I sent the following letter to Shai Davidai: sd3311@columbia.edu
I recommend that others write to him as well for attacking our First Amendment rights.
Dear Professor Davidai,
Having learned of your research interests, I am struck by how off-kilter your own assessments of self and others are. As a Jew, I understand your concerns for Israel'…
I recommend that others write to him as well for attacking our First Amendment rights.
Dear Professor Davidai,
Having learned of your research interests, I am struck by how off-kilter your own assessments of self and others are. As a Jew, I understand your concerns for Israel's well-being. But I do not understand your active interest in silencing a peaceful, mediation-oriented man who disagrees, nonviolently, with your views on Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank. Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident, has been arrested without legal grounds and sent, in essence, to a gulag in Louisiana.
In my judgment as a professor (emeritus), you can redeem yourself with insight into your own judgment of self and others. This is your field of interest as an academician. You owe an apology to Khalil and to the students who may have looked up to you prior to your anti-democratic behaviors. Although you have broken no laws, the authoritarian-supporting role model you present is irresponsible - you have acted on your authoritarian beliefs to damage the life of a law-abiding permanent resident of this country who was striving to mediate between campus factions.
I sent the following letter to Shai Davidai: sd3311@columbia.edu
I recommend that others write to him as well for attacking our First Amendment rights.
Dear Professor Davidai,
Having learned of your research interests, I am struck by how off-kilter your own assessments of self and others are. As a Jew, I understand your concerns for Israel's well-being. But I do not understand your active interest in silencing a peaceful, mediation-oriented man who disagrees, nonviolently, with your views on Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank. Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident, has been arrested without legal grounds and sent, in essence, to a gulag in Louisiana.
In my judgment as a professor (emeritus), you can redeem yourself with insight into your own judgment of self and others. This is your field of interest as an academician. You owe an apology to Khalil and to the students who may have looked up to you prior to your anti-democratic behaviors. Although you have broken no laws, the authoritarian-supporting role model you present is irresponsible - you have acted on your authoritarian beliefs to damage the life of a law-abiding permanent resident of this country who was striving to mediate between campus factions.
Sincerely,
Judith Green, Ph.D.
Thank you . . . well said!