A visiting scholar at Harvard’s Divinity School, Rabbi David Wolpe, has criticized the university for its history of antisemitism, urging it to acknowledge and address the issue.
He highlighted the disproportionate outrage against Jewish people and emphasized that Israel is uniquely targeted for eradication.
Wolpe pointed to recent remarks by Harvard President Claudine Gay and his resignation from the university’s Antisemitism Advisory Group due to an unacceptable campus climate. (Trending: Donald Trump Breaks His Silence After Major Court Win)
He argued for civil discourse and expressed concern over the systematic targeting of supporters of Israel and Jews.
“It is time to admit it, confront it and overcome it. One can criticize policies without calling for the end to the only homeland Jews have ever known,” Rabbi David Wolpe wrote.
“The energy and outrage Jews generate — making up 0.2 percent of the world population — is oddly disproportionate,” he said.
“Antisemitism is a wild, irrational eruption.”
“Although many do so in ignorance, when people chant “from the river to the sea” the most natural interpretation of their calls is advocacy for territory without Israel, without Jews,” Wolpe said.
“Israel is the only country in the world that is routinely and widely targeted for eradication,” he added.
“So is anti-Zionism synonymous with antisemitism?”
“One can demand a Palestinian state without globalizing the intifada — the term for a protest that previously resulted in over 110 suicide bombings that targeted buses, cafes, and malls,” he pressed.
“If we cannot learn to argue civilly at Harvard, how can we have hope for the civility of other places in the world?”
“This has created a climate of intimidation,” Wolpe said to Bill Hemmer.
“When students can’t study, when they’re afraid, when they don’t want to go to their classroom, that’s not anymore a question of free speech, not at university.”
“If you want to express yourself in a paper, or you want to say something publicly at a rally, nobody thinks that that’s illegitimate, but that isn’t what’s going on here.”
“What is going on here is that a certain group is being systematically targeted over and over and over again: supporters of Israel and particularly Jews,” he added.
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