Phony and Outrageous

Friday, April 21, 2006

Originally Printed November 9, 1988

The undersigned, who are Jewish, deny emphatically that The Dartmouth Review is anti-Semitic. We regard the charge as scurrilous. We also regard it as a short-run and opportunistic use of the charge of anti-Semitism for political purposes. Anti-Semitism is a serious matter, and to use the charge frivolously is dangerous.

The Dartmouth Review has been a staunch supporter of Israel, an opponent of the PLO, and very firm on issues of intense concern to the Jewish people. The record of The Dartmouth Review could well stand comparison on these points with the record of Dartmouth’s president, James O. Freedman.

It is clear that the Dartmouth administration is using, opportunistically, an article that was in questionable taste, as part of its ongoing effort to crush an independent newspaper. And this effort is being made by a Dartmouth College, which recently honored Angela Davis, an anti-Semite who is a public supporter of Louis Farrakhan. In today’s world, serious anti-Semitism is coming from the Left. It is real and it is dangerous. For the Dartmouth administration to attempt to smear student journalists with anti-Semitism is phony and outrageous.

David Brudnoy, TV commentator and journalist

Chris Ehrlich, Dartmouth student

Don Feder, columnist

David Horowitz, author

Steve Kaplitt, Dartmouth student

Adam Meyerson, editor, Policy Review

David Klinghoffer, National Review

Burt Pines, author of Back to Basics

Sidney Zion, author and journalist

Diana West, Washington Times

Phony and Outrageous

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