Police Had to Escort Jewish Professor from San Jose State U as Violent Protests Erupted

A guest lecture by a Jewish professor on Monday at San Jose State University turned physical when police were forced to contain a rowdy crowd of protesters and protect the scholar as he exited the building, pictures and video posted on social media show.

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Cal State Long Beach history Professor Jeffrey Blutinger gave a talk at SJSU billed as “exploring next steps toward peace in the Middle East” and titled “Constructing a Just Solution: Where Israelis and Palestinians Go From Here.”

According to a memo sent Tuesday by the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, the event “was moved to a different location, but within 20 minutes of the lecture starting, the protests grew too large [and Bluntinger] had to stop speaking and leave via police escort for safety concerns.”

Ed Morrissey

The local paper and the student newspaper have yet to report on the hate-driven violence on SJSU. Why are American universities such cesspools of violent anti-Semitism? And why are American universities producing so many ignorant malcontents who can't handle an opposing opinion on anything, let alone a reasoned debate on the issues? These incidents are very good arguments for my proposal to cut off all funding for higher ed. They are not producing much that's useful for society these days, so let them fund themselves. 

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