We Couldn’t Have Said it Better
"[I]nstead of reinforcing the best practices of traditional education while generating fresh approaches . . . the expansion of Jewish studies—which did also give rise to much fine scholarship and spirited teaching—witnessed a decline in Jewish moral confidence. For the most part, younger scholars followed academic trends, including those openly hostile to Judaism, while senior scholars shirked their duty behind the excuse of academic neutrality.”
From the memoirs-in-progress of Ruth R. Wisse, Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University; Mosaic Magazine, May 3, 2019.
Howler of the Month
“We ain’t got to walk around struttin’ talking about two state solutions. . . . What about a world where everyone has freedom, justice, equality, safety, and self determination? One person one vote. Gettin’ rid of the settler colonial project altogether.”
Marc Lamont Hill, Temple University Professor of Media Studies and Urban Education, speaking at the annual dinner for the Westchester Peace Action Committee Foundation (WESPAC); Mondoweiss, May 3, 2019.
Link: https://mondoweiss.net/2019/05/struttin-talking-solutions/
Recommended Professors
Lenore G. Martin
Chair, Department of Political Science and International Studies; Professor of Political Science
Emmanuel College
Associate of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies; Associate of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Harvard University
Areas of Expertise: Turkish national security and foreign policy, Palestinian-Israeli peace, the Middle East.
http://www.emmanuel.edu/academics/our-faculty/lenore-martin.html
https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/people/lenore-martin
Blog
UCLA Students Reject SFSU Prof Rabab Abdulhadi’s Trademark Anti-Israel Invective: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58511/ucla-students-reject-sfsu-prof-rabab-abdulhadi
Anti-Israel Profs’ Attempt to Shut Down ‘Word Crimes’ Issue Fails Miserably: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58497/anti-israel-profs-attempt-to-shut-down-word
Omar Suleiman’s Critics Accused of ‘Islamophobia': https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58477/omar-suleiman-critics-accused-of-islamophobia
House Democrats Invite Islamist Southern Methodist U. Prof Omar Suleiman to Give Invocation: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58453/house-democrats-invite-islamist-southern
Middle East Studies in the News
Highland Park (NJ) Library trustees delay meeting due to P Is For Palestine controversy (on Rutgers prof Golbarg Bashi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58525/amid-p-is-for-palestine-uproar-highland-park
Luther College prof Todd Green delivers a lecture on “Islamophobia and the 2020 Election Cycle": https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58526/islamophobia-and-the-2020-election-cycle-on-todd
On the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding’s 2019 “American Muslim Poll” (incl. Georgetown’s John Esposito): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58512/anti-muslim-hate-is-driven-by-politics-not-faith
UCLA students find SFSU prof Rabab Abdulhadi’s guest lecture anti-Semitic: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58510/anthropology-guest-lecturer-accused-by-students
An interview with CSU Stanislaus prof As’ad AbuKhalil, who claims Qatar is helping Israel maintain “the occupation": https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58513/eurovision-artist-boycott-curbed-by-qatari-aid
Gary Fouse on U. of Michigan prof Juan Cole’s latest writings, including a blog accusing the Trump administration of fomenting war with Iran: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58508/trying-to-keep-up-with-juan-cole
An international conference on “The Genocide of the Christian Populations in the Ottoman Empire and its Aftermath” takes place in Greece (incl. UCLA’s Richard Hovannisian, Clark U’s Taner Akçam): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58515/international-conference-explores-armenian-pontic
Canadian Yehuda Sarna is named chief rabbi of the Jewish Community of the Emirates and its new synagogue (incl. UMass prof David Mednicoff, Appalachian State U’s Curtis Ryan): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58502/in-the-heart-of-the-middle-east-a-fledgling
VOA on how designating the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization could “complicate US diplomacy in the Middle East” (incl. U. of Oklahoma’s Joshua Landis): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58496/could-blacklisting-muslim-brotherhood-complicate
Hindustan Times on India’s claim that twenty-six “radical Islamic preachers” in Kerala and Tamil Nadu are “being watched” after the Sri Lanka bombings (incl. Rhodes College’s Yasir Qadhi, Zaytuna Institute’s Hamza Yusuf): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58468/26-islamic-preachers-in-tamil-nadu-kerala-under
On the proliferation of international branch campuses, incl. Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies in Tunisia: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58481/is-an-office-abroad-a-better-option-than-a-branch
