SHABBAT READING
Joseph Dreams that the Sun, Moon and Stars Bow to Him – Does It Come True?: Dr. Mordecai David Rosen, The Torah.com, Dec. 9, 2020 — The story of Joseph opens with him sharing a dream with his jealous brothers:
בראשית לז:ו וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם שִׁמְעוּ נָא הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָמְתִּי. לז:ז וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים בְּתוֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶה וְהִנֵּה קָמָה אֲלֻמָּתִי וְגַם נִצָּבָה וְהִנֵּה תְסֻבֶּינָה אֲלֻמֹּתֵיכֶם וַתִּשְׁתַּחֲוֶיןָ לַאֲלֻמָּתִי.
Gen 37:6 He said to them, “Hear this dream which I have dreamed: 37:7 There we were binding sheaves in the field, when suddenly my sheaf stood up and remained upright; then your sheaves gathered around and bowed low to my sheaf.”
THE STATE OF ACADEMIA
Natasha Hausdorff Discusses the Oxford Union Debate on Israel with Michael Portillo on GB News: UKLFI Charitable Trust, Dec. 8, 2024 — Sunday with Michael Portillo on GB News featured Natasha Hausdorff, barrister and UKLFI Charitable Trust Legal Director, interviewed about the controversial Oxford Union debate on Israel on 28 November 2024.
WATCH: McGill: Son of Hamas x Ysabella Hazan: Ysabella Elisheva Hazan, Youtube, Dec. 5, 2024 — Mosab Hassan Yousef and I not only share similar names—Hassan/Hazan—but we find ourselves here in Montreal for the same reason: pan-Arab imperialism.
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The Rise and Fall of Jews on Campus: Charles Lipson, Sapir Journal, Autumn 2024
The Ethics of a ‘Good Jew’ on College Campuses Today: Sabrina Soffer, Algemeiner, Dec. 19, 2024
Religious Diversity Can Reform Our Campuses: Samuel J. Abrams, Sapir Journal, Autumn 2024
Opinion | The Moral Collapse of the American Association of University Professors: Michael Yudkin, Fathom Journal, November 2024
FOR FURTHER REFERENCE
‘We Need Accountability’: US House Report Condemns Universities’ Response to Rising Antisemitism: Dion J. Pierre, Algemeiner, Dec. 19, 2024 — Antisemitism is surging in higher education, but universities have chosen to protect their brands rather than fight the targeting of Jewish and pro-Israel members of their campus communities, according to a new report by US House Republicans.
Court Allows Student’s Suit to Move Forward at Carnegie Mellon: JNS, Dec. 19, 2024 — Pennsylvania Judge Scott Hardy released an opinion on Tuesday affirming that a discrimination lawsuit could proceed against Carnegie Mellon University, a private academic institution in Pittsburgh.
NYU, Columbia, UCLA, Georgetown, CUNY Among Worst anti-Zionists in AMCHA Faculty Barometer: JNS staff, JNS, Dec. 11, 2024 — New York University, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Columbia University and Barnard College, University of California (Santa Cruz), University of Washington, Georgetown University, University of California (UCLA), the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, University of California (Irvine) and the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Jewish Studies Against the Jews: Andrew Koss, Mosaic Magazine, May 6, 2024 — For the past several weeks, national and even international attention has been locked on the chaos brought to American college campuses by anti-Israel demonstrations that have become increasingly bold in flouting the authorities, harassing fellow students, and echoing Hamas slogans.
