Cornell, an intellectual Garden of Eden, has been my “home away from home” for three miraculous semesters. There is only one other paradisiacal location on earth that is as close to my heart as the Big Red: The State of Israel. I deferred my enrollment to Cornell, resisting the allure...
PFLP Propaganda Makes Appearance Ahead of Cornell BDS Vote
A coalition of student groups at Cornell University has renewed the call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) at the university. Led by Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the effort is expected to culminate in a vote in the Student Assembly in late April. In a recent op-ed...
It’s Time to Condemn Terrorists and Groups that Support Them
It seems that everyone was eager to call out the anti-Semitic killer who attacked Jews in Pittsburgh for what he was: a terrorist. This wasn’t hard for people to do since they know what a white-supremacist bigot looks like. Unfortunately, countless Americans—Jews included—have somehow missed the memo that all Jew-killers...
Antisemitism’s Rise on College Campuses
Indiana University is committed to furthering diversity and inclusion in all that we do. The University has issued sweeping statements in favor of these ideas, and at least tries to appear to do so in its actions as well. But diversity extends beyond our own campus. If IU really wants...
SGA Should Vote No on the Upcoming BDS Vote
On Oct. 29, over 20 student clubs and organizations came together to honor the lives of those who perished in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the deadliest anti-Semitic shooting in American history. Many were deeply touched by the efforts of both student government and the sponsoring clubs to stand alongside one another in...
The Recent Missile Strikes in Israel are Reprehensible
Last Sunday, I woke up afraid. Not fearing for my own life, but rather for the lives of my friends and family living in southern Israel. I feared for my brother, who will be drafted into the Israeli Defense Forces in March. I feared for my grandmother, a refugee from...
SJP’s Campaign of Lies Will Only Damage Swarthmore
Earlier this year, amid a flurry of slanderous statements, Swarthmore’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter announced their Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. But the narrative that SJP uses to justify its campaign is false, and will create a toxic atmosphere antithetical to the mission of the college....
Vilification of Israel on Campus Persists Amid Gaza Rocket Attacks
While the latest barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip rained down on southern Israel, tragically killing an innocent civilian and injuring 70 others, hateful anti-Israel rhetoric at my university — Cornell — burgeoned. The threat of rocket fire into Israel is personal for me as my late grandfather Moises Rozanski lived...
