Pamene Board of Trustees ya City University of New York mopanda kuvota anavota popanda mkangano sabata yatha kuchotsa wosewera wamkulu wamoyo ku America, Tony Kushner, pa mndandanda wa iwo amene akuyembekezeka kulandira madigiri aulemu pa miyambo chiyambi cha CUNY, chikhalidwe ndi makhalidwe pygmies amene. anthu omwe gululo sankadziwa kuti adzakakamizika kuzisintha okha patatha sabata.
Koma zitachitika zionetsero zotsutsana ndi kuphwanya momveka bwino mfundo ya ufulu wamaphunziro - yomwe idatengedwa ndikukulitsidwa ndi atolankhani padziko lonse lapansi - idanyozetsa CUNY ndikuyipitsa mbiri ya yunivesite yomwe idakhalapo kale, pamsonkhano wadzidzidzi womwe unayitanidwa mwachangu. kuti athane ndi nkhani ya Kushner madzulo a Meyi 9, komiti yayikulu ya matrasti idakakamizika kudya khwangwala wamkulu, kugonjetsa gululo, ndikubwezeretsa kuyitanidwa kwa Kushner.
Pakadali pano, akatswiri apamwamba payunivesiteyi, kuphatikiza Chancellor Matthew Goldstein - yemwe adakhala chete modabwitsa pomwe Kushner adayang'aniridwa ndi matrasti - adatulutsa chiwongola dzanja chambiri chotamanda chimphona ichi cha zisudzo zaku America zomwe bungwe lawo lidamudetsa. kunyozedwa.
Nkhani yonyansayi idayamba pomwe a John Jay College of Criminal Justice, amodzi mwa masukulu a CUNY, adaganiza zoitana Kushner kuti alankhule pamwambo wake woyambira ndikulandila udokotala wolemekezeka chifukwa cha ntchito yake yayikulu m'bwalo la zisudzo. Pomwe bungwe la yunivesite lidakumana sabata yatha pa zomwe zimayenera kukhala zovomerezeka pamndandanda wa olemekezeka omwe amasankhidwa ndi makoleji a CUNY, Kushner adayang'aniridwa ndi m'modzi mwa matrasti, Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, yemwe. zabodza adadzudzula Kushner za "anti-Semitism" chifukwa cha malingaliro ake pa Israeli. Jeffrey Wiesenfeld adasuntha kuti achotse dzina la wolemba sewero pamndandanda.
Zomwe zidachitika mopupuluma komanso mosasamala, m'mphindi zochepa Kushner "adayesedwa" mu abstentia. Matepi a podcast pamsonkhano akuwonetsa kuti palibe mawu amodzi omwe adakwezedwa poteteza Kushner. Kufotokozera kwa a Wiesenfeld kokha, kutengera zomwe adapeza patsamba lawebusayiti, ndizomwe zidamveka. Palibe woimira gulu la a John Jay, omwe adapereka digiri yaulemu kwa Kushner, adaitanidwa kuti alankhule m'malo mwake.
Ndipo popanda kudandaula, madzulo a Meyi 2, matrasti a CUNY adavotera 11 kwa 1 kuti athetse digiri yaulemu ya Kushner. Pochita izi, iwo adavomereza kunyoza kwa Wiesenfeld.
Wiesenfeld uyu ndi ndani? Yemwe kale anali wothandizira wa FBI, ndi wandale wa Republican kwa nthawi yayitali yemwe kwa zaka zambiri adayendetsa ntchito zandale za Senator Al D'Amato (monga senator, D'Amato anali wotsogola wandale wandale). Kenako adapita kukagwira ntchito kwa bwanamkubwa waku Republican yemwe adasankhidwa ndi D'Amato, George Pataki, yemwe adasankha Wiesenfeld kukhala matrasti a CUNY mu 1999.
Mamembala onse 17 ovota a board of trustees ndi osankhidwa pandale, ndipo m'modzi yekha wa iwo ali ndi ziyeneretso zamaphunziro. Ambiri aiwo ndi anthu abizinesi kapena ma hacks andale ndi abwenzi ngati Wiesenfeld, yemwe New York Times idafotokoza kuti ndi "wokonza ndale."
