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March 18, 2015

The American Studies Association Elects a Board of Israel Haters

Including . . . Steven Salaita.

The American Studies Association (ASA) made headlines last year for endorsing a boycott of Israel and then retreating from its position. It recently elected a BDS supporter as its president, and three additional supporters as members of its four-person governing council. They include Steven Salaita, whose blatantly anti-Israel pronouncements cost him a job at the University of Illinois. David Bernstein comments:

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March 18, 2015

  1. Congress Should Insist on Its Say in Any Iran Deal

    "If Congress is going to have a role in the crash landing, it should have a role in the takeoff."

  2. Howard Jacobson on a World Where History Has Become Taboo

    His new novel "J" imagines a future in which Jewish identity has been both erased and universalized.

  3. The American Studies Association Elects a Board of Israel Haters

    Including . . . Steven Salaita.

  4. Why Westerners Fail to Understand the Crisis of the Middle East

    "Why do we keep getting this wrong?"

  5. Why Tradition Matters

    Are we really so much wiser than those who came before us?