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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Arnie Aberman will return his honorary UofT degree over the school’s handling of antisemitism
Description: Dr. Arnie Aberman received his honorary doctorate of laws from the University of Toronto in June 2015. He is one of more than 1,500 people who have received honorary degrees from UofT since the school began the tradition in 1850, but Aberman believes he is the first and only person to give it back—as his symbolic form of protest against rising antisemitism on campus and his anger at how his former employer is failing to keep students safe, be they Jews or non-Jews.
Aberman actually has three other honorary PhDs from other universities, plus an Order of Canada for his contributions to...