Why Do Campus Protesters Want to #DropHillel?
“Drop Hillel” states its goals as exposing Hillel as being explicitly Zionists, building alternative, non-Zionist campus organizations and delegitimizing Hillel as an authority on antisemitism.
No Room For Dissent in the Newsroom?
Some Jewish students, including reporters and editors, viewed post-October 7 coverage by campus newspapers as biased. Their concerns largely went unheard.
Is Anyone Scarier than Elon Musk?
The specter of Musk as a government “efficiency czar” should give us all pause.
Interview | Ira M. Sheskin Surveys Jewish Voters
I do wonder how these Jews think that voting for the person who emboldened the antisemites is going to bring down the level of antisemitism.
Fighting Antisemitism…with Antisemitism?
“I haven’t been treated right, and you haven’t been treated right,” the presidential nominee told a gathering of Jewish donors.
Opinion | Is Antisemitism Eternal?
The “essentialist” antisemitism argument is oddly comforting—It’s not us, it’s them!—but also dangerous.
Ayal Feinberg Connects Hate and War
Plus, a rabbi encounters antisemitism in NYC and Omer Bartov on the IHRA definition.
Hate and War: A Stark Correlation
Political scientist Ayal Feinberg’s research shows a correlation between Israeli military activity and U.S. antisemitism.
What We Need Is a Brazen Type of Love
A NYC rabbi argues for a brazen type of ahavas Yisroel, love of one’s fellow Jew, during these times of terror.
The Double Bind of Israelis on Campus
Some Israeli academics have faced doxxing, harassment and administrative indifference on American college campuses.
Opinion | Why I’m Boycotting My 50th Harvard Reunion
Has some anti-Israel activism at Harvard crossed the red line into antisemitic? The answer is an emphatic yes.
From the Newsletter | A Visit to the GW Protest Encampment
It all feels very important and simultaneously exasperating and hard to navigate.