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| Virulent Antisemitism and the Rot at Our Universities |
| 2023-11-07 |
| [Real Clear Politics] It is time for blunt talk. Jewish students at universities are being harassed and threatened in unprecedented numbers, with disturbing vitriol. That’s more than a danger for those students. It is a profound danger for a liberal, tolerant democracy. It is time to call it out and oppose it. It’s time to end it. The attacks and violent demonstrations shine a particularly harsh light on the sorry state of higher education. The public has watched mass demonstrations against Israel on campus after campus. The demonstrators never mention the victims of the Hamas massacres, never condemn the terrorists, and often go beyond their support for innocent Palestinians to cheer Hamas. University leaders, who postured on every fashionable issue, have responded with bland, spineless statements. It’s no surprise that parents are rethinking which universities their children should attend, and major donors are doubting whether universities are worthy of their support. For Jewish students, these threats are real. They face harassment, intimidation, and bullying. The situation has been deteriorating for years, but the scale and ferocity of the harassment rose dramatically after Hamas launched its terror attack. When some brave students have spoken out in Israel’s defense, they have faced the jackboots of campus bullies. Instead of protecting those students, universities have abandoned their fundamental duty to ensure a safe environment and promote open discourse about serious issues. The situation is most toxic at elite universities and schools in major cities, where anti-Israeli students are reinforced by angry local activists. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 Three questions you don't ask. You don't ask a man his salary. You don't ask a women her age. You don't ask a Harvard graduate his grandfather's SS rank. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-11-07 20:27 |
| #10 But everything is fine at Harvard. Claudine, in her fourth statement on the matter, says she is appointing a committee to study the matter and tell her what to do. Presidential leadership at its finest! |
| Posted by: Tom 2023-11-07 15:50 |
| #9 #8 30 years in academia (of course, I wrote my best papers after being kicked out). |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-07 12:17 |
| #8 To wit: 90% of these students should be in trade school, not college. And all the "professors" pushed up by the need to serve such students, should be on the street selling hot dogs. I believe you are absolutely correct on this matter. Further, I believe that many of the research grants from the federal government are designed to promote an agenda rather than to advance science. Cut those grants, save the taxpayers some money and cancel the radical professors. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-11-07 12:05 |
| #7 Hate factories. Must be closed down. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-11-07 10:35 |
| #6 UMass student arrested for punching Jewish student at Hillel vigil |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-07 10:32 |
| #5 US threatens to cut funds to colleges failing to tackle antisemitism, Islamophobia |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-07 10:28 |
| #4 Brandeis University bans Students for Justice in Palestine for its support of Hamas |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-07 09:52 |
| #3 support trade schooling only. You want a college education? fine, on your dime. |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2023-11-07 08:23 |
| #2 Back in ancient times, in most high schools we had mandatory 'shop' for guys and 'home economics' for the gals. Trade skills in wood, metal, drafting, and auto mechanic ran two years for the males. Cooking, sewing, and basic budget for the gals. That was all tossed out to make high school a feeder system for the colleges. Kill the student loan program. Starve the beast. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-11-07 07:05 |
| #1 Actually, IMO, it's easy to fix Western (not just American) universities. All you have to remember is that pig's ears cannot become silk purses. To wit: 90% of these students should be in trade school, not college. And all the "professors" pushed up by the need to serve such students, should be on the street selling hot dogs. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-07 02:15 |