Academia
The importance of the educational system simply cannot be overstated. In countless ways, the manner in which teenagers and young adults are shaped and formed determines the very trajectory of a culture and civilization. A nation’s moral character, intellectual vitality, capacity for innovation, and ultimately its survival all hinge
Antisemitism
A professor at the elite Macalester College is sparking backlash online after a video of her at the annual Socialism Conference, which was held July 3rd to July 7th, shows the professor calling for the complete destruction of the United States. The professor, Dr. Melanie K. Yazzie, was speaking at
Antisemitism
The Portland State University Arabic professor who was put on leave earlier this year after claiming to be part of Hamas is now slated to teach two Arabic courses this Fall. The professor — Dr. Yasmeen S. Hanoosh — was at the center of a social media firestorm earlier this year after
Academia
A student at West Virginia University has been punished by his school for passing out a pro-Israel book by Alan Dershowitz as part of an educational community service initiative. The student — Eliyahu Itkowitz, a religious Jew who just finished his freshman-year at WVU — was passing out copies of the book
Academia
This is a guest essay from Z.E. Silver. Follow him on Substack. If I am not for myself, who is for me? But if I am for my own self [only], what am I? And if not now, when? - Pirkei Avot 1:14 Shalom, But if I am
Colleges
The following essay comes to you from Stacy Gittelman, former Detroit Jewish News freelance reporter and award winning journalist of 12 years. Tag along on her future journey by visiting her new blog, LaKoom. After 12 years of churning out award-winning journalism as a freelancer for the Detroit Jewish News,
Colleges
*Editor's note: This article was originally published to Substack on April 17th. It is an opinion piece, and does not necessarily reflect the views of Liberty Affair. Late this morning I was composing an entirely different newsletter, but now I am composing this one. A newsletter in which
Academia
A coalition of activists, lawyers, parents and other concerned individuals will take to the streets this Sunday to demand action against the surge of antisemitic incidents on college campuses. Starting at 11 a.m. at New York University (NYU), the group will march through Manhattan, stopping at several campuses to
Antisemitism
79,000 people petitioned for his dismissal, but at Columbia University, he’s still teaching.
Antisemitism
The director of the Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies (MAHG) program at Stockton University has charged Israel with a litany of “heinous crimes” and misdeeds in his recently published academic article.