Larry Summers' rental contract has a date – comment magazine

It is an analogy that is elegant, instinctively appealing – and unfortunately inaccurate.

In fact, it is problematic to use such a comparison. Comparing the hatred of Jews with an illness that spreads or metastasis means-in view of the anti-Semites, does not mean to imply an agency. A person affected by an illness should be an issue of empathy, not by Opplium; And a society that suffers a pandemic is not punished. It is better to explain more clearly and true that anti -Semitism is an outrageous evil, a malignant ideology that is adopted and explained by some of the malicious men and women to hike the earth. We do not do any favors if we compare the ideology with biology.

With this in mind, we should think the latest remarks on X after Summers. Almost a year and a half after comments by his shabbat, it seems that Jew is more strong in Harvard as ever. that it can even be found among the deans of the university; And that a “Task Force” set up by Harvard's president, which deals with anti -Semitism, is essentially a sharp. Here are some selections from the Summers thread:

Harvard continues his failure to effectively tackle anti -Semitism.

Despite the clear and strong personal moral commitment of President Garber, the will and/or leverage failed to do the necessary change on a large scale. …

… [About] Anti -Semitic statements such as Dean Marla Frederick's speech at the meeting of the Divinity School – where she approved the term Nakba And pulled qualified parallels between Israel's foundation and the Holocaust – the leadership of the university was silent. … …

… Incidentally, it is shocking and I think outrageous that the Task Force did not even draw a conclusion. There was also no accountability for a failure from the [Harvard] Corporation on down.

There is still a basis for trust that disorders with disciplinary consequences are encountered, especially in a number of vocational schools that are the editor of the extreme left.

Summers was crispy and clear: essentially nothing was achieved in Harvard in terms of hatred of Jews. One can still encounter the public probability of anti -Semitic tropics, and their different schools do little to discipline those in Harvard who bother the Jewish students.

In view of the time that has passed since his own Shabbat address, one would think that the Summers would be open for an alternative to combating evil that lurks in the academy. But in his X-Posts, the Summers suddenly changed the aisle and took his withered look at the warnings of the Trump government that the continuing tolerance of anti-Semitism would have an impact on the federal funds that will receive the universities: the universities:

The Trump administration is not on the basis in its flaky threats to universities like Harvard. The impending total number of funds is very inappropriate. However, this reality does not justify Harvard's complacent attitude towards anti -Semitism.

The best way to defend the institutional academic freedom is to exercise it carefully. I hope Harvard will adapt his approach to a number of topics, including anti -Semitism.

What?

In view of what Summers wrote, written and reporting about Harvard, the question has to be asked: Would he express the same feelings regarding financing if we spoke of a Harvard car with white supremacists? When racist pseudo history has been taught in the on -call departments? When Harvard's vocational schools accept racial hatred and refused to discipline racist mobs? Would Larry Summers still welcome the continuing offer of the federal tap? Asking this question means answering it.

Summers has the case convincing that a significant part of the university is sunk in a fetid hatred of Jews. Why should taxpayers then support such an institution that has not made any determined efforts to exterminate this hatred?

Could it be that Summers see anti -Semitism as a temporary and unfortunate illness that affects his beloved institution? Can he not acknowledge the anti -Semitism, which he describes as evil, one that is included in the bans and protective measures of the civil rights of the Civil Right Act in relation to all institutions financed by federal funds?

Simply put: is anti -Semitism a cancer or is it hate, simple and simple?

Enough is enough. Jewe hassed is not a virus. It is inaccurate to call it cancer. It is an evil ideology that focused on some of the worst crimes in human history, which was deliberately and eagerly accepted by students and important figures in some of the most important and influential academic institutions in this country. And Harvard professors who are former Harvard presidents should describe it as such.

One of the most famous anecdotes in the political history of New York concerns the 1976 Senate race between James Buckley and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Buckley made every effort to call his rivals “Professor Moynihan” and to identify him as a “Harvard professor”. When Moynihan was asked why Buckley referred to him in this way, he reported reportedly and said: “The mud ring started.”

At that time it seemed funny; Not so much now. And one of the great tests of our time is whether those in science and especially those who are proud to claim the title “Harvard Professor” that will call evil.

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