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Thursday, November 06, 2025

Northwestern’s missed opportunity to fight antisemitism

Andrew Koppelman

Some students at my university, Northwestern, have been protesting and refusing a requirement that they watch a training video about antisemitism, which they say it is biased in favor of Israel. This sorry episode involves performative virtue-signaling on both sides. No Palestinian is helped by students harming themselves in this way, but the students have a point. The video is tendentious and biased. It is a wasted opportunity for education in an area where ignorance is rife.

I explain in a new column at The Hill.

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