Isranet Daily Briefing
Friday, December 20th 2024
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 […]
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Charles Lipson Sapir Journal, Autumn 2024 “How can Jews be hated and harassed in the name of social justice?” The open, virulent, and sometimes violent eruption of antisemitism at elite universities may be the most daunting social challenge faced by American Jews since the Ku Klux Klan’s antisemitic campaign in the 1960s. The Klan had […]
Sabrina Soffer Algemeiner, Dec. 19, 2024 “Students like myself have sought to educate rather than expose administrators for their ignorance and negligible indifference.” How does one become a “Good Jew?” What is the ideal response in the face of hatred? Should one choose silence and appeasement to avoid conflict, or express unapologetic pride and deter […]
Michael Yudkin Fathom Journal, November 2024 “These resolutions have been met with strong condemnation and calls for repeal within the United Kingdom and elsewhere.” The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) was founded in 1915, and one of its first acts was to issue a Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure. If you […]
Samuel J. Abrams Sapir Journal, Autumn 2024 “Many conventional religious institutions are now rejecting actual Christianity where it conflicts with TWA teachings.” Higher education is in trouble. More than 800 colleges and 9,000 campuses have closed since 2004. The cost of attending a four-year college has increased by 180 percent between 1980 and 2020, forcing […]
Tuesday, September 17th 2024
Joseph Edelman WSJ, Sept. 8, 2024 “How can Brown lend credence to these antisemitic voices, who notably began protesting in support of violence against Jews before Israel had even responded to the Oct. 7 attack?” As a member of the Brown University board of trustees, I disagree with the upcoming divestment vote on Israel. I […]
Andrew Silow-Carroll Times of Israel, Sept. 1, 2024 “The Israel-Palestine conflict is very energizing for people who think about settler colonialism, because it’s the one place where you can move from theory to practice, and it’s a place where you can see all the things that you deplore historically in other countries actually taking place […]
Dion J. Pierre Algemeiner, Sept. 13, 2024 “… there is no “shared understanding” among scholars and experts, nor among its own community, about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that would make divestment from Israel as morally cogent as divesting from South Africa in the 1980s or, more recently, fossil fuels.” American universities are largely rejecting demands to […]
Emily Benedek Tablet, Sept. 10, 2024 “Bratman grew up in the Soviet Union, so he believes that he understands where all this is headed. His instincts now tell him that violence is coming.” On Tuesday night, Sept. 3, Ilya Bratman—U.S. Army veteran, CUNY English teacher, and Hillel executive director at eight CUNY and SUNY schools—hosted […]
Monday, September 16th 2024
Avi Benlolo National Post, Sept. 6, 2024 “This extremism is not just shocking; it’s a clear indicator of how normalized hatred has become in academic settings.” University presidents and administrators must take responsibility for protecting Jewish students from the escalating antisemitism and violence that are increasingly prevalent on campuses across Canada and the United States. […]
Monday, September 9th 2024
SHAI DAVIDAI SPEAKS OUT! Upstate NY Imam Encourages Columbia Students to ‘Take Out’ Pro-Israel Professor: Doree Lewak, Algemeiner, Aug. 31, 2024 — An upstate imam urged student activists to “take out” an outspoken, pro-Israel Columbia University professor who’s returning to the embattled Ivy this fall after a year of antisemitic hate. WATCH: How Columbia University […]
Yitzy Frankel Real Clear Education, Sept. 6, 2024 “UCLA leadership—those entrusted to ensure the safety of students—told campus police to stand down, ceding control over public university property to antisemitic militants. The entire experience would have made Orwell blush.” When I chose to attend UCLA, I never thought I’d be segregated from my peers for […]
Asaf Romirowsky The Hill, Aug. 30, 2024 “Plainly put, Columbia did nothing to stop the riots in the first place. And once the rioters had been arrested and charged, it was quick to let them off with a just slap on the wrist.” It’s late August. For those of us in higher education, this means […]
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