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attribute the alienation of their child(ren) from their (the parents’) values to the college and, increas- ingly, the high school their child attended. Moreover, not only are these children alienated from their par- ents’ values, but they are often also alienated from the parent(s). One thing you learn when you become left-wing is to have con- tempt for those who hold other beliefs. Had these parents known how their children would turn out, they would never have sent them to college — or even to the high school they attended. It appears, however, that no matter how many people lose their children’s hearts and minds to left-wing indoctrina- tion, and no matter how much information accumulates about the perversion of education in American schools, parents contin- ue to take risks with their children they would never take in any other sphere. I am well aware of the enor- mous obstacles. If your child wishes to study STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) or law, college remains a necessity. Otherwise, it isn’t. As for elementary and high school, parents must either find a school that teaches reading, writ- ing and arithmetic rather than America-hatred, or they should home-school their child. This, understandably, sounds terribly daunting. However, it is becoming considerably easier to do so as home-school groups and quality home-school curricula proliferate around the country. Whatever your decision, never say you weren’t warned. Dennis Prager is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist. Education continued from page 14 30 JEWISH WORLD • MARCH 19-25, 2021 power as antithetical to the Zionist ethos and fears that these rabbis are negatively redefining the image of Jewish mores in the eyes of Israel’s non-Orthodox but tradi- tional-leaning majority.” Where his stance on Netanyahu is concerned, Rutland explains that just as “realpolitik — and not unshakeable ideology — has guid- ed the tactical policies he has advocated,” the same pragmatism is behind Leibler’s positions on the Israeli premier, whom he has known personally for many years. Rutland describes Leibler’s admiration for Netanyahu’s “ca- pacity and talents as a leader, [which] surpass those of his rivals” as the basis for numerous op-eds promoting the prime minis- ter. “At the same time,” she adds, “he is never obsequious and has no hesitation about criticizing Netan- yahu when it is warranted. In fact, in the aftermath of two failed elec- tions, Isi was the first commentator on the Right who openly called for Netanyahu to step down for the good of the country.” Nevertheless, this was before the defeat on Nov. 3 of Donald Trump — whom Leibler has called “the most pro-Israel president since the state was established” — by Democratic Party contender Joe Biden. It was also prior to the U.S. Congress’s turning blue. It’s not clear whether the advent of such an administration in Washington — aided by liberal and progressive American Jews who, in Leibler’s words, “seem to be acting like lemmings on a sui- cide march” — is causing him to harbor second thoughts about the alternatives to a Netanyahu-led government in Jerusalem. But if it is, he’ll be the first to admit it. Ruthie Blum is an Israel-based journalist and author of “To Hell in a Handbasket: Carter, Obama, and the ‘Arab Spring.’ ” Soldier continued from page 13 One thing you learn when you become left-wing is to have contempt for those who hold other beliefs. Like parents. discrimination with a palpable gusto, her proactive prosecutions of anti-Semites is sputtering like a faulty engine. Let’s remember that during the wave of heightened anti- Semitism that plagued New York City and beyond, James and her cohorts remained completely silent about the insidious surge until she was coerced to hold a press conference in the aftermath of the brutal stabbings of Hasidic Jews at the home of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg of Monsey in December 2019. In a statement released to the media at the time, James said, “There is zero tolerance for acts of hate of any kind and we will con- tinue to monitor this horrific situa- tion. I stand with the Jewish com- munity tonight and every night.” Really, Ms. James? Your ac- tions certainly do not justify these statements. She followed that up with a press conference after meeting with Orthodox leaders. She then claimed that she would work with local district attorneys in providing them support for their prosecu- tions of Anti-Semitic attackers. She also promised that she would monitor social media sites that routinely provide a platform for haters to spew forth vitriolic anti- Semitic diatribes. Suffice it to say, James has done absolutely nothing to prevent the burgeoning anti-Semitism that has gripped our city and state. She still has not promulgated a viable plan to quash anti-Semitism as the slow-motion response to yet another Euro-pean-style deadly pogrom takes place before our very eyes. Ms. James, we ask you and your colleagues why you maintain a double standard as it pertains to battling discrimination and preju- dice? Why don’t you fight the scourge of Jew-hatred with as much fervor as you do when other minority groups are the targets of violence? Ronald J Edelstein is the son of Holocaust survivors and a lifelong Jewish activist, writer and speaker. He is the chairman of Ron Properties, a real estate company in New York. Why do AG James and her colleagues maintain a double standard when battling discrimination and prejudice? James continued from page 17 Attorney General Letitia James is rightfully disturbed by the rise in attacks on Asian Americans. But she’s been largely AWOL when it comes to anti-Semitism. Dr. Pellegrino’s story — how he was the son of Italian immigrants and faced problems getting into a medical school because of being an Italian American. He spoke of a letter he received from one Ivy League medical school saying he would be “happier” with his “own kind.” His college advisor, he said, suggested he change his last name. He refused. But his father, in the wholesale grocery business, serviced a restaurant near N.Y.U. at which the dean of N.Y.U. Medical School had lunch regularly. Its owner introduced him to the dean, young Pellegrino applied to the school, was accepted and graduated in 1944. Dr. Pellegrino described to me his dream of integrating medical sciences with the humanities and social sciences. And the hospital he planned, he said, would be nurturing and patient-centered. He maintained that medicine is a “moral enterprise” with a doctor having a “covenant” with his or her patients. He was dissatisfied with the direction medicine was taking, with health care being turned into, he said, a commodi- ty, a business. Stony Brook, he said, would be different. It has been. Dr. Pellegrino went on to become president of the Catholic University of America, He taught up to the week of his death at 92 in 2013. He attended mass daily. He authored or co-authored 23 books and is considered a founder of the field of bioethics. The 15 minutes up, I left Stony Brook, vaccinated and smiling. Karl Grossman, professor of journalism at the State Uni-ver- sity of New York/College at Old Westbury, has covered Long Island politics for 50 years. I told my two nurses about having written articles about the founding of their school in the early 1970s. Service continued from page 12