Taking Back the Narrative

The Illegality of On Campus Antisemitism Featuring Shabbos Kestenbaum

August 20, 2024 Laureen Lipsky Season 3 Episode 6

It was a true honor to have had on Shabbos Kestenbaum, a proud Zionist who is the bearer of many titles: a student activist and a media contributor; a lead plaintiff against Harvard University, and a lecturer on combating Jew hatred. 

Shabbos is an Orthodox Jew who planned on pursuing his collegiate goals of studying religion at Harvard Divinity School. Even prior to the Jewish genocide on Oct. 7th, the school was rife with anti-Israel hate, as Shabbos says in the episode, "one would think no other country exists (for them) aside for 'Palestine.'" But the scale of psychotic Jew hate seen on campus post Oct. 7th was unprecedented. 

Students and faculty both participated in intimidating pro-Israel Jews on campus. This scenario was repeated across liberal schools across the nation. However, Shabbos stood up against Jew hate, retained impressive counsel (the case is now going to trial), and even testified in front of Congress. Shabbos is proof that Jew hatred need not be tolerated and that it's high time for Jews to push back strongly. 

In this episode, Shabbos goes into great detail of the Harvard environment and the pro-terrorist groups. And I add in some historical background as to when and why anti-Israel sentiment infected liberal schools in America. 

It's an episode not to be missed!

* Correction - Gaza has been Jewish land since 145 BC. The League of Nations twice upheld the legal and historical rights of Jews in Gaza, and to this day, that legality remains through Article 80 of the UN Charter. 

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