Historian and Professor

Jay Bergman

1 article 2014

Jay Bergman is a historian and professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, specializing in Russian and Soviet history. He contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2014, writing about academic double standards at Brandeis University.

Brandeis and Double Standards

May 12, 2014 · Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Freedom, Brandeis

Support for the decision of Brandeis University not to award Ayaan Hirsi Ali an honorary degree, after previously announcing it would do so, has coalesced around the notion that while Islamic radicalism can be criticized, even condemned, one cannot criticize Islam itself. By condemning both, and…