Shlomo Shamir and Natasha Mozgovaya (Haaretz)

CUNY Trustee: Kushner Must Renounce Israel Statements To Receive Degree

Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, a CUNY trustee, told Haaretz that if playwright Tony Kushner was willing to come before the board of trustees and renounce his statements accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and denouncing it existence, he would be willing to vote to award the playwright as with an honorary degree as planned. Kushner, a Pulitzer Prize…