Posts Tagged: Middle Eastern Studies
The Middle East Studies Association Is Fundamentally Anti-Zionist
The room at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, DC, was overflowing for a special session billed as “Thinking Palestine Intersectionally.” The audience filled the seats,...
Middle East Studies Association Panel Reserves Outrage Only for Israel
Israel Studies are rarely centerstage at annual conferences of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA); but when they are, one can be certain that they’ll be the...
Fresno State Administration Rejects Accusation That Jewish Faculty Influenced Decision to Terminate Search for New Middle East Studies Professor
California State University-Fresno (Fresno State) administrators have vigorously denied a faculty member's accusation that his Jewish peers pressured the administration into terminating the search for...
More American Jews Choose to Study Arab World, Results Vary
More Americans than ever are taking up studies of the Arab world and many of them are Jewish, