The Nation
3 months agoIs Derek Penslar the Wrong Kind of Jew for Harvard?
Derek J. Penslar, a distinguished scholar and director of Harvard's Center for Jewish Studies, has been tapped to lead the Task Force on Combating Antisemitism at Harvard University.
The battles over combating antisemitism and islamophobia in Ivy League and elite American universities are primarily about what faculty and students are allowed to say about Israel. [ more ]