Posts Tagged: Andrew Pessin
This Book on the Jewish Connection to Israel Is a Must Read
Ben M. Freeman’s The Jews: An Indigenous People deserves a spot on every Jewish person’s bookshelf, but especially Jews engaged in fighting the war in defense...
What All Antisemites Can Agree On
In October, in San Antonio, a neo-Nazi group protested outside a church holding a fundraiser for Israel. “Horrified” to see them there was a member...
Campus Cancel Culture, the Jewish Question, and Why I Wrote ‘Nevergreen’
As those who follow college campuses know, these are challenging times for the Jews -- and, perhaps, for sane people in general. The university has become...
Recommendation Letter Flap Illustrates Increasingly Hostile Campus Climate for Israel’s Supporters
After he criticized Hamas in a 2014 Facebook post, Connecticut College professor Andrew Pessin was forced to take a sabbatical due to threats and faculty ostracism. On...
Examining BDS and Other Anti-Israel Hate at Oberlin
Eliana Kohn is a third year student at Oberlin College, who has contributed a powerful chapter to Andrew Pessin and Doron S. Ben-Atar’s new book,...
New Book Exposes Depth of Anti-Israel Hate on American Campuses
About six months after Andrew Pessin posted -- on his Facebook profile -- a defense of Israel during its 2014 war against Hamas, the once...
An Opposing View on Campus Life for Jewish Students
The Algemeiner recently published another article in what seems to be a new favorite pastime of such publications: a list of the “worst campuses for Jewish...
Pessin, Ironic Prophet: The Liberal Emperor’s New Clothes of Humanitarian Racism
[In the spring of 2015, Connecticut College erupted into a bizarre frenzy of condemnation over philosophy professor Andrew Pessin’s Facebook post from and about the...
BDS Spreads Antisemitism Across US College Campuses
Antisemitic incidents seem to spring up each week on college campuses throughout the United States. According to a study, "The strongest predictor of anti-Jewish hostility on...
Connecticut College Antisemitism Continues; Some Faculty Speak Out
A Connecticut College professor has told colleagues that his school has grown so hostile toward Jews that he can no longer recommend Jewish students or...
Ban Ki-Moon and Israel: When Being Fair-Minded Goes Wrong
JNS.org - There are too many recent examples to work with. The hacking to death of rabbis at prayer. The Charlie Hebdo, Hyper Cacher, and November 2015 Paris massacres....
Welcome to Academia: Professor Who Praises Jihadis Still Teaches, Jihad Critic Doesn’t
To understand just how depraved today's college campuses are, compare the treatment of two professors -- one defending a Western, pro-American democracy (Israel) and the other...
An Open Letter to Open Hillel
[In the days just before the Messiah] a man’s enemies will be the members of his household …. —Talmud Tractate Sotah 49b (quoting Micah 7.6) At...
Pessin Affair Exposes Connecticut College Antisemitism
A pro-Israel professor won't be on campus at Connecticut College when classes start Monday, missing the second straight semester since his 2014 Facebook post criticizing Hamas...
