Is Derek Penslar the Wrong Kind of Jew for Harvard?
Briefly

"Pro-Israel" funders, working in tandem with opponents of "diversity, equity and inclusion" [DEI] programs, fueled by conservative media organizations-all of which are exploited to their fullest political potential by attention-seeking Republican politicians and candidates-are currently conducting a relentless campaign to stigmatize virtually all criticism of Israel as ipso facto...
That might be true if the battles over how to treat an upsurge in antisemitism (and perhaps even more so, islamophobia) in Ivy League and other elite American universities were actually about combating antisemitism (or islamophobia). They are not. They are about what faculty and students are allowed to say about Israel (and by extension, Palestine).
Read at The Nation
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