Letter for Jewish Journalism

Last year, I wrote a research paper for a Principles of Journalism class called Jews in the J-school. For a source, I wrote to Ralph L. Lowenstein, Dean Emeritus of the College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Florida. He has his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia (my current school). Here is what he wrote back:  "As journalists, I think Jews have a special insight and empathy when writing about other minorities, whether ...

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University Students Protest Norman Finkelstein

The University of Missouri had recently invited Norman Finkelstein, a former professor who is notoriously not just pro-Palestine but anti-Israel, to speak on its campus. Finkelstein has been fired from several universities and he was ‘denied tenure’ at DePaul University in Chicago. He has published many extremely controversial books explaining the ‘Holocaust Industry’ and ...

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