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PUBLIC-FACING
Stuff Berlinerblau wrote, and maybe said
...on Secularism
Trump's Prayer Breakfast Remarks Clarify His
Dangerous Intent
MSNBC
Who was the mystery MAGA rabbi who prayed with Trump? We found him — but big questions remain
Salon
Cheat Sheet for Political Secularism and Secular Studies
Secular Studies
Lakin Lecture on Antisemitism with Jacques Berlinerblau
Jewish History Museum
Separation of church and state? Let's get real — that's over. So what do we do now?
Salon
George Santos' False Claim of Being Jewish Tells us a Lot About American Politics
MSNBC
Jacques Berlinerblau on Secularism
Dangerous Dogma
Modi's India: Optical Neoliberalism In! Secularism Out!
Culturico
What's Your Blick? God or Science?
The Washington Post
Untangling the Oxymoron of the Secular Jew
Forward
Secular Conservatives? If Only...
The Freethinker
Interview: Putting the Ten Commandments in public classrooms? Catholics should think twice.
American
A Catholic Charter School? Careful What You Pray For!
The Hill
“Secular Africa?” Making Sense of Noncompliance to Secular Constitutions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of Church and State
The Continuing Importance of Secularism
Things Not Seen
After Jan. 6, Secularism is the Crucial "Guardrail" — and it's Fatally Weak in America
Salon
Secularism is Not Atheism. A New Book Explains Why the Distinction is so Critical
Religion News Service
The Crisis in Secular Studies
The Chronicle of Higher Ed
How Democrats Dumped Secularism, Found God — And Doomed Roe v. Wade
Salon
Many Different Secularisms
Interfaith Voices
Why Ron DeSantis’ evangelical problem might not be (entirely) his fault
MSNBC
Trump's Rosh Hashanah Message Manages the Unimaginable
MSNBC
Bibliographic Quarantine is Blurring our Understanding of Secularism
Timer Higher Education
New Legal Challenges to Florida's Abortion Law Could be Groundbreaking
MSNBC
Episode 30: The Basics of Secularism, with Dr. Jacques Berlinerblau
Beyond Atheism
Eric Adams' Anti-Secular Rant Should Not Surprise Democrats This Much
MSNBC
President Trump's
Anti-Secular Foreign Policy?
Lawfare
Bad Religion in the Ivory Towe
The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Religious Studies Strikes Back
The Chronicle of Higher Ed
...on Literature, Jazz, and Comedy
Jon Stewart Apologized for Misjudging Trump.
Now His Real Work Begins.
MSNBC
Netflix’s ‘Kill Tony’ Special Proves the Entertainment Manosphere Lives On
MSNBC
Conservatives for Deepfakes?
Compact
Is Jon Stewart Up to the Task of Another Trump Term?
MSNBC
Joe Rogan's Netflix Special is Light on Comedy and Heavy on Bro Complaints
MSNBC
Jon Stewart Still Has Some Soul-Searching to do. His First RNC Show Proved It.
MSNBC
Some of the Things Jon Stewart Hates About the Media Are Jon Stewart's Fault
MSNBC
Jon Stewart's Misplaced 'Bothsidesism' on Israel-Palestine was a Flop.
MSNBC
When She Was Ambivalent: Lena Dunham, Girls, and Philip Roth
Melville House
Professorial Drunkenness: Dos and Dont's
The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Pianist Bill Evans and You, Professor
The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Bill Burr's New Special is Very Funny, Even if His Politics are a Confusing Mess
MSNBC
'The White Lotus' Season 3 Makes Bad Decisions Look Beautiful
MSNBC
Bill Maher Serves up Old, Warmed-Over Beefs in New Special
MSNBC
Jon Stewart's DNC Special Showed Exactly Where his Loyalty Is
MSNBC
Jon Stewart's 'Told You So' About Biden was the Scolding We Needed
MSNBC
Dave Chappelle Can't Stop Punching Down. And That's Not the Worst Part.
MSNBC
What the Death of Your Dad's Favorite Lefty Comedian Highlights About Cancel Culture
MSNBC
Washington DC Celebrates Philip Roth's 80th Birthday
CJC Media
How "The White Lotus" Breaks All the Norms of Straight Sex Culture
MSNBC
'Anora' is a Genre-Toggling Romp With a Hidden Political Message
MSNBC
Trump's Prayer Breakfast Remarks Clarify His Dangerous Intent
MSNBC
Ellen's New Netflix Special is a Disjointed, Confusing Work of Meta-Art
MSNBC
Kamala Harris is No Selina Meyer — But 'Veep' can Still Teach us Something
MSNBC
Why the Devastating Message of 'The Bear' Speaks to So Many of Us
MSNBC
Can Jon Stewart Live Up to His 'Daily Show' Legacy?
