Journalist Franklin Foer, after reporting on the bullying of Jewish schoolchildren in Berkeley, California, highlighted an epidemic of antisemitism affecting Jewish Americans, reaching the sobering conclusion that an unprecedented period of safety and prosperity for Jewish Americans is over. The situation at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), has prompted significant reactions, including a sleep-in protest by Professor Ron Hassner, who has vowed not to leave his office until the university administration addresses issues of antisemitism and free speech. Hassner's protest, reaching hour 93, aims to ensure the safety of Jewish students on campus amid reports of antisemitic propaganda in classrooms. This series of events underscores a broader concern about the safety and prosperity of Jewish Americans, with antisemitism on both the right and the left threatening to undermine their well-being and the liberal order they helped establish.
Anti-Semitism on the right and the left threatens to end an unprecedented period of safety and prosperity for Jewish Americans—and demolish the liberal order they helped establish, @FranklinFoer writes in @TheAtlantic's April 2024 cover story: https://t.co/iHu283BhcF
"...in the heart of Silicon Valley, where the 'misinformation' police are out on the prowl so everyone can feel like they 'belong,' antisemitic propaganda is repeatedly condoned in the classrooms, and the suffering of Jewish students is despicably ignored... "I first learned…
Ron Hassner wants students to see that at least one professor is “sleeping as badly at night as they are.” The FP's @juliaonatroika meets the unlikely activist who won’t rest until @UCBerkeley agrees to take antisemitism and free speech seriously. https://t.co/EXZYAIIagY
Ron Hassner won’t sleep (at home) until Jewish students feel safe on campus. @juliaonatroika reports. Plus: @aranama on Latino voters’ come-to-Jesus moment, and @opinion_joe says Stephen Glass deserves a break. Read today’s digest from @ollywiseman: https://t.co/dikoENmCtT
“I’m a scholar. I don’t believe in activism,” says the professor on hour 93 of his sleep-in protest to bring attention to a rising tide of Jew-hatred on the @UCBerkeley campus—and the administration’s inaction in the face of it. @juliaonatroika reports. https://t.co/EXZYAIIagY
In today’s digest from @ollywiseman: —@juliaonatroika meets the Berkeley professor going to extremes for Jewish student safety. —@opinion_joe says Stephen Glass deserves another shot. —@aranama on why ‘LatinoLand’ is flocking to evangelical Christianity. https://t.co/dikoENmCtT
In this episode of Haaretz Podcast, journalist @FranklinFoer tells host @AllisonKSommer how and why he reached the sobering conclusion that "an unprecedented period of safety and prosperity for Jewish Americans" is over https://t.co/fcAhavH4Lz
Ron Hassner says he isn’t leaving his office until @UCBerkeley agrees to take antisemitism and free speech seriously. @juliaonatroika met him at hour 93... https://t.co/dHBSUNgWkB
Berkeley’s Jews Show Some Spine https://t.co/xJ22rTIaTX How the jackboot siege of Sather Gate inspired Jews on campus to reclaim the mantle of free speech activism.
🧵1/2 Journalist Franklin Foer was particularly stunned after traveling to California to report on the "epidemic of bullying" of Jewish schoolchildren in Berkeley https://t.co/fcAhavGwW1