Human Interest
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In the past two weeks, university campuses all over the U.S. have seen the rise of anti-Israel protests and “encampments” by students. Unfortunately, many of these protests have involved antisemitic chants, flags, outspoken support of Hamas, Hezbollah and other radical terrorist groups, and sometimes even violence against Jewish students. I graduated from New York University […]
Current
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The past two weeks have seen an eruption of anti-Israel protests on university campuses across the United States – starting at Columbia University and spreading to Yale, Northwestern, UCLA, and beyond. As a leader and decision-maker at a university, I am sure you are being bombarded by passionate voices on many sides of this issue. […]
Nearly a century ago, Columbia students staged mass protests against the university’s friendly relations with Nazi Germany. Today, Columbia students are protesting in support of Hamas terrorists who mimic the Nazis. How did this strange role reversal come about? In December 1933, Columbia president Nicholas Murray Butler invited the Nazi German ambassador to the United […]
Many unsung heroes contributed to the Allies’ victory in World War II. Some of those heroes’ work was strictly classified. Among them were Jewish codebreakers who managed to decipher enemy communication, which was crucial to winning the war. They provided crucial information to the Allies and saved countless lives. With the passage of time, we […]
How Jewish comic book creators infused their characters with themes of hope, justice, and resilience, shaping pop culture's most iconic stars.