The Yemen American Benevolent Association (Dearborn, MI) holds a graduation ceremony for its Arabic Language School: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58472/yemen-american-benevolent-association-holds
The Arabic Immersion Magnet School in Houston’s Independent School District moves to a larger site due to increased enrollment: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58471/arabic-immersion-magnet-school-to-move-into-old
On Islamist imam and Southern Methodist U. adjunct prof Omar Suleiman giving the invocation to the U.S. House of Representatives at the invitation of Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) (in chronological order):
The Algemeiner (Petra Marquardt-Bigman, July 2017) : https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58483/best-friends-linda-sarsour-and-muslim-brotherhood
The Forward: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58469/imam-who-compared-israel-to-nazis-gives-opening
The Daily Caller: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58470/dems-invite-imam-with-anti-israel-views-to-give
American Thinker: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58474/dems-invited-hate-mongering-imam-to-open-house
Spectator USA: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58475/why-did-democrats-invite-a-hate-preacher-into
Middle East Eye (pro-Suleiman; incl. Luther College’s Todd Green): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58476/imam-omar-suleiman-targeted-in-us-smear-campaign
The Investigative Project on Terrorism: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58467/omar-suleiman-invocation-triggers-textbook
The Hill: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58478/gop-lawmaker-slams-pelosi-after-imam-critical
Fox News: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58479/rep-lee-zeldin-says-pelosi-showed-bad-judgment
Newsmax: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58480/rep-zeldin-rips-pelosi-for-radical-imam-giving
New York Post: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58482/zeldin-rips-pelosi-for-inviting-radical-imam-to
Clarion Project: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58505/democrats-in-congress-roll-out-red-carpet-for
JNS: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58484/jew-hatred-given-a-pass-by-democratic-congress-on
JTA: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58489/anti-zionist-imam-hits-back-at-critics-of-his
CNS News: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58490/cair-imam-asked-to-deliver-opening-prayer-in
CBS New York: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58491/long-island-representative-sounds-off-on
D Magazine (pro-Suleiman): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58492/imam-omar-suleiman-targeted-after-prayer-before
Israel National News (Andrew Bostom): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58493/congressional-invocation-imam-deceitful-jews-are
CBN News: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58503/it-horrible-judgment-democrats-blasted-for
The Federalist: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58514/at-democrats-behest-terrorist-friendly-imam-gives
On Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s inaccurate claim that Palestinians created “a safe haven” for Jews during the Holocaust:
Washington Examiner (incl. Omar Suleiman): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58494/house-democrats-rally-behind-embattled-tlaib-incl
Haaretz (incl. Columbia’s Rashid Khalidi, Brookings’ Khaled Elgindy): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58518/safe-haven-what-israeli-palestinian-scholars
Elder of Ziyon (incl. Rashid Khalidi): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58517/another-fishy-claim-holocaust-refugees-were
On the controversy surrounding an issue of “Israel Studies” dedicated to pushing back against anti-Zionist rhetoric (incl. Miriam Elman, Ian Lustick, Asaf Romirowsky, Ilan Troen, Donna Robinson Divine, Arie Dubnov):
JNS (Jonathan Tobin): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58530/is-there-room-in-the-academy-for-honest
Jerusalem Post (Seth Mandel): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58527/reclaiming-the-language-of-human-rights-to
Campus Reform: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58495/profs-attempt-to-shut-down-anti-bds-journal-issue
Moonlighters
Articles on or including Temple U. prof Marc Lamont Hill:
The ZOA’s Leonard Getz speaks to Temple U’s Board of Trustees and calls for Hill’s firing: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58504/temple-board-approves-renovation-funding
The Counter Islamist Grid’s Hesham Shehabon on Hill’s forthcoming keynote at the Bright Stars of Bethlehem’s “15th Anniversary Gala” in Chicago: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58473/fired-cnn-contributor-raising-funds-for-anti
Andrew Harrod on Georgetown U. associate Nathan Lean’s “bizarre Israel-hatred obsession” on Twitter” (incl. Steven Salaita): https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58509/andrew-harrod-nathan-lean-bizarre-israel-hatred
Dorchester Reporter (Boston) op-ed claims anti-Zionism is being falsely conflated with anti-Semitism: https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/58516/criticism-of-israel-and-anti-semitism-to-begin-we
