The ban has been overturned and Professor Khalidi will be allowed to speak. I am drained from this fight but the outcome makes the long struggle worth it. Keep your eyes open as we ensure this openness continues.
March 13, 2014
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February 24, 2014
February 22, 2014
The administration is watching these numbers climb and they are waiting for us to get tired. We are nearing the two hundred fifty signature mark and this is the moment to push harder so they cannot look away.
Reached 100 supporters
February 20, 2014
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As a Ramaz alumna and leader of Wesleyan University's Jewish community, I believe it is crutial to expose young Jewish Americans to different perspectives in regards to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Professor Rashid Khalidi is a MAJOR scholar. His book THE IRON CAGE, for example, is indispensable for anyone seeking to understand the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Barring him from ANY school program does a tremendous disservice to students.
This is an outrageous attempt at censorship by the Ramaz faculty and administration. If the party line is so fragile as to forbid students from even *hearing* differing opinions, perhaps its ideology should be reviewed.
As a graduate of a modern orthodox high school, I strongly support exposing students to diverse points of view on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Failure to do so is academic malpractice.
Freedom of speech is a fundamental rights. When schools ban certain points of view, they limit the ability of their students to form educated opinions. Ramaz is not inviting Khalidi - the students are. That's an important distinction that needs to be made. Keep up the good work!
The next thing you know, these foolish petitioners will be wanting to visit and honor Arafat's grave, just like those idiot Harvard students did, in a trip financed by Hillel!!! These Ramaz students think they can effectively match the well--honed smooth talk and outright lies of Rashid Khalidi. They wouldn't come even close to doing that. If they were alive during the Shoah, they would have been willing kapos.
I'm so proud of these students for standing up for free inquiry! Mazl tov!
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The ban has been overturned and Professor Khalidi will be allowed to speak. I am drained from this fight but the outcome makes the long struggle worth it. Keep your eyes open as we ensure this openness continues.
March 13, 2014
Final supporters
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
February 24, 2014
February 22, 2014
The administration is watching these numbers climb and they are waiting for us to get tired. We are nearing the two hundred fifty signature mark and this is the moment to push harder so they cannot look away.
Reached 100 supporters
February 20, 2014
94 Comments
If the students of Ramaz are interested in an educational experience with Professor Rashid Khalidi, they should do so in a balanced manner where opposing views can be discussed. Invite Professor Alan Dershowitz for a discussion with Professor Rashid Khalidi.
As a Ramaz alumna and leader of Wesleyan University's Jewish community, I believe it is crutial to expose young Jewish Americans to different perspectives in regards to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Professor Rashid Khalidi is a MAJOR scholar. His book THE IRON CAGE, for example, is indispensable for anyone seeking to understand the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Barring him from ANY school program does a tremendous disservice to students.
This is an outrageous attempt at censorship by the Ramaz faculty and administration. If the party line is so fragile as to forbid students from even *hearing* differing opinions, perhaps its ideology should be reviewed.
As a graduate of a modern orthodox high school, I strongly support exposing students to diverse points of view on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Failure to do so is academic malpractice.
Freedom of speech is a fundamental rights. When schools ban certain points of view, they limit the ability of their students to form educated opinions. Ramaz is not inviting Khalidi - the students are. That's an important distinction that needs to be made. Keep up the good work!
The next thing you know, these foolish petitioners will be wanting to visit and honor Arafat's grave, just like those idiot Harvard students did, in a trip financed by Hillel!!! These Ramaz students think they can effectively match the well--honed smooth talk and outright lies of Rashid Khalidi. They wouldn't come even close to doing that. If they were alive during the Shoah, they would have been willing kapos.
I'm so proud of these students for standing up for free inquiry! Mazl tov!
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If the students of Ramaz are interested in an educational experience with Professor Rashid Khalidi, they should do so in a balanced manner where opposing views can be discussed. Invite Professor Alan Dershowitz for a discussion with Professor Rashid Khalidi.