#FacultyVigil Tomorrow Night at My Office
My colleague and new friend Ron Hassner, who teachers political science at Berkeley, has been sleeping in his office for more than a week. Ron is protesting against the university’s
BREAKING NEWS: In Blow to Netanyahu Government Agenda, Israeli High Court of Justice Restores Reasonableness Ground for Judicial Review
Today, the High Court of Justice published its 697-page decision (!), in which it granted the Movement for Quality Government and numerous other civil rights organizations a resounding victory against
Malcolm Feeley on the Universities’ Stammering on Antisemitism
(pictured above: architect Shari Mendes assisting military troops in handling female genocide victims.) Prof. Malcolm Feeley, my legendary PhD supervisor and, for the last 25 years, my mentor, coauthor, and
AJS Annual Meeting, Day 3
What a wonderful day I’ve had at the AJS meeting today! I highly recommend that every academic attend an annual meeting as if they were attending a science fiction or
AJS Annual Meeting: Day 2
Another fascinating day at the AJS Annual Meeting, in which I learned a lot – including about issues surprisingly close to home. The first panel, Holocaust in Art and Literature,
Association of Jewish Studies, Day 1: Dreyfus Postcards, DEI and Antisemitism, and Daughters’ Inheritance
As hinted in various posts, my big professional pivot has been in the works for a while. This year I started my rabbinical studies at the International Institute of Secular
The Israeli “Brain Drain” Will Not Reverse Itself Anytime Soon
Yesterday I read an op-ed by Aaron Ciechanover, Chemistry Nobel Laureate for 2004, in which he addresses the growing antisemitic crisis in American universities. Opining about the Harvard/MIT/Penn presidents’ hearing,
The Zero-Sum Game of Epidemiology