One of my greatest failures—although I didn’t know it at the time—was at Columbia University. Claire Shipman, then co-chair of the Columbia board, had come across my book The Conflict over the Conflict: The Israel/Palestine Campus Debate, and in the fall of 2023 invited me to speak with the board, which was struggling with the issues the book addressed.1. Kenneth S. Stern, The Conflict over the Conflict: The Israel/Palestine Campus Debate (2020); As of the time of publication, Claire S...
