With so much press attention devoted to former President Jimmy Carter’s speech at Brandeis, many expected massive protests on the day of the event - but the expected did not occur. Jonathan Fischer analyzes the event in the Justice.

About 30 demonstrators carrying signs with slogans ranging from “Carter lied, thousands died,” to “Closing our eyes to injustice is not a Jewish value,” to “End occupation now” gathered across from the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center by 4 p.m. in a fenced-off protest area near the Squire Bridge. While some displayed Israeli flags and colors in criticism of Carter, most of the participants were supporters of the former President, including about 15 members of a group called Jewish Voice for Peace.
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Members of the club Zionists for Historical Veracity planned to march from the Shapiro Campus Center to Gosman, hoping to sing and wave posters along the route. But with only four members and an alumnus present, they instead cheerfully speculated over how the afternoon would unfold as they walked. This group and others later distributed flyers criticizing Carter’s book.
By 4:35 p.m., when Carter took the dais to a standing ovation, the campus had gone from near calmness to total placidity, with community members watching the presentation via closed circuit in the Shapiro Campus Center Atrium and Theater, demonstrating a repose mirrored by those listening to Carter in person.

Was all of this just much ado about nothing?