Ellen Ginsberg Simon, at The Blogs

Apr 24, 2024, 9:03 PM

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - APRIL 23: "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" at Columbia University entered its one-week in New York, United States on April 23, 2024. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Enough! How much more can we take? Every day seems to present some new horror that tests the limits of our emotional tolerance. We spend a weekend holding our breath as Iran rains unprecedented fire at our family in Israel and then...

Mar 12, 2024, 8:24 AM

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Bloody hands, bloody fools

A red pin with an orange hand, worn by some celebrities at the Academy Awards event on March 10, 2024, to show support for Palestinians in Gaza and call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. (via X, formerly Twitter)

That symbol the Hollywood glitterati sported is rooted in the horrific lynching of two Israeli men by a Palestinian mob

Mar 6, 2024, 3:41 PM

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On International Women’s Day, where are they?

Karina Ariev, Shiri Bibas, Daniella Gilboa, Emily Damari, Carmel Gat, Romi Gonen, Liri Albag, Naama Levy, Eden Yerushalmi, Amit Buskila, Noa Argamani, Arbel Yehud, Agam Berger, Doron Steinbrecher. (courtesy)

For a moment, I try to conjure the experiences of each woman held captive by Hamas – and hope they know we have not forgotten them

Feb 6, 2024, 7:29 PM

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A university president with a principled stand on BDS

Brown University students are assembling on the Main Green at noon daily to rally in support of BDS and the 19 hunger strikers. Photo by Jennifer Lowe.

Brown University President Christina Paxson could have hid behind policy when she rejected students' divestment demands

Jan 5, 2024, 1:20 AM

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Personal responsibility and moral courage: Claudine Gay’s failings as a leader

Claudia Gay. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

America’s universities need a new cadre of leadership: Those who aren't afraid of debate or difficult topics, and who gladly represent everyone on campus

Nov 23, 2023, 4:50 AM

Brown University Must Ban SJP

Illustrative. Students sitting in the College Green outside Sayles Hall on the Brown University campus in Providence, Rhode Island. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

I must begin this piece by expressing my deep love for Brown University. My time there formed so much of who I am as a human being and an intellectual. While I wash my hands of my other alma...

Nov 8, 2023, 9:55 PM

An open letter to Dean John Manning of Harvard Law School from concerned alumni

The shield of Harvard Law School, the alma mater we once proudly attended.

Dear Dean Manning, We are a group of Harvard Law School alumni who, while representing a wide range of class years, share in common a deep concern over recent anti-Semitic incidents on campus. We initially reached out to you on...

Oct 26, 2023, 6:34 AM

SJP’s Perfidious Presence

National SJP's Intagram advertizement for today's National Student Walkout.

Today, Students for Justice in Palestine’s (“SJP’s”) "Student Week of Action” will culminate in a “National Student Walkout” expected to occur on at least 80 campuses across the U.S. These miscreants next will take their anger on the road...

Oct 18, 2023, 10:58 PM

Let’s Do It Our Way – A Call for New Jewish Universities in the U.S.

Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023. Thousands of Palestinians sought refuge on October 14 after Israel warned them to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip before an expected ground offensive against Hamas, one week on from the deadliest attack in Israeli history. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

In the spring of 2002, amid the Second Intifada and a wave overseas of anti-American sentiment post-9/11, I had a personal epiphany thrust upon me. At the time, I was finishing up my M.Phil. in Modern Middle Eastern Studies...

Jun 22, 2023, 6:32 PM

Holocaust Education: Quality Matters, Too

View from inside the Jewish Memorial at Dachau Concentration Camp outside of Munich, Germany. Photo taken by Ellen G. Simon

On a recent work trip to Munich, I made a point of visiting Dachau over the weekend. If I ever find myself near a concentration camp, I feel morally compelled to visit as a tribute to its victims and...

About Me

Ellen Ginsberg Simon is an attorney and compliance professional. She has an M.Phil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from Oxford University and is also a graduate of Brown University and Harvard Law School.