How we talk about Israel at Wesleyan University is not a local, insignificant squabble. It is not words. It raises questions about the misuse of history and the abuse of language in a community of learning supposedly dedicated to critical thought.
Dear Doug, All day I was hoping we had it wrong–that this "program" for Saturday is a mistake, another Wesleyan, another time. Now, we are faced with a great sullying of our collective mission as a community of learning. What is scheduled is nothing less than naked hatred of Jews and misinformation about Israel.