The things that have left the most lasting pain in my time in academia are the relationships with intimate users who took advantage of goodwill. I've known philosophy professors, artists, even a psychotherapist...
Mariana Parilli-Castillo's timely essay on Venezuela (Jan. 16) calls attention to a recent program on
NPR's Sound of Ideas (SOI) here in Cleveland. Michael Scharf, former dean of Case Western Reserve...
In recent months, we have lost several members of our Case Western Reserve University community. As we who work for peace with justice, know we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us.
I...
Under the Trump administration, universities are overshadowed by a dark cloud of constrained funding and an unstable future for higher education. It seems that the power of education has threatened the...
The Office of the Provost has scheduled a series of "Hard Conversations" for two years now. Instructive of viewpoints by panelists, these events do not seriously allow attendants to work through differences....
In 1952, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion offered Albert Einstein the presidency of the new State of Israel. The 11 individuals just indicted by Cleveland prosecutors should take note.
Einstein rejected...
We need to apply some critical thinking, and a complete history, to Paul Kerson’s LTTE “Protests—now and then” in The Observer on Jan. 17. It is astounding how he gets the Case Western Reserve...
Chris Butler, Senior Instructor
• November 15, 2024
Many of you walk by the Doc Oc sculpture sitting on the bench in front of Adelbert Hall. You might not realize who he was or why there is a sculpture. Professor Ignacio Ocasio, better known as “Doc Oc,”...
Jay Geller, Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies
• November 1, 2024
I appreciate the time taken by a Case Western Reserve University alumnus and retired schoolteacher Thomas Kim Hill to engage with my letter to the editor of The Observer (“An appeal to reconsider how...
Jay Geller's May 13 LTTE ("An appeal to reconsider") begs for a response to confront the glaring omissions and contradictions in the transparently Zionist agenda which he presents.
Certainly, as he...
