While the Midwest is known for its “Midwest Nice” reputation, on college campuses, pro-Palestinian student groups in the region have used that hospitality to justify open support for terrorist groups and violence against Jews in the Middle East. In doing so, these groups blur the line between activism and extremism,...
Yale’s Silence Is Allowing Blatant Campus Antisemitism
As darkness fell over Yale University on Wednesday evening, Jewish students faced intimidation that echoed history’s darkest chapters. The following day, as the sun rose on Holocaust Remembrance Day, the world solemnly reflected on the devastating consequences of unchecked hatred. Yet, disturbingly, at Yale, the shadows of that same hatred...
I’m Not Jewish, But Supporting Israel Matters to Me
My mother always taught me to “be a leader, not a follower.” Throughout my life, I’ve watched people blindly follow senseless trends, and nowhere is this more apparent than on college campuses — where ideas, both good and bad, take root and spread. Before college, my exposure to Jewish history...
The ACLU’s Egregiously Dishonest Attack on CAMERA
[A slightly different version of this article first appeared at The Algemeiner on April 23, 2025] Double standards are anathema to civil liberties. Yet the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which claims to protect the latter, instead exemplifies the former. Consider its recent attacks on CAMERA. The ACLU has been a leading...
Following SJP’s De-recognition, Anti-Israel Protests at CU Boulder Surge
Last semester, the University of Colorado Boulder witnessed intensified anti-Israel protests, primarily led by the Boulder chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). These protests grew increasingly aggressive. In October, SJP was derecognized as a student organization due to multiple violations of the student code of conduct and CU...
No Contradiction: Protecting Jewish Students Is Defending Democracy
There is no contradiction between democratic values and protecting Jewish students. On the contrary, true academic freedom demands viewpoint diversity and a fearless commitment to the quest for truth—not ideological conformity that normalizes antisemitic rhetoric and excuses violence. Attempts to frame federal scrutiny of hostile campus environments as an attack on democracy ignore...
City University’s Failure of Oversight: SU’s Lack of Due Diligence
A City FoP event on February 27 raised serious concerns about the university’s commitment to an inclusive, respectful environment for Jewish students. Among the five invited speakers for their event titled, “Media and Palestine: the Importance of Documenting”, three of the speakers have documented histories of public antisemitic rhetoric. Despite repeated concerns from Jewish...
Deconstructing and Debunking the Argument Against Israel’s Security Needs
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the word “complicated” are closely linked. This descriptor is appropriate for a geopolitical conflict that has evolved over the course of more than a century and elicits a host of competing narratives. Unfortunately, the complexity of the conflict does not always prompt rigorous study of the...
