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Observation

Penelope in Jerusalem

Reading Homer in wartime.

By Ido Hevroni
A Jewish student watches an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University in November 2023 *Getty Images*

Essay

A College Guide for the Perplexed

By Eric Cohen, Samuel Helyar

With anti-Semitism on the rise and the humanities in decline, how can young Jews pick the right university?

Masked hooligans disrupt Avi Shilon’s class on Israeli history at Columbia, 2025. (Screenshot. Orri Zussman)

Response

The Campus Intifada Is a Golden Opportunity for Those Who Study Israel Seriously

By Avi Shilon

The spotlight on Israel should be seen as a chance to explain the country to those who misunderstand it.

Jewish students at the University of Colorado building a sukkah.(Jon Hatch/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images)

Response

Return American Universities to Their Religion-Friendly Roots

By Liel Leibovitz

We have a golden opportunity to remember what higher education is for.

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Monthly Essay

The Perverse Microeconomics of the American UniversityStudents at Boston University 2006 (Dominic Chavez/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Response To August’s Essay

August 25, 2025

The Perverse Microeconomics of the American University

By Michael Hochberg

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  1. A Jewish student looks at an anti-Israel encampment at Columbia University.

    The Future of Higher Education and the Jews: A Symposium

    By The Editors
  2. Gershom Scholem with his wife Fania, Jerusalem. (National Library of Israel.)

    How Jewish Studies Became a Tool of Adversarial Culture

    By Dr. Ruth Wisse
  3. Statue of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University via Wikimedia

    The Future of Universities Must Be Built on Firm Values

    By Daniel Diermeier
  4. Spinoza, by Franz Wulfhagen, 1664. Wikimedia.

    Western Civilization and the Jews: A Shared History

    By Steven H. Frankel
  5. Raphael, "The School of Athens." (Wikimedia.)

    The Quest for Wisdom, Truth, and Virtue at the University of Dallas

    By Jonathan J. Sanford
  6. College professor. (Shutterstock.)

    Universities Need Teachers Who Want to Teach, and Students Willing to Learn

    By Bella Brannon
  7. Texas A&M Qatar campus, via Facebook.

    Saving American Universities Requires Cracking Down on Foreign Funding

    By Danielle Pletka
  8. Students at a college Chabad study session. Students at a college Chabad study session. (Chabadoncampus.org)

    Jews Shouldn’t Give Up on Universities, and Neither Should America

    By Eitan Webb
  9. Young man studying, 1940s (H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock via Getty Images)

    The Moral Collapse on Campus Is a Result of the Hollowing Out of the Humanities

    By Alexander S. Duff
  10. Jewish students at the University of Colorado building a sukkah.(Jon Hatch/Digital First Media/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images)

    Return American Universities to Their Religion-Friendly Roots

    By Liel Leibovitz
  11. Student at Yeshiva University, 2022 (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

    To Make the Academic Desert Bloom, Look to Religion

    By Ari Berman
  12. American flag at Harvard, 2025 (Sophie Park/Getty Images)

    The Universities and the American Crisis

    By Ben Sasse
  13. Masked hooligans disrupt Avi Shilon’s class on Israeli history at Columbia, 2025. (Screenshot. Orri Zussman)

    The Campus Intifada Is a Golden Opportunity for Those Who Study Israel Seriously

    By Avi Shilon
  14. Quran on display at National History Museum, Saudi Arabia. (Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)

    With No Easy Fixes for Middle East Studies, It’s Time for New Programs

    By Robert Satloff

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