Category Archives: Academia

The Jewish Obsession With College

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Luke Ford

I am thrilled to find more original content in Dennis Prager’s latest column for the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles: Having been in public life all of my adult life, I am not infrequently recognized by strangers. Most days someone … Continue reading →

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When Did Date Rape Become A Crime?

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Luke Ford

Everything that my friends enjoyed doing at university is now a felony (I had CFS my whole time at UCLA and wasn’t up to any wickedness). How did this happen? When did manly hijinks with willing and not so willing … Continue reading →

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An Interview With TV Pundit & Author S.E. Cupp

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Luke Ford

I watched S.E. Cupp on the Fox News TV show "Red Eye" Saturday night and procured a telephone interview with her Monday afternoon. She co-authored the new book Why You’re Wrong About The Right: Behind The Myths – The Surprising … Continue reading →

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AJU Professor Yitzchak Kerem Interview Part II

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Luke Ford

Part One Luke: "How does your activism fit with your scholarship?" Yitzchak: "It complements each other. I try to be objective. I’m critical of Sephardic organizational life. I received a lot of resistance when I tried to organize a Sephardic … Continue reading →

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The Risks Of A Secular College

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Luke Ford

Rabbi Gil Student writes: R. Menachem Schrader, the Founding Director of the OU’s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) program, said the following at a conference for principals and guidance advisors last week about yeshiva high school graduates who go … Continue reading →

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