Samuel M. Edelman
Times of Israel, Aug. 19, 2024
“At the heart of this effort are nine lies accepted without question by a small yet vocal group of students and professors on campuses, in high schools, and even middle schools.”
What is at the core of the massive antisemitism we have seen happening on college campuses in the US since October 7?
The shock of October 7 to the Jewish community cannot be understated. What was not expected was how quickly positive sympathy, empathy, and support turned to accusations, antisemitism, and outright anti-Jewish hate, especially in US colleges and universities and even high schools and middle schools. While the Jewish community seemed surprised at this turn of events, those who have worked in the campus environment for decades were unsurprised.
I have argued that we have a problem in the campus environment for more than 20 years as a dean, an executive director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, a faculty affairs director for the Israel on Campus Coalition, and a professor of Israel Studies.
For more than 50 years we have seen the drip, drip, drip of anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, and anti-Jewish ideology being embedded in the curriculum, hiring, and even administration of US colleges and universities especially in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
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