The Dark Sickness at Elite Universities Fueling Antisemitism | Rabbi Wolpe
The Rubin Report
Emma Dog Productions
4.6 • 14.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Rabbi David Wolpe about the rise of antisemitism at America's most elite universities like Harvard University; how real world interaction can help combat the rise of online antisemitism; they discuss the real reason that Hanukkah is so important; what the future holds for peace in the Middle East; the need for human connection in a digital age; what we can learn from biblical stories; and much more.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | It was not easy to be an unconflicted Jew at Harvard because there was the hostility towards Israel overspilled Israel, and it still does, which is why there was a real sense of discrimination against Jews, not just against people who were, |
| 0:25.3 | you know, protesting for Israel's right to exist. And unfortunately, this is, I mean, I use Harvard, |
| 0:33.5 | and we use Harvard as a sort of symbolic example, but it is hardly the only example of that |
| 0:38.9 | in America, especially on elite campuses. People sometimes forget, and this is why I say it's important |
| 0:46.2 | to also embrace friends. Of the 5,000 campuses in America, there were protests on like 150 or 200 of them. But almost all of them |
| 0:56.5 | were elite campuses. So that should tell us something about what we're not doing right. |
| 1:07.8 | Rabbi David Walpy. Rabbi, how are you? |
| 1:12.5 | I'm well. How are you, Dave? |
| 1:25.1 | I'm doing all right. So I thought since it is the end of 2025, and you're the official, I don't know if I could have put this in the title, but you're kind of the official rabbi of the Rubin Report. |
| 1:28.7 | Before we get into Hanukkah and the story of the Jews and all the stuff that we sort of talk about a few times a year and relate back to current events, |
| 1:34.1 | how do you feel about the state of the Jews in 2025? So I'm constitutionally hopeful. |
| 1:45.0 | So I think that while there are a lot of challenges, |
| 1:49.0 | there's a lot of bad stuff going on. |
| 1:52.0 | I always think about it in historical perspective. |
| 1:56.0 | And in historical perspective, we are still living in a beautiful and blessed time. And so while there is, as I said, |
| 2:04.3 | especially with regard to Israel, there are enormous challenges. Still, there is in Israel. |
| 2:09.6 | There is in America. I mean, for our ancestors, this would have been unthinkable. So what I would say |
| 2:16.3 | is I'm alarmed but not desperate. |
| 2:21.7 | How do you gauge the hate or the stuff that is said about Jews online versus reality? |
| 2:30.8 | And if I go online and I tweet anything about Israel, it's an endless deluge of awful |
| 2:35.2 | nonsense. And fortunately, over the last few weeks, we've learned a little bit more about the X |
| 2:39.5 | algorithm. And a lot of it is from foreign countries, a lot of it's highly manipulated. There's |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Emma Dog Productions, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Emma Dog Productions and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.