Wiesenfeld amadziwika kuti ndi waukapolo komanso wothandizira mopanda malire wa Israeli yemwe samalekerera kutsutsidwa konse kwa ndondomeko za dziko la Chihebri; uphungu wakale kwa CUNY amene amadziwa Wiesenfeld bwino anauza mtolankhani uyu kuti "ndizopanda nzeru" pa nkhaniyi.
Wiesenfeld lero ndi wamkulu ku Bernstein Global Wealth Management, yemwe amawongolera zinthu zoposa $ 100 biliyoni. Bwana wake ku Bernstein ndi Roger Hertog, wamkulu wa Republican fundraiser ndi bundler, komanso wopereka ndalama zambiri pantchito za neo-conservative. Mark Gerson, mkonzi wa "The Essential Neoconservative Reader," adalongosola Hertog monga "mwamuna m'modzi yemwe, kuposa wina aliyense, wathandizira ndalama kuti izi zitheke."
Hertog analinso wamkulu wazachuma kumbuyo kwa New York Sun yomwe tsopano yatha, mogwirizana ndi wamkulu wa ndende wa Conrad Black. Dzuwa limadziwika chifukwa cha zigawenga zake zotsutsana ndi Israeli komanso nkhanza zake kwa aliyense amene amakayikira mfundo za boma la Israeli.
Hertog ali m'gulu la American Enterprise Institute, gulu loganiza za neo-conservative, ndipo ndi wothandizira zachuma ku Shalem Center, yotchedwa "AEI ya Israeli." Katswiri wa malingaliro a Neo-con William Kristol, mkonzi wa Weekly Standard, wanena kuti Shalem Center - yomwe amagwira ntchito, komanso yomwe Hertog adakhala Purezidenti kwazaka zingapo - "idakhazikitsidwa ngati lingaliro loyamba la Israeli la neoconservative- tank."
Chofunika kwambiri pakumvetsetsa kuukira kwa CUNY ku Kushner, Hertog ndiwopereka ndalama zambiri ku CUNY, atapereka ndalama zosachepera $ 4 miliyoni ku yunivesite, malinga ndi malipoti ofalitsidwa. Monga mwamuna wa Hertog pa CUNY board of trustees, motero, Wiesenfeld amanyamula kulemera kwakukulu.
Kutsutsa Israeli akadali njanji yachitatu ya nkhani zanzeru ndi ndale ku America, ndipo mlandu wonyenga wa "anti-Semitism" kwa iwo omwe amatsutsa kuphwanya kwa Israeli ufulu wachibadwidwe wa anthu aku Palestine nthawi zambiri amatumizidwa ndi neo-conservatives ndi ufulu wachiyuda wotsutsa. letsa mawu otsutsana ngati a Kushner.
Kulowa nawo Republican Wiesenfeld povota kuti achotse Kushner pamndandanda wa omwe adzalandire madigiri aulemu kuchokera ku CUNY anali matrasti atatu omwe adasankhidwa ndi Meya waku Republican Michael Bloomberg -- Judah Gribetz, Carol Robles-Roman, yemwenso ndi woweruza wa Meya, ndi Charles Shorter.
Ofesi ya atolankhani ku Bloomberg idakana pempho loti apereke ndemanga pamavoti a omwe adasankhidwa kuchokera kwa mnzanga Andy Humm.
Tony Kushner ali kale ndi madigiri olemekezeka a 15 kuchokera ku mayunivesite otchuka a ku America ndi makoleji - kuphatikizapo University of Brandeis, bungwe lachiyuda lothandizidwa ndi Ayuda lomwe linakhazikitsidwa kuti lithane ndi anti-Semitism m'maphunziro apamwamba - ndipo sanafune, kapena kufunafuna, kuchokera ku CUNY.
