How Columbia Failed Its Jewish Students
When agitators and extremists impose their will on campus.
April 25, 2024
Investigating the roots of the current crisis.
Long before October 7, the anti-Israel trends on college campuses, and within the American left more broadly, were already apparent to those paying attention. One of the very first to note the warning signs was Ruth R. Wisse, who had been commenting about this topic for years when she wrote her essay “Anti-Semitism Goes to School” in Mosaic—a work that now seems almost prophetic. She discusses this essay and much else in conversation with the Israeli journalist Matan Hasidim. (Video, 58 minutes.)
When agitators and extremists impose their will on campus.
Investigating the roots of the current crisis.
A combination of inordinate, paralyzing fear and hubris.
“Great contributions to the moral code of mankind.”
A Nasty Little War.
Long before October 7, the anti-Israel trends on college campuses, and within the American left more broadly, were already apparent to those paying attention. One of the very first to note the warning signs was Ruth R. Wisse, who had been commenting about this topic for years when she wrote her essay “Anti-Semitism Goes to School” in Mosaic—a work that now seems almost prophetic. She discusses this essay and much else in conversation with the Israeli journalist Matan Hasidim. (Video, 58 minutes.)
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