The following text is adapted from remarks that Professor George delivered at a conference on antisemitism hosted by the Philos Project and the Franciscan University of Steubenville. We are, of course, meeting in the wake of the horrific attacks by Hamas terrorists on innocent Israeli Jews and others in Israel. The brutal murders, rapes, […]
This reflection was written shortly after editor Ben Woodard ’25 participated in a trip to Israel hosted by the Tory in January 2023. Given the horrific events of the past two weeks, he felt that it was important to share his reflection to spread awareness about the reality on the ground in Israel as he […]
On Wednesday, October 25, at 12:00 p.m., a group of Princeton graduate students organized a “Walkout in Solidarity with Palestine” to call for a ceasefire and “free Palestine” during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Gemma Sahwell and Aditi Rao, Princeton graduate students, guided the crowd of about 300 people in chants that ranged […]
Over the past two weeks, I have had a lot of conversations with classmates, friends, and other Princetonians. In a heartwarming show of support, many of my non-Jewish friends reached out to let me know that they have been thinking of and praying for me, my family, and my people. Over 400 people gathered together […]
It was a mistake for the Department of English to invite Mohammed El-Kurd, a deeply unserious “influencer” and plain antisemite, to campus. It was equally a mistake for some students to call on the Department to condemn its own event. In response to that call, Jeff Dolven, Acting Chair of the English Department, set out […]
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 […]
On February 8th, 2023, the Department of English and the Princeton Committee on Palestine will host activist Mohammed El-Kurd as the Edward W. Said ’57 Memorial Lecture Fund speaker. The decision of the English Department to invite El-Kurd, who has a history of antisemitism in his writing and public addresses, has sparked outcry across campus […]
On November 16, Undergraduate Student Government (USG) passed a “Resolution to Condemn and Combat Antisemitism.” The resolution calls on the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students (ODUS) to increase antisemitism trainings for undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff. It also urges the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity “to include statistics and other information […]
On the evening of November 13, 2022, the treasurer of Princeton’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG), Adam Hoffman, proposed that the USG Senate sponsor a referendum supporting the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. That proposal, which needed nine votes to become a Senate-sponsored referendum and appear before the student […]
This year’s orientation programming for the Class of 2026 featured a diversity and inclusion program that shocked me. This reaction was due not to the event’s topic or who the student speakers were but to the dangerous implications of adopting the mentality that some of them seemed to be proposing: equating one’s entire identity to […]
Lincoln once said that “we cannot escape history.” For that reason, I understand the instinct to delve into the imperfections of our Constitution and national past and recognize that our failings are part of our story just as much as our triumphs are. But to focus solely on imperfections is a form of the historical […]
In the popular imagination and in that of its students, is about progress. Technological innovation and new ideas are the coins of the realm. Students come here to meet new people and move beyond old attachments and passively accept the near-universal advice that college is a time to try new things and escape old identities. […]
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