Shunned by the right, targeted by the left, Eva Illouz confronts antisemitism masquerading as academic freedom

Shunned by the right, targeted by the left, Eva Illouz confronts antisemitism masquerading as academic freedom

Last month, the Dutch city of Rotterdam became the latest stage for antisemites parading as anti-Zionists. It occurred at the city’s Erasmus School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, named after Desiderius Erasmus, the great Dutch humanist best known, rather ironically, for the satirical work, In Praise of Folly. In this instance, however, the academic fools strutting as anti-Zionists made the mistake of targeting the wrong person, Eva Illouz. A…