As we reported on the day of his lecture, former President Jimmy Carter said to his audience at Brandeis: “This is the first time that I’ve ever been called a liar and a bigot and an anti-Semite and a coward and a plagiarist.”
Brandeis Professor Robert Greenberg responds: Really? The Justice reports:

In a letter to the editor of The New York Times last week, Greenberg wrote, “This is neither the first time Mr. Carter faced the charge of anti-Semitism nor the first time he turned to Brandeis to bail him out.”
Greenberg wrote that Carter faced accusations of anti-Semitism during his 1976 campaign for President. To clear his name, he sought assistance from his friend, former University President Morris Abram, who served from 1968-1970.
Abram wrote an op-ed in The New York Times on June 5, 1976 defending Carter. He encouraged Jews not to view Carter as intolerant simply because of his Evangelical Baptist beliefs.
He was the best Georgia governor, Abram wrote, because he was the first one to recognize that he governed over all races.
Abram wrote that he was impressed with Carter’s record as governor, particularly with his appointment of a Jewish friend to be chairman of the Georgia University system.