Anti-Semitic Views by Oberlin Professor

Official Statement

The following statement was released by Jewish Federation of Cleveland Board Chair Reneé Chelm in response to anti-Semitic views expressed by an Oberlin College assistant professor, whose statements have garnered international attention.

“We are profoundly disappointed to learn of a professor with such hateful, malicious, and anti-Semitic views on such a distinguished campus as Oberlin College. We acknowledge the long standing right to freedom of speech yet this anti-Semitic rhetoric crosses the line into hate speech. The President’s recent personal comments resonated and we encourage Oberlin College to seize this teaching moment. “

To read more about this issue, please reference:

• The Mission of Liberal Arts Education
• Inside Higher Ed, "Unacademic Freedom?"