Kushner amadziwika kwambiri chifukwa cha sewero lake loyambirira lofotokoza za vuto la Edzi, "Angels in America," lomwe adapambana Mphotho ya Pulitzer ndi Mphotho ya Tony, yomwe idajambulidwa bwino kwambiri ndi director Mike Nichols. Adapambananso Tony m'bukuli chifukwa cha sewero lake lanyimbo "Caroline, or Change," komanso Mphotho zitatu za Obie, Mphotho yaukadaulo yochokera ku American Academy of Arts and Letters, Oscar ndi Golden Globe osankhidwa (chifukwa cha filimuyi. "Munich"), ndi Mphotho ya Cultural Achievement yochokera ku National Foundation for Jewish Culture, kutchula zochepa chabe mwa ulemu waukulu womwe adapatsidwa.
The CUNY smear motsutsana ndi Kushner adabwera monga sewero lake laposachedwa, "The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism with a Key to the Scriptures," lotsegulidwa ku Public Theatre.sewerolo liwunikiridwa m'nkhani yamakono ndi mnzanga Christopher Byrne).
Nyuzipepala ya New York Times, mu ndemanga yake ya sewero latsopano la Kushner, inamuyamikira kuti "mwinamwake wanzeru kwambiri mwa olemba masewero onse akuluakulu a ku America."
Ichi ndichifukwa chake, povota kuti athetse digiri yaulemu ya Kushner, matrasti adachepetsa CUNY pamlingo wamakhalidwe ndi aluntha wa Yunivesite ya Liberty ya Jerry Falwell.
Nkhani ya zomwe matrasti achita pomaliza pake idafika ku New York Times pa Meyi 4, tsunami ya zionetseroyo inali yayikulu. Gulu la olemba odziwika komanso akatswiri ojambula omwe adalandira kale madigiri aulemu kuchokera ku CUNY adalembera matrasti kuti asiya ulemuwo.
Barbara Ehrenreich, wolemba mabuku 21, kuphatikizapo ogulitsidwa kwambiri "Nickel and Dimed," analemba kuti: "Mu 2004 ndinanyadira kulandira digiri yaulemu kuchokera ku John Jay College pozindikira, monga ndikukumbukira, chifukwa cha ntchito yanga yowulula umphawi ndi umphawi. kulimbikitsa chilungamo cha chikhalidwe cha anthu.Pa nthawiyo, sizinali zotheka kwa ine kukayikira ziyeneretso za John Jay kuti apereke ulemu woterewu.Koma lero, nditawerenga za mavoti a Trustees kuti asalandire digiri yaulemu yofanana ndi ya wolemba masewero komanso wotsutsa Tony Kushner -- monga komanso ndemanga ya Jeffrey Wiesenfeld mu New York Times yosonyeza kuti anthu aku Palestine "si anthu" - ndiyenera kukayikira ziyeneretso zanu ndi kuvomerezeka kwa digiri yaulemu yomwe ndinapatsidwa. Ndidzabwerera kwa inu ngati ndikhoza kuchipeza. Chonde ndichotsereni mโkaundula Wanu akale.
Michael Cunningham ndi mlembi wopambana Mphotho ya Pulitzer m'mabuku a "The Hours" ndi "A Home at the End of the World" - onse adapangidwa kukhala makanema ochita bwino, "The Hours" adapambana Oscar. Iye analemba kuti, "Ndinadabwa kwambiri ndipo ndinakhumudwa kumva za chithandizo chomwe Tony Kushner analandira m'manja mwa bungwe la matrasti la CUNY. Kukana [Kushner] digiri yaulemu chifukwa mamembala ena a bungweli sagwirizana ndi maganizo ake andale. mlandu wodetsa nkhawa waufulu wofotokozera CUNY wakhala akuthandizira nthawi zonse. "
Ellen Schrecker, wolemba mbiri pa Yunivesite ya Yeshiva komanso wolemba "No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities," adafalitsa kalata yotseguka kwa wapampando wa CUNY board of trustees Benno Schmidt m'magazini ya Inside Higher Education pansi pa mutu wakuti "Tengani Digiri Yanga Bwino" zomwe analemba kuti: "Akuluakulu a maphunziro akalola kuti mfundo za ndale zisinthe zinthu zofunika kwambiri pa maphunziro, sikuti zimangolepheretsa anthu ake kufotokoza zinthu mwaufulu, komanso zimasokoneza maphunziro amene amaphunzitsa. monga kukana kulemba alangizi ntchito kapena kuwachotsa ntchito chifukwa cha maganizo awo odziwika bwino pa ndale, amauza ophunzira, aphunzitsi, ndi anthu ena onse kuti malingaliro ena sangaloledwe pasukulu. "
Kuphatikiza apo, wolemba mbiri wotchuka Martin Duberman, yemwe amadziwika kuti "tate wa maphunziro a gay" chifukwa chokhazikitsa Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), woyamba pakati pa mayunivesite aku America, adauza mtolankhaniyu kuti: "Yerekezerani ndi Wiesenfeld ndi Kushner. -Monga ambiri a GOP -- amadya gawo limodzi ('ndinu m'malo mwathu kapena wotsutsana nafe'); yotsirizirayi ndi yamitundumitundu pa chilichonse chomwe amalankhula ndi kuchita. Amadziwa kudzudzula Israeli chifukwa cha zina mwazochita zake. mfundo zankhanza pamene zikuthandiza kwambiri Israeli ngati gulu.
