Posts Tagged: Martin Kramer
New York Times Recycles a Ben-Gurion Myth
As press criticism goes, it rarely gets better than the two-stage demolition by Martin Kramer of a recent frontpage New York Times column by Max...
Scholars: Middle Eastern Studies Association’s Vote to Remove Self-Description as ‘Non-Political’ Indicates It’s Preparing to Pass Anti-Israel Boycott Resolution
A renowned American-Israel historian told The Algemeiner on Tuesday that the vote earlier this month by members of a US academic society to remove the term "non-political"...
Expert: Blatant Anti-Israel Slant ‘Suicidal’ for Reputation, Continuity of Mideast Scholars Association
A prominent Jerusalem-based historian likened the anti-Israel efforts of a controversial academic body to a "suicide belt that kills only the bomber, causing its death to be self-inflicted." Dr. Martin...
‘Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Movement to Boycott Israel’ (REVIEW)
Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Movement to Boycott Israel, by Cary Nelson, (MLA Members for Scholars’ Rights and Indiana...
Martin Kramer’s Scholarly Views on Israel, Islam and the Middle East (REVIEW)
Martin Kramer chairs the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Department at Shalem College, and recently completed a seven-year stint as president there. A scholar of the...
Ari Shavit’s Other Sin
The evident suffering of Israeli journalist Ari Shavit, who has resigned from Haaretz and his television news slot following allegations of sexual harassment for which...
Why Ari Shavit Should Have Been Discredited, But Wasn’t
It is an astounding commentary on our times that Israeli journalist Ari Shavit has been shamed publicly – to the point of losing his livelihood...
‘Cranky’ New York Times Editorialists Fester Over Palestinian Grievances Amid Warming Israeli-Arab Regional Ties
With a presidential election underway, along with a genocide in Syria involving the use of chemical weapons, the New York Times chooses to devote the...
A Promise That Should Be Kept
The leader of the Reform movement of Judaism just opened the door to a machloket l’shem shamayim – an argument for the sake of heaven – that,...
Middle East Studies in Upheaval
The troubled academic study of the Middle East and Islam by Americans is changing in fundamental ways. I offer some thoughts based on 42 years...
