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...appointees chosen by the faculties, blocking candidates who seemed insufficiently distinguished and pressing for diversity in political outlook.” Opinion columns by Summers supporters Alan Dershowitz, who is Frankfurter professor of law, and New Republic Editor-in-Chief and Harvard lecturer Martin Peretz agreed. Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth Wisse questioned whether Summers’ resignation was due to anti-Semitism...
...factors at play? Yes. Is it the factor at play? No,” said Wisse, who is the Peretz professor of Yiddish literature...
...Harvard Salient Travis R. Kavulla ’06-’07 appeared on The Fox News Channel last week, I have frittered away my nights futilely trying to think of something controversial that would win me my minute of national fame. Thankfully, Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse’s Wall Street Journal op-ed last Thursday sparked an epiphany that ended my search...
...Summers’ resignation grew exponentially louder over the past two weeks. So did criticism from students, alumni, and some Faculty dissenters who castigated Summers’ opponents for fostering a “culture of grievance, intemperance, and ill will,” as Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse wrote in an e-mail last week...
Whether it is because of his awareness and his gratitude or something else, Shell has taken his miracle of language and made the most of it. Shell speaks numerous languages, including English, French, Yiddish, Polish, and even the Native American language Cree...