Prof. Moshe Zimmerman, a Hebrew University historian, doesn't think academic institutions should invade the private lives of their students and professors. "There are things that are understood, and there's no need to impose regulations on them," he says. "For example, a student is forbidden to copy exams or cheat on seminar papers. Regulations are imposed only when people are under pressure and obligated, and then it once again becomes simple to bypass them. In light of the atmosphere that has been created, it is very logical that such regulations are being unleashed. Will it substantially change the nature of the relationships between the sides? I'm not convinced. We historians become suspicious when a specific law gets imposed, because it's a sign that its framework does not suffice. From an historical perspective, as soon as laws are legislated, it means the phenomenon exists. I don't know if the relationship between Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt, who was his student and lover, was appropriate, but it didn't stop them from being very important philosophers and intellectuals. There are things with which we shouldn't interfere."

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