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Anti-Israel protests continued to escalate throughout August. Pro-Hamas protestors blocked the I-405 freeway in Los Angeles, vandalized AIPAC headquarters in Washington, D.C., vandalized elementary schools in Stamford, CT, and Bethesda, MD, and smashed the windows of a Ralph Lauren store in Manhattan. Patrons attending a production of Fiddler on…
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The school year began with Israel firmly at the center of American politics and campus controversy. Anti-Israel demonstrations have roiled the Democratic Party and spread across campuses but universities have vowed to crack down on protests. At the same time,…
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It’s late August. For those of us in higher education, this means getting ready for a new academic year. Sadly, it seems that for Jewish students and professors, the fall semester brings with it one more daunting challenge: the return…
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On American campuses since October 7th of 2023 Jewish students have been targeted with unprecedented levels of harassment and intimidation. Calls to “globalize the intifada” inside and outside classrooms, encampments where Zionists are barred by thug minders, countless demonstrations where…
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The resignation of Minouche Shafik, president of Columbia University, is being hailed as a victory all around. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who had called for her resignation back in April, celebrated the news: Since her catastrophic testimony at the Education and Workforce Committee hearing,…
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Last week, the American Association of University Professors set aside its hundred-year defense of academic freedom by opening the door to any number of individually initiated academic boycotts. Individual students and faculty have always had the right to advocate for academic…
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