As a Yale alum who lives in Israel, I appreciate the author’s attempt to sound the alarm about the closing of Yale’s Program for the Study of Antisemitism. In fact, I hope that Yale will be convinced re-open the debate (as well as the program).
But “let’s focus” (as the author himself begins one of the paragraphs at the bottom of page three). Unfortunately, this article lacks the basic editorial organization needed to make the events’ chronology — as well as their importance — clear to the average reader. Seemingly every academic and public figure who has weighed in on the closure of the Program is deemed worthy of mention. But where are the clear statements? Where is the main point?
I am not advocating over-simplification. I also understand that the author — as an “insider” who did academic research on antisemitism while he was at Yale — has a perspective that few share.
However, I believe that the Pajamas Media editorial staff rushed to post this piece without making sure that the author made his point effectively. And because this is an important topic — one that I care about deeply — I think that’s really a shame.
