The fight over campus antisemitism

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🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Three elite university presidents walk into Congress for a hearing on antisemitism. Only two still have their jobs. New York magazine reporter Nia Prater tells us what happened, and a Harvard professor of Jewish history explains why he thinks resignations won’t make campuses safer. This episode was produced by Haleema Shah and Isabel Angell, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	College President might be the least desirable job in the United States since October 7th.
0:05.0	If you're at MIT, you might have pro-Palestinian protesters taking over buildings.
0:12.0	If you're at U Penn, you're dealing with
0:16.7	threatening behavior. The person reportedly toppled over furniture and was
0:20.6	shouting what the leaders described as anti-Semitic obscenities.
0:24.8	If you're at Harvard, your students might be getting docked.
0:28.0	The names and faces of Harvard students, which we have blurred, are displayed under the title Harvard's leading anti-Semites.
0:35.7	The students are allegedly those who signed onto a statement by the student group,
0:39.6	Palestine Solidarity Committee.
0:41.8	And if you're the president of any of these three schools in particular
0:44.8	you're getting called to Congress to get roasted by a Trumpy Trump accolade.
0:49.8	Do you understand your testimony is dehumanizing them?
0:52.9	The fight over anti-Semitism on American college campuses
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