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December 23, 2019

Coddling the Jackals at Bard College

“Save me from my defenders!”

Asked to participate in a panel discussion at Bard College—part of a two-day conference on “racism and anti-Semitism”—Ruth R. Wisse found herself facing an all-too-typical scene as a group of anti-Semitic students, members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), tried (unsuccessfully) to disrupt her talk by standing between her and the audience, backs to the speakers. University faculty and administrators, in Wisse’s evaluation, worsened the situation with their permissive policies, their insistence on whisking her away immediately after the panel to prevent further confrontations with students, and even their attempts to defend her after the fact:

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December 23, 2019

  1. Coddling the Jackals at Bard College

    “Save me from my defenders!”

  2. NATO Must Pressure Turkey to Throw Out Hamas

    And the UK must ban the organization outright.

  3. The Real Danger to Palestinian Christians Doesn’t Come from Israel

    Things are bad under Fatah, and worse under Hamas.

  4. The Future of Judaism Can’t Be “Crowdsourced”

    The ungraphable details matter.

  5. Celebrating Hanukkah, American Style

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