Jacques Berlinerblau
Jacques Berlinerblau (jberlinerblau.com) is a professor of Jewish civilization at Georgetown University and an opinion columnist for MSNBC. He is the author of Campus Confidential: How College Works, or Doesn’t, for Professors, Parents, and Students. His most recent book, written with Terrence L. Johnson, is Blacks and Jews in America: An Invitation to Dialogue.
Stories by this Author
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The Review | OpinionThey’ve Been Scheming to Cut Tenure for Years. It’s Happening.
We’re in the execution phase of the profession’s demise. -
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The Review
Bad Religion in the Ivory Tower
Scholars of religion should have seen the Capitol riot coming. They didn’t. -
The Review
After Coronavirus, the Deluge
Administrators have been waiting for the opportunity to finish what they started. Watch out. -
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The Review
Better College, Better Scholars, Right? Not So Much
Which profs end up where is pretty damn arbitrary. -
The Review
You Probably Won’t Get Tenure. Get Your Ph.D. Anyway.
The one broadly marketable skill a humanist might acquire in graduate school is the ability to teach. -
The Chronicle Review
Teach or Perish
The professoriate needs to refocus on students or face extinction. -
The Chronicle Review
The Crisis in Secular Studies
Political, theological, and postmodern prejudices cloud a crucial field. Consider Charles Taylor. -
The Chronicle Review
Do We Know Philip Roth?
He sprinkled doppelgängers all over his work. They amount to an ingenious camouflage.