Ndipo Mphotho ya Nobel ya Literature Toni Morrison nayenso anawerengera, kulembera matrasti kuti apemphe kubwezeretsedwa kwa digiri yaulemu ya Kushner: "Kutsutsa, kaya mobisa kapena momveka bwino, kwa wojambula aliyense - osasiya aliyense wokhala ndi mawonekedwe a Bambo Kushner ngati komanso mphamvu zake zakulenga ndi luntha -- ziyenera kukhala zonyansa ku Academy komwe kusinthanitsa kwaulele kwamalingaliro ndikosavuta. alirezaโฆ Kuyimitsidwa kwa mkangano komwe ndi chizindikiro cha mantha sikuyenera kuloledwa. Zovuta za Bambo Kushner zachifundo ndi zowulula ku nzeru wamba ziyenera kuyamikiridwa ngati zizindikiro zabwino za demokalase komanso siginecha ya wojambula wanzeru, waluso. "
Ngakhale Meya wakale Ed Koch, yemwe chithandizo chake cholimba cha Israeli ndi chodziwika bwino, adalemba matrasti kuti athandizire Kushner, ngakhale kuti ndi nthabwala yayikulu mu "Angelo ku America." Koch analemba kuti: โSindingaganize za maphunziro opusa kwambiri . . . Bambo Wiesenfeld ndi matrasti amene anatsatira pempho lake ayenera kusintha nthawi yomweyo nโkulimbikitsa a Kushner kuti awakhululukire. kuti agwiritse ntchito molakwika mphamvu zake zomwe zimafuna kuti atule pansi udindo kapena kuchotsedwa mu Board of Trustees."
Udzu womaliza unadza pamene New York Times, mโnkhani ya pa May 6 ya mutu wakuti โCUNY Yadzichititsa Manyazi,โ inalemba kuti: โMatrasti a City University of New York abwerera mโmbuyo ndendende sabata ino. membalayo ndikupewa m'modzi mwa olemba sewero ofunikira kwambiri ku America. Akadayenera kukumbatira wojambulayo ndikuthamangitsa membala wa board."
Kumapeto kwa kalata yake yayitali yopita kwa matrasti (malemba onse omwe amawonekera mu thejewishweek.com at tinyurl.com/3ebc297) akutsutsa mfundo ndi mfundo zoneneza โzabodzaโ za Wiesenfeld, Kushner anamaliza kuti: โNdinaganiza kalekale kuti ntchito yanga monga wolemba maseลตero ndiyo kuyesa kulankhula ndi kulemba moona mtima zimene ndimakhulupirira kuti nโzoona. M'mbuyomu ndinazindikira kuti anthu omwe alibe chidwi ndi kusinthana kwatanthauzo kwa malingaliro ndi malingaliro angasankhe kuti mawu anga agwirizane ndi zolinga zawo. ndizosangalatsa komanso zokopa kuposa zachinyengo, zidzatha tsiku lonse. "
Chifukwa cha kulira kwa anthu motsutsana ndi a McCarthyism a trasti, kusintha kwa Lolemba kwa CUNY kuyeretsa Kushner kunatsimikizira kuti anali wolondola.
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