Watching the Class of 2023’s Commencement, I felt grateful, nostalgic, and pensive. Liminal periods implore us to consider our place within the world and the decisions we’ve made at each stage. Speaking before the graduating class, President Eisgruber offered his own commentary, praising the work of political activists for their commitment to Princeton’s motto, “In […]
Zachariah Sippy ’23 argued in a recent op-ed that the Princeton Office of Religious Life’s (ORL) decision to include Yom Haatzmaut (Israeli Independence Day) and Yom Hazikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day) on a list of religious holidays is exclusionary to “non- and anti-Zionist” Jewish students. Sippy spills a lot of ink detailing the litany of political […]
On February 8th, Princeton’s Department of English and the Princeton Committee on Palestine hosted Mohammed El-Kurd as the Edward W. Said ’57 Memorial Lecture Fund speaker. The Tory previously reported on the controversy surrounding El-Kurd’s invitation. In the lecture, titled “On Perfect Victims,” El-Kurd endorsed violence against Israel and its civilians. Professor Jeff Dolven, Acting […]
Image courtesy of Alexandra Orbuch At approximately 7:00 pm on Tuesday, February 22, Jewish students began to make their way into the Center for Jewish Life (CJL) for evening prayer services. Their walk was interrupted by shouts from the Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP). PCP’s demonstration came on the heels of antisemitic controversies surrounding […]
In recent years, the Democrats have struggled to define a stance on Israel – and Princeton College Democrats (College Dems) are no exception. While Princeton College Dems is in alignment with the national Democratic party on several key issues, they depart on the question of Israel and treatment of Jews. According to their website, Princeton […]
Image courtesy of Ms. Magazine The following is an opinion contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. “I’ll be honest. I’ve only heard the narrative and speculation around it. I don’t quite know what it is,” Ahmad Higazy ‘23 told The Tory when asked to explain Critical Race Theory (CRT). Critical Race Theory […]
Located in Murray Dodge Hall, Princeton’s Office of Religious Life (ORL) is a hub for undergraduate religious and interfaith programming. The center provides meditation, dialogue, and worship for students. In the words of the Dean of Religious Life and of the Chapel, Dean Alison Boden, the ORL is a “home away from home for our […]
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