Arab Attitudes to Israel Remain Constant, Despite Israeli Political Upheavals
Normalization is becoming normal.
January 24, 2023
After Taking a Stand, Harvard Surrenders to the Israel-Haters
A university can fire a professor for heresy, but can’t refuse to hire someone who spent his life libeling Israel.
While Minnesota’s Hamline University has stood behind its decision abruptly to fire a professor for showing students medieval Muslim paintings of Mohammad, Harvard University’s Kennedy School quickly reversed its decision not to grant a prestigious fellowship to the career Israel-basher Kenneth Roth. Unlike the adjunct professor of art history who lost her job in the name of equity, Roth—recently retired from a long career as head of Human Rights Watch—was well positioned to conduct a campaign in the press against Harvard, and to paint himself as a victim of nefarious pro-Israel “donors.” Jonathan Tobin comments:
January 24, 2023
Through Evangelism and Settlements, Iran Is Remaking Syria in Its Image
A situation that could encourage unending war.
After Taking a Stand, Harvard Surrenders to the Israel-Haters
A university can fire a professor for heresy, but can’t refuse to hire someone who spent his life libeling Israel.
Discovering the Bible’s Interconnected Narratives
The best way to read one book of the Tanakh can be through the lens of another.
Mordecai Kaplan’s Reflections on American Jewish Apathy
What the diaries of Reconstructionism’s founder reveal.