Of all the universities, in all the towns, in all the states, it had to be Brandeis that chose to make itself a patsy by providing a protected platform  for Jimmy Carter to spout his anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian propaganda -- in effect placing a  "kosher" seal of approval on the former president's scurrilous book about Israel and his constant railing against the so-called "Jewish lobby."Saint Somebody Catholic University could never get away with such a ploy; not could Anyplace Methodist U or Artexas Christian -- they'd be accused of bigotry and Israel-bashing in a minute. But not so Brandeis, which the real anti-Semites and anti-Zionists will herald as another case of liberal Jews lending support to something that, therefore, couldn't be as bad as it really is.The university, founded in the 1940s by the American Jewish community to provide educational opportunities to Jews beyond what were available on the often heavily "restricted"...(Read Full Post)