Samuel J. Abrams

Author Archive

  • Nov 26, 2024
    As is the case with most Thanksgiving dinners, families will discuss politics. Before and after Thanksgiving, we will see chatter about how insufferable and intolerant family members...
  • Sep 26, 2024
    This fall, I am teaching a seminar course on polarization. Despite my courses being subject to boycotts, my classes filled up in an ironic twist of fate. The class is intended...
  • Sep 11, 2024
    The Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University recently released an important study of non-Jewish students, along with a sample of Jewish students, which...
  • Aug 29, 2024
    Academic boycotts targeting ideas, individuals, and institutions deemed problematic are no longer just in vogue for faculty. 
  • Aug 6, 2024
    A new poll of American Jewish voters suggests that many in the non-Orthodox Jewish community are finally waking up to the dangers the left poses to the safety, security, and future...
  • Feb 12, 2024
    Politically, men and women are growing farther apart and data is regularly confirming this story. Gen Z men have become more conservative over time, while Gen Z women have become...
  • Jan 11, 2024
    After former Harvard president Claudine Gay’s shocking testimony on Capitol Hill, her thin and undistinguished record of research came under scrutiny. In the weeks since...