I gave a college lecture on Jewish identity -- and confronted a mob of video vigilantes

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9. "It was clear the students' goal was not dialogue but performance."

It was clear the students’ goal was not dialogue but performance. I told them I would be happy to talk, to listen, and to debate, on the condition that they put their phone cameras down. An exchange of ideas — by all means. A clip for their Instagram feed — no way. 

They refused; I walked away.

It was all so very sad. An opportunity for dialogue and discourse, a chance to challenge someone’s views and have my own views challenged, a chance to see that despite our differences, we can dignify each other’s humanity. A lost chance, perhaps, to build a bridge.

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