An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000
The University of Minnesota withdrew an offer from Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies after an organized campaign against his
The University of Minnesota withdrew an offer from Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies after an organized campaign against his hiring When the University of Minnesota (UMN) extended an offer to historian Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies in June 2024, it did so upon the near-unanimous recommendation of a committee of academics after a rigorous search process.
The scholars had enthusiastically praised Segal, with one committee member describing a presentation he gave as ābreathtakingā. But five days after making the offer, the university abruptly withdrew it, citing āperspectiveā it had received from members of the community. The reversal followed backlash over Segalās criticism of Israelās actions in Gaza, which he called ā a textbook case of genocide ā in an October 2023 op-ed published in Jewish Currents.
Segalās critics condemned the piece, published just days after the 7 October attacks in Israel, accusing him of justifying Hamas crimes ā an assertion that
Segal rejected and the article does not sustain. Continue reading...
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