Another Way Jews are Not Safe on American College Campuses

A scene near the conclusion of the 1960 film “Spartacus” portrays the Roman commander Crassus offering to save the lives of captured slaves if any of them turn over the living or dead body of Spartacus, a slave accused of insurrection. Instead, in an act of defiance and solidarity, each of Spartacus’s fellow slaves, one by one in a growing crescendo, declares “I’m Spartacus!”, to protect him from the Roman decree.

For some in the film industry, this landmark sequence served as a powerful metaphor for resistance that just might have referred (wink, nod) to the brave and defiant actors, writers, and production team members who were willing to defy the Hollywood Blacklist at a time when people refused to ‘name........

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