Joel Pollack, senior editor of Breitbart News, spoke this week at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, telling students and faculty that the Bible's teachings are essential to freedom and that they are more important than ever at a time when anti-Semitism has exploded on college campuses across the country.
Pollack was at Hillsdale to inaugurate a journalism scholarship that he and his wife, economist Julia Pollack, recently established to honor her mother, Rhoda Kaddaly, a pioneering anti-apartheid feminist who was a fierce critic of the post-apartheid government and an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump.
“My wife, Julia, and I wanted to leave a legacy for Rhoda, who passed away just two and a half years ago, that reflected her values: her strong commitment to truth, her intolerance of bigotry in any form, and her deep love of the Christian faith,” Pollack told Hillsdale students.
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Notably, both Pollack and his wife are Harvard graduates. alma mater The couple chose to donate their scholarship funds to Hillsdale College, which has been rated one of the worst colleges in the country for free speech and where anti-Semitic activity goes unchecked on campus.
“We are increasingly disturbed by Harvard's shift toward the far left, which is causing serious damage to student life and academic discourse,” Pollack said. “The violent anti-Israel, and frankly anti-Semitic, protests that have erupted at Harvard since October 7th are long overdue.”
As Breitbart News reported, Harvard University has been ranked last among universities nationwide for freedom of speech for the second year in a row.
“Harvard University remains at the bottom of the rankings for free speech for the second year in a row,” the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) said, adding that the university's campus speech environment was rated “worst.”
Meanwhile at Hillsdale, junior Katherine Maxwell became the first recipient of the Cadderly Scholarship, the school newspaper reported.
“As a Christian with an interest in opinion journalism, I am honored to learn about and participate in her legacy through this scholarship,” Maxwell said. said College Ann“Mr. Pollack gave me a biography of Rhoda and I would like to learn more about her.”
Pollack said:Roda: “Comrade Kadariye, you are disturbing the order!”: Biography“Rhoda Cadderly's Christian legacy is an understanding that biblical principles are deeply connected to freedom,” she told the Hillsdale students.
“They are revolutionary when they are needed and help us find our way again when change threatens to overwhelm us,” he added. “We are truly fortunate at Hillsdale College to have been able to start from and preserve these foundations.”
Kadary served at the South African Human Rights Commission under then-President Nelson Mandela and went on to become one of the country's most prominent opinion columnists.
Kadary has been a critic of the United States, particularly during the administration of George W. Bush, but supported former President Donald Trump's candidacy when he entered politics in 2015.
Pollack said, Agenda: What President Trump Should Do in His First 100 Dayss.
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