Category Archives: Academia

Kafka’s Trial, in Three Acts

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

I see, these books are probably law books, and it is an essential part of the justice dispensed here that you should be condemned not only in innocence but also in ignorance. ― Franz Kafka, The Trial For the umpteenth … Continue reading →

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Understanding Israel-Hatred

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

The state of Israel has been in existence only for 73 years. The Zionist project has been around for somewhat longer, beginning in the 19th century. Since 1860, some 116,000 Jews and Arabs have lost their lives in wars, terrorism, … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Diplomatic warfare, Europe and Israel, Iran, Israeli or Jewish History, Jew Hatred, Terrorism, The Jewish people, War, Zionism | 1 Comment

How They Did It

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

Between 1967 and 2021, the enemies of the Jewish state and the Jewish people created in effect an army of anti-Israel operatives in key positions in Western societies, including Israel herself. These operatives are often opinion leaders who influence the … Continue reading →

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Four Days in May

Posted on May 30, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

This story has everything: the moral bankruptcy and cowardice of Western academia, the obsessive need of Palestinians and their supporters to make everything about them, and the emptiness of their insistence that they are not antisemitic, only “critical of Israel.” … Continue reading →

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How Orwell’s Vision Might Become Reality

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Victor Rosenthal

The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail – its roof may shake – the wind may blow through it – the storm may enter – the rain … Continue reading →

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Wokeism, Jew-hatred, and Misoziony

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

You hear about it, but you don’t really believe it. What is happening in American universities to Jewish students, and particularly those who support Israel even to a small degree, is appalling, and it hasn’t diminished as courses have moved … Continue reading →

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For Postmodernism, Identity Overrides Reason

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

Many years ago, during the modern era (as opposed to the “postmodern” one we live in today), I had a job that included teaching elementary logic. Probably the most important topic was one about informal fallacies, those evilly persuasive tricks … Continue reading →

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They Still do Witch Hunts in Massachusetts

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Victor Rosenthal

Louis Shenker is, or was, a Jewish student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (UMass). He is no longer a student there, because after allowing a campaign of defamation, harassment, and threats of physical harm orchestrated by members of … Continue reading →

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