Free Speech Archives - Odyssey Networks

18 Sep 2015

Free Speech vs. Protection Against Intolerance

Odyssey NetworksSeptember 18, 2015No commentsFaith on the Record anti-semitic incidents, Faith on the Record, Free Speech, political, protection against intolerance, protest, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield, university of california berkley, us berkley

It’s been 50 Years since the Free Speech Movement was born at the University of California Berkley when students protested a ban on on-campus political activity. Free speech is again being contested at UC Berkley, where a proposed new policy against intolerance was criticized for not doing enough to protect the students and didn’t address the increase of anti-Semitic...

13 Mar 2015

Rabbi Brad Hirschfield on Racist Chants and Free Speech

Odyssey NetworksMarch 13, 2015No commentsFaith on the Record David Boren, Faith on the Record, Free Speech, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield, race, racist chants, SAE Univeristy of Oklahoma, sigma alpha epsilon

This week the University of Oklahoma expelled two students and shut down the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after a video showed them chanting and making racist slurs. Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily.com wonders if “we’re on a collision course between protecting free speech… and responding to the very real issues of...