INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM
Pessin Affair Exposes Connecticut College Anti-Semitism
by Noah Beck
January 20, 2016

A pro-Israel professor won’t be on campus at Connecticut College when classes start Monday, missing the second straight semester since his 2014 Facebook post criticizing Hamas led to death threats and ostracism. Andrew Pessin “requested and received a sabbatical for the Spring semester to continue his studies in Jewish philosophy and Israel studies,” Connecticut College spokeswoman Pamela Serfes said in an email last week. “He has been and continues to be a valued member of the Connecticut College faculty.” READ MORE