Posts Tagged: Oberlin College
Campus Antisemitism: The Year in Review
This has been an extraordinarily eventful year in the campaign against campus antisemitism, especially from our perspective at the Louis D. Brandeis Center. On the...
‘Gas Jews Die’ Note Found on Mezuzah of Oberlin Professor’s Home
An Oberlin College associate professor, who was awoken in the middle of the night by a disturbing noise last week, found a note on his mezuzah (traditional...
Head of Alumni Group That Pushed for Ouster of Antisemitic Oberlin Faculty Member Says Other Colleges Should ‘Follow Suit, Stamp Out Bigotry’
The recent dismissal of an Oberlin College assistant professor who blamed Jews and Israel for the 9/11 terror attacks should serve as a warning to...
Oberlin Prof Suspended for Antisemitic Posts Accuses College of Scapegoating Her for Being a ‘Black Woman’
An academic under investigation for antisemitic social media postings claimed she is being scapegoated due to her color and gender, the student newspaper The Oberlin Review reported...
Next Steps for Oberlin College
On September 22, 2016, more than 60 members of the Oberlin College community gathered for an important, and I believe unprecedented, event: an off-campus symposium...
Oberlin Student Senate Condemns Symposium Promoting Self-Respect and Civil Rights for Jews
You can't make this stuff up. Some alumni at Oberlin College are unhappy with the way things are going at their alma mater. Some students at...
Alumni: An Untapped Resource Against BDS No Longer
A group that I helped form, Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF), has begun organizing alumni nationwide to restore their respective alma maters to what they...
Oberlin Alumnus, Teacher Call on College to Stop Ignoring Antisemitic Climate on Campus
An Oberlin alumnus and faculty member are calling on the campus community to stop ignoring the antisemitic climate promoted by both students and administrators. In the blog IsraellyCool...
Oberlin Faculty Members Question Why Investigation of Prof Who Blamed Jews, Israel for 9/11 Still Dragging on
Faculty at Oberlin College are voicing concerns over the drawn-out investigation of an assistant professor who blamed Jews and Israel for 9/11, the student newspaper The Oberlin Review...
Oberlin Decision to Suspend Teacher Who Blamed Jews for 9/11 ‘Welcome Step,’ Says Activist Alum
Oberlin College alumni hailed Wednesday's announcement by their alma mater that a blatantly antisemitic assistant professor had been placed on paid leave until further notice,...
Privileging Islamophobia Over Antisemitism on Campus
Southern Connecticut State University, where I teach, has gone to great lengths to accommodate Muslims — and reject the slightest manifestations of Islamophobia — while...
Being a Light Unto the Nations Is How to Fight Antisemitism at Oberlin and Elsewhere
When someone says, “Muslims are…” or “Blacks are…,” that person is immediately categorized as an Islamophobe or a racist. But when someone says, “Jews are…”...
Oberlin Board Condemns Faculty Member’s ‘Antisemitic, Abhorrent’ Social Media Posts
The Oberlin College Board of Trustees released a statement Saturday condemning the “antisemitic” social media postings of a professor whose comments have generated negative publicity since their exposure on...
Oberlin Alumni Outraged Over ‘Growing Tolerance for Antisemitism’ at Alma Mater
Anger continued to grow this week after last week’s revelation of an Oberlin professor’s antisemitic Facebook rants and the college's response to it, particularly among alumni,...
