Yuval Harari just published a piece on Zionism in the The Washington Post. He argues:

'Nothing in this Zionist idea implies that Jews are superior to others, whether they are Greeks or Poles — or Palestinians.' Yuval Noah Harari

A short🧵.

Not sure about the media critique, but I did really like this speech!

🎉🎉🎉 #HappyMothersDay to all the moms out there! I was fortunate to spot this Northern Cardinal offering a delectable treat to his life-long mate in Central Park. 🥰🥰🥰 #cardinals #centralpark #birdcpp

Yeah. And this is now US campuses.

The below folks were called in for what’s universally described as about a dozen or so tents, on UVA, and students just milling around.

College Presidents Behaving Badly chronicle.com/article/colleg…

New.

The harsh crackdown on campus protest is predictably ineffective, blatantly hypocritical and extremely dangerous for the future.

It won’t work, it will backfire, and it will endanger more than rights on campuses.

And there were sane ways to deal with their challenges.

Seeing the University More Clearly lpeproject.org/blog/seeing-th…

Barry Blitt for the win on the state of American higher education right now

cnn.com/2024/05/10/mid…

The People of Hind's Hall have spoken: 'We took Hamilton Hall because it belongs to us. We took it because we refuse to remain compliant in the face of an American-led genocide of the Palestinian people.' thenewinquiry.com/from-harlem-to… The New Inquiry

I did say this

USC, like Columbia, canceled commencement — first preemptively barred their valedictorian from speaking and then nixed the entire ceremony.

See her reception among her peers.

Maybe folks can take a break from competitive sneering at young people and question those in charge.

After press conference Mayor Eric Adams does not answer multiple questions about Winnie Greco, but did say he will pray for the press corps when he meets with the Pope. thecity.nyc/2024/05/08/win…

Union Theological Seminary, a private, ecumenical school that serves as Columbia University’s faculty of theology but maintains a separate, $127 million endowment, is the first U.S. institute of higher education known to divest from the war in Gaza. religionnews.com/2024/05/09/uni…

BREAKING: Union Seminary, an affiliate school of Columbia University is the *first* US institute of Higher Learning to fully divest.
Union’s Board of Trustees voted TODAY to divest from all companies profiting off the genocide in Palestine. 🧵
#cu4palestine

HIND’S HALL. Once it’s up on streaming all proceeds to UNRWA.

NEW: via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/05/08/nyr…

Grateful to The Nation for giving me a chance to write about my day job (reading the Iliad with first-years) and my other day job (campus activism) thenation.com/article/societ…

Outsiders Were Among Columbia Protesters, but They Dispute Instigating Clashes nytimes.com/2024/05/04/nyr…