My thoughts on politics.
Some 30 anti-Israel Harvard students went on a 12-hour-hunger-strike. Naturally, much laughter ensued. It made not a bit of difference for the people of Gaza. Not to mention, Jews fast longer than that on Yom Kippur every year, and we’re doing just fine, thank you. The New York Post wins the award for funniest comment …
Columbia University defended its invitation to Hatem Bazian to be the keynote speaker at its “Day of Dialogue” event. The Hamas-supporting Bazian is the founder of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). A professor at Berkeley, Bazian has called to dismantle Israel, and stated that “it’s about time we had an intifada in this country.” …
October 7 and the Hamas attack on the Jews had extreme repercussions outside Israel, for Jews everywhere. In America, in Europe, on and off campus. Protests abound, often violent, and always annoying to those inconvenienced by them, for instance, when protesters take to the streets and block traffic. There is only so much that can …
On October 7th, Hamas terrorists crossed into Israel and massacred 1,400 men, women, and children in the largest attack since the Holocaust. Roughly 240 civilians were taken to Gaza, and with the exception of 5 captives, remain in captivity. Since that time, a tide of antisemitism has swept the world. Jewish people are living in …
More than 100 academics from across the United States have signed a letter asking the University of Chicago to stop the in-person, disruptive protest by Students for Justice in Palestine against a class taught by retired Israeli Defense Forces General Meir Elran. The contretemps began at the beginning of February, when SJP members tried to …
Kenneth Marcus, Chairman, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights under Law, has a piece in Newsweek about the postponement on implementing the Executive Order on Combating Antisemitism, originally signed by Trump in 2019. “This order had been a major milestone, codifying important rules under which Jewish students receive civil rights protections in American …
Tufts University President Tony Monaco says the school will be fighting antisemitism on campus. Monaco announced the new plan in a letter sent to staff, faculty, and students on Thursday. The effort comes after 40 focus groups made up of students, staff, faculty, alumni, and trustees weighed in, along with conducting a survey of the …
Former University of Maryland, College Park Professor Melissa Landa, a ten-year veteran teacher at the College of Education has, for all intents and purposes, been fired from her long-held position. As a result, Dr. Landa has brought a civil rights lawsuit against the university, alleging a violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act …
We pay a fortune educating our children. Parents save and scrimp so their kids can get educated. But check and see what you’re paying for—our children are being bombarded with anti-Israel rhetoric, and being ostracized if they don’t go along to get along. Children need to be told that not for a moment should they …
Oberlin College has cleared Professor of Religion Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, Iran’s representative to the UN from 1987-1989, of lying about Iran’s mass political executions during the 80s, and of making antisemitic statements. Mahallati was accused of concealing the facts about the murder of thousands of dissidents in an open letter of October 2020 penned by …