David Schraub is an assistant professor at Lewis & Clark Law School and a member of the Nexus Task Force.
David Schraub
By David Schraub
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Opinion Biden’s antisemitism strategy was made for a moment like this
The administration smartly drew from competing definitions to create a broad coalition
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Community An open letter on discourse, inquiry and generosity of spirit
We are Jews of a variety of political, religious, and ideological stripes. We hold diverse views but we unite in affirming the indispensable need for rigorous, open discourse in all aspects of Jewish communal life. We write to note our concern that, in many key contexts and several critical moments, significant portions of our community…
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Opinion Our Israel Education Is Failing
Have you ever seen cars from the 1960s? They’re built like tanks, with big, bold chrome fins and solid, unyielding steel frames that look like they could survive an artillery blast. The cars, of course, were death traps. In the event of a collision, all the impact would get transferred to the driver. Modern cars,…
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Opinion Guess What? Israel Doesn’t Care What American Jews Think.
This past week, the Trump administration inaugurated one of its signature foreign policy accomplishments: the official relocation of the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. It was a striking moment, with the celebration coinciding with the killing of scores of protestors in Gaza. The embassy move and the withdrawal from the Iran Deal were…
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Opinion Why People Who Oppose BDS Should Oppose Anti-BDS Laws, Too
When UC-Berkeley Lecturer Hatem Bazian was invited to speak at Arizona State University by a group of Muslim students, he found something unexpected in his contract: a clause requiring him to certify he wouldn’t boycott Israel. Bazian was previously best known (depending on who you ask) either for being the founder of Students for Justice…
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Opinion Woody Allen Getting Away With It Is The Norm — Not The Exception
Dylan Farrow says she was sexually abused by Woody Allen at age seven. I believe her. Why wouldn’t I? Actually, there’s an easy answer to that. By and large, most men do not believe most women who accuse men of sexual abuse. If that has changed (and I don’t think it has), it has only…
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Opinion It’s Time For Hillel To Become A Democratic Institution
In 2016, an outspoken BDS advocate ran for the presidencyof the UK’s Union of Jewish Students. He got smoked, coming in last place with less than 10% of the vote. It turns out that young Jews, much like middle-aged and old Jews, don’t like BDS that much. Nothing like this could happen in the United…
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Opinion No, Telling Someone They Are Being Anti-Semitic Is Not ‘Censorship’
Suppose, in a conversation with a friend, she makes a policy proposal. You object, saying that the proposal would hurt the poor. Presumably she disagrees, but she wants to know more. She asks you for details as to why you believe her policy is harmful in this way. After hearing your reasons in more detail,…
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