MSNBC
Will Smith and the Function of a Slap – What it Means for Comedy and Comedians
Salon
Do We Know Philip Roth?
The Chronicle of Higher Ed
'Justice for All,' Trump's New Anthem, is Awful Art With an even More Awful Agenda
MSNBC
Sarah Silverman and the Secret to Successful Comedy
MSNBC
...on Jewish Americans and African Americans
Can Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff Reinvigorate the Black-Jewish Alliance?
Salon
"Blacks and Jews" authors: "Whoopi is not the enemy" but "it may be too late" for America anyway
Salon
James Baldwin’s “Negroes Are Anti-Semitic Because They’re Anti-White”
Literary Hub
"Blacks and Jews" authors on Chappelle, Kanye getting caught in the "Black antisemitism" loop
Salon
How the Black-Jewish alliance changed America — and today's struggle for voting rights
Salon
The alarming rise in Jewish Republicans tolerating antisemitism
MSNBC
'You People' fails to say anything about the Black-Jewish cultural dynamic
MSNBC
Philip Roth and Race: A Legendary Novelist's Troubling Pattern
Salon
When your next college free speech controversy erupts, don’t blame liberals
The Washington Post
Black and Jewish leaders fought for civil rights. Now the relationship is fragmented
NPR
...on Higher Education
There’s a reason more professors might be tempted to use ChatGPT
MSNBC
I Don't Agree With Mahmoud Khalil. That Doesn't Mean He Should be Deported
MSNBC
A Guide for College Presidents Who Want to Keep Their Jobs
Compact
Republicans are Using Antisemitism Hearings to Carry Out a Sinister Agenda
MSNBC
Florida is Showing Red States How to Dismantle Higher Education
MSNBC
Know Your Rights: 10 Demands SFS Students Should Make
The Georgetown Voice
Survival Strategy for Humanists: Engage, Engage
The Chronicle of Higher Ed
After Coronavirus, The Deluge
The Chronicle of Higher Ed
The GOP's Trend of Self-Destructive Bills Continues With Its Attacks on Tenure
MSNBC
The Florida GOP's Removal of this Core College Course is Absur
MSNBC
Why university presidents have fared so poorly under congressional scrutiny
MSNBC
The Syllabus: Jacques Berlinerblau
The Syllabus
The Real Reason Three University Presidents Embarrassed Themselves Before Congress
MSNBC
Free Speech, Safety, and Nuance? How Universities Can Have All Three
MSNBC
An Inside Look at How Colleges Work
The Leonard Lopate Show
Hamline University's free speech controversy shows the collapse of the professoriate
MSNBC
Better College, Better Scholars, Right? Not So Much
The Chronicle of Higher Ed
What Academia Needs to Do to Fight the Ben Sasses of the World
MSNBC
Protest and Perish
The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Jacques Berlinerblau on Protest and Learning
Inside Higher Ed
When your next college free speech controversy erupts, don’t blame liberals
The Washington Post
How College Works (Or Doesn't)
Heterodox Academy
Teach or Perish
The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Q&A: Professor Criticizes University Tenure Process
The Hoya
They've Been Scheming to Cut Tenure for Years. It's Happening.
The Chronicle of Higher Ed
What Conservatives Get Wrong about Anti-Israel Campus Protests
MSNBC
...on Philip Roth
Has Philip Roth Finally Been Canceled?
Daily Beast
Audrey Speaks! (Unmuting Women): A Former Student Writes Back to Her Professor about Philip Roth
The Philip Roth Society
From Philip Roth to Dave Chappelle, how an artist's "meta move" fuels an endless cancel culture war
Salon
Returning to Roth | Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Jacques Berlinerblau | Culturally Determined
Bloggingheads
The Philip Roth We Don't Know (Podcast 451)
Virtual Memories
How Philip Roth Controlled the Narrative of His Own Life
Literary Hub
Commemorating Philip Roth means confronting his limitations head on
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
UVAP Author's Corner: Jacques Berlinerblau
University of Virginia Press
Statement on the Possible Destruction of Essential Materials Pertaining to Philip Roth
The Philip Roth Society
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