Prophetic Holiness and Ethics: Dr. Steven Kepnes, Jewish Ideas — It is well known that the classic yeshiva curriculum is dominated by the Talmud, not by the Torah and its rabbinic and philosophical exegetes. When Torah is studied, it is largely limited by a focus on Humash, or Pentateuch, and does not go beyond this to the Ketuvim (Writings) and Neviim, (Prophets).
Student Sues McGill University, Student Society, over BDS Referendum: Alden Tabac, Jerusalem Post, Aug. 2, 2022 — Jonah Fried, a Jewish student at Montreal’s McGill University has sued the school along with Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) and the Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights McGill (SPHR) over an anti-Israel student referendum held last spring. [Jonah Fried is a CIJR Baruch Cohen intern – Ed.]
Brooklyn City Council Member Meets with CUNY Chancellor to Discuss Campus Antisemitism: Jacob Henry, NY Jewish Week, July 13, 2022 — Two weeks after declining to appear at a hearing called to address antisemitism within the CUNY system, the city university chancellor met with the City Council member leading the charge to get the school system to address complaints from Jewish students.
Students Booted from Sexual Assault Support Group for Being Jewish: Adam Kredo, World Israel News, Aug. 18, 2022
Persecuting a Pro-Israel Scholar: Mathew Vadum, Front Page Magazine, Aug. 11, 2022
Eisgruber’s Emails: Sergiu Klainerman, Tablet, Aug. 10, 2022
Yes, You Need the Liberal Arts: John Agresto, Washington Examiner, Aug. 11, 2022
For Further Reference:
Why I Left Academia (Since You’re Wondering): Willliam Deresiewicz, Quillette, Aug. 17, 2022 — If I care so much about college—about students, about teaching, about the humanities, about the transformative potential of the undergraduate experience—then why did I leave?
How Universities Weaponize Freshman Orientation: Abigail Anthony, National Review, July 15, 2022 — I arrived at Princeton University in September 2019. I had looked at Princeton online and thought, “one day . . .” Suddenly, I was experiencing day one.
Princeton’s Mixed-Up President Discards Free Speech and Demonizes Its Defenders: Sergiu Klainerman, Tablet, Apr. 11, 2022 — Say what you want about Christopher Eisgruber, the president of Princeton University—he is a principled man. The problem is that he holds principles that are in serious conflict with one another.
Georgetown University Whitewashes Islamism and Smears The West (Again): Andrew E. Harrod, JNS, May 24, 2022 –– Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was former President George W. Bush’s “teacher at Yale,” stated Erdoan A. Shipoli at an April 27 Georgetown University webinar.