Posts Tagged: Ruth Wisse
Examining the Hate at Harvard, Columbia, and Elsewhere
My bet is that both Ruth R. Wisse and The Wall Street Journal received more than a handful of nasty comments and threats since her...
Algemeiner ‘J100’ Honoree Douglas Murray on the IDF: ‘The Civilized World Owes Them Everything’
At The Algemeiner's 11th annual "J100" gala in New York City on Tuesday, acclaimed British author and journalist Douglas Murray — one of the evening's...
Hebrew Language ‘Symbolizes Far Right Israeli Militarism,’ New York Times Reports
A weekend opinion piece in the New York Times says of Hebrew, "For some, the language symbolizes far right Israeli militarism." The article, written by Ilan...
The World Is Growing Dark with Antisemitism, We Must Bring the Light
JNS.org - During Hanukkah, we sing about the Maccabee warriors who overcame an evil force that sought to destroy the Jewish people. They were the...
Ruth Wisse’s Jewish Power Is on Display in New Edition of Her Groundbreaking Book
“Is this the prophet Ruth Wisse?” I ask over the phone to the professor emerita of Yiddish literature at Harvard. I mean it, only half-joking, in...
Article by Israeli Prompted ‘Big Argument’ Inside New York Times, Editor Says
A New York Times op-ed piece by a spokesman for the Jewish community of Hebron was published over the objections of some Times staffers who...
Eminent Literature Professor Calls Warm Welcome of Anti-Israel Poet at US, UK Universities Symptom of Campus ‘Culture of Destroyers Silencing Culture of Builders’
World-renowned Harvard University professor emeritus Ruth Wisse told The Algemeiner on Thursday that the warm welcome extended to anti-Israel poet Remi Kanazi by US and...
Zionism 101: Far Better Than the Courses at Vassar or Stanford, and About $60,000 Cheaper
To those of us old enough to remember the first Israel Independence Day, in 1948, it stands as one of the few redeeming events in...
Jews Against Themselves: The BDS Movement and Modern Apostasy
"The spiritual father of the fanatical incitement against the Jews was Abner of Burgos, a Jewish kabbalist and scholar who converted to Christianity in about...
No Joke: Making Jewish Humor by Ruth Wisse (REVIEW)
Count on Ruth Wisse, an interpreter of genius, a Daniel come to judgment, a moral voice such as the parsimonious invisible powers bestow on us...
Choosing Life in Israel, by P. David Hornik (REVIEW)
Choosing Life in Israel, by P. David Hornik (Ontario: Freedom Press, 2013). The first two words of the title Choosing Life in Israel, by P....
Jewish 100: Ruth Wisse – Academia
Ruth Wisse Harvard professor In a profession loaded with anti-Israel agitators, Wisse has remained a steadfast defender of the Jewish state. Whether it be in the...
“Some of My Best Friends are Antisemites”: Obama Nominates Hagel
"Europe's leaders—and all leaders—should strongly oppose antisemitism, which poisons public debates over the future of the Middle East." -President George W....
Report: Anti-Israel Agenda at Harvard Middle East Center
Following the controversy this summer over the closure of Yale's Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism, another Ivy League school is taking heat...
