Daily Podcasts Video Research

As Columbia’s Hillel director, I know: ‘Is there antisemitism on campus?’ is the wrong question

JL;DR SUMMARY Brian S. Cohen, Hillel director at Columbia University, argues that questioning the presence of antisemitism on campus misses the point. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Jewish CommunityJewish IdentityJewish StudentsHillelUniversity ResponseCollege CampusColumbia UniversitySupport NetworksCultural Programs

Places mentioned

Columbia University, New York, United States
"At Columbia University, where Ive served for the past 14 years, I have seen this play out in real time."
Israel
"we sent students to Israel, Poland, Curacao, Greece, Brazil and Mexico."
Poland
"we sent students to Israel, Poland, Curacao, Greece, Brazil and Mexico."
Curaçao
"we sent students to Israel, Poland, Curacao, Greece, Brazil and Mexico."
Greece
"we sent students to Israel, Poland, Curacao, Greece, Brazil and Mexico."
Brazil
"we sent students to Israel, Poland, Curacao, Greece, Brazil and Mexico."
Mexico
"we sent students to Israel, Poland, Curacao, Greece, Brazil and Mexico."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 78576
Cairo Source ID 42
Retrieved 2026-03-26 18:00:31 UTC
Curated 2026-03-26 19:00:54 UTC