I am cross-posting a piece written by Michael Goldstein, a professor at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, in the NY Daily News. He describes the anti-semitism he has been subjected to because, aside from being a Jew, he is a conservative and a Zionist. It appears that much of the harassment directed at him is coming from something called the Progressive Faculty Caucus. He specifically accuses sociology professor Katia Perea (a self-described cartoon scholar) as leading the charge to have him ousted.
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-a-campus-infected-with-hostility-20190131-story.html
This, of course, flies in the face of those who claim that whatever anti-semitism that exists in the US today is coming from the alt-right, white nationalists, and Trump supporters. While there certainly are some white nationalists and racists out there who are anti-semitic, I can state with certainly that most anti-semitism in the US-especially on college campuses- is coming from ismaic quarters, the far left and most of all, pro-Palestinian activists. And we can bet that the Progressive Faculty Caucus is not on the right of the political spectrum.
It also appears that the administrators at Kingsborough are just as cowardly as administrators in universities all over the country, which I have personally observed within the University of California system when it comes to standing up for Jewish students and teachers.
It appears that finally, the issue of growing anti-semitism is entering the public consciousness. It is about time. The debate is just where is the greatest threat coming from. I reiterate that there is some coming from the exreme right, and it must be condemned. Most, however, is thanks to the marriage between the left, Islam and the pro-Palestinian movement.
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