How a keffiyeh-wearing keynote speaker sparked boos for Jews at my UCLA graduation

The purpose of seeking a humanities education is to learn the great texts and ideas that have stirred the soul of civilization since antiquity. It is a discipline that teaches reverence for nuance, a chastened appreciation of history, and intellectual humility. But you wouldn’t know that from the keynote speech at UCLA’s recent Humanities commencement ceremonies.

Caribbean Fragoza took to the podium donning a keffiyeh, declaring "From the river to the sea" (a slogan widely recognized as...