'ol Bilam the donkey lover proved that when we connect to Hashem, not the blackest spells on earth can touch you. It's quite unfortunate that problem has come back for the world though... even in universities, or maybe especially, something is happening that is very much out of the norm. It is useful to have Rabbis who also impart strength in their speeches. Just look at the types of "alternative medicine" they're bringing into major med schools, and not talking about chiros and Chinese medicine.
Right away he started that Hashem identifies Himself as Him, that's incorrect, we relate to Hashem as male on weekdays, nothing to do with the gender, just the giving aspect, and female on shabbat, the receiving aspect. To say you understand how gender relates to Hashem is idolatry.
These guys are very important to make people interested, but after getting into levels of righteousness is extremely important, and then you won't start lusting after the vanities and nothings in the world when you learn of our enemies, and how to respond to or deal with them.