The Coming Jewish-Student “Brain Drain”
After the most recent outbreak of campus antisemitism in America, the Israel Association of University Heads issued a statement denouncing the mistreatment in question and voicing their support for Jewish…
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“Friendly” Influence Matters, Too
Much has been reported lately on the influence of foreign actors such as Qatar, Iran, and China on American campuses. What seems to slip under the radar in this debate,…
A New Vision for Middle East Studies
For decades, Middle East Studies programs and centers across the country have acted more as hubs of ideological indoctrination than as places to educate future leaders committed to advancing American…
The Emptiness of “Antisemitism Studies”
Following the shock caused by the antisemitic campus riots of spring 2024, Günther Jikeli spoke up. Jikeli, an associate professor from Germany and one of only two faculty members at…
Why Are Our Campuses Seething with Antisemitism?
The scale of support on college campuses for militant antisemitism and even for Hamas barbarism has alarmed most Americans, but there’s something else here that ought to trouble us, too:…
The Clash Between Academic Freedom and Antisemitism
Academics who cherish free speech have been pushed into a corner by the rapid rise of anti-Zionist and antisemitic rhetoric and action on our campuses. The concept of free speech…
What Did We Learn from the Pro-Hamas Protests?
Last fall, having drunk deeply of the Left’s cocktail of antisemitism, post-colonialism, and general nuisance-making, a small but virulent minority of American college students began “protesting” for “Palestine.” Inaugurated mere…
Antisemitism as Official Policy
American Jews are in a strange predicament. On the one hand, following Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, radical-left partisans learned that antisemitism is an increasingly important and effective part…
CUNY Faculty Take On Their Union
Collective bargaining through a labor union is supposed to “level the playing field” for workers, enabling them to obtain better terms than if they bargained on their own. That is…
The American Bar Association’s Coming Free-Speech Intervention
Higher education did not have a good year in 2023, as evidenced by high-profile resignations at Penn (Liz Magill) and Harvard (Claudine Gay). This followed abysmal televised congressional testimony in…