I think referring to a 8x increase in the number antisemitic incidents on college campuses from January 2023 to 2024 as a "notable increase" is extremely misleading.
Many of my former students have experienced extreme antisemitic violence on campus in the past two years. And not one of them has any confidence that their university's administrations will do anything about it.
Unfortunately, the American universities' refusal to address these issues has created an extremely unsafe environment for Jewish students on college campuses, and dismissing a 700% increase in violence as a "notable increase," does not give me confidence that Princeton is doing any better.
In the past 500 days, I have come to understand that Jewish lives do not matter to American academia, and that's fine -- that's how it always has been. Jewish eggs have always been the best to smash for making omelettes.
But don't cite a source that shows the largest single-year growth of antisemitic violence since the Holocaust and dismiss it in the hopes that no one will check it -- that's just academically dishonest.
Ted, I appreciate the engagement here. I did not intend to dismiss or downplay the experiences of our Jewish students, and I regret not using stronger language to condemn the rise in anti-semitism on campus in this post. I will aim to be better moving forward.
If you ever want to talk about Princeton and what the university can do better on this front, I would be happy to chat. My email is rtruex@princeton.edu.
Great work! I look forward to your continued enlightening essays! KA
Thanks KA!
And now it's coming to Australia: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-14/trump-administration-asks-australian-universities-funding/105053784?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
Instances like the one below are the reason why conservatives are skeptical of universities.
https://www.thefire.org/news/how-yale-law-school-pressured-law-student-apologize-constitution-day-trap-house-invitation
I think referring to a 8x increase in the number antisemitic incidents on college campuses from January 2023 to 2024 as a "notable increase" is extremely misleading.
Many of my former students have experienced extreme antisemitic violence on campus in the past two years. And not one of them has any confidence that their university's administrations will do anything about it.
Unfortunately, the American universities' refusal to address these issues has created an extremely unsafe environment for Jewish students on college campuses, and dismissing a 700% increase in violence as a "notable increase," does not give me confidence that Princeton is doing any better.
In the past 500 days, I have come to understand that Jewish lives do not matter to American academia, and that's fine -- that's how it always has been. Jewish eggs have always been the best to smash for making omelettes.
But don't cite a source that shows the largest single-year growth of antisemitic violence since the Holocaust and dismiss it in the hopes that no one will check it -- that's just academically dishonest.
Ted, I appreciate the engagement here. I did not intend to dismiss or downplay the experiences of our Jewish students, and I regret not using stronger language to condemn the rise in anti-semitism on campus in this post. I will aim to be better moving forward.
If you ever want to talk about Princeton and what the university can do better on this front, I would be happy to chat. My email is rtruex@princeton.edu.