Protesting against slaughter – as students in the US are doing – isn’t antisemitism
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Education is all about provocation. Without being provoked even young minds can remain stuck in old tracksThe most important thing I teach my students is to seek out people who disagree with them.That’s because the essence of learning is testing one’s ideas, assumptions and values. And what better place to test ideas, assumptions and values than at a university? Continue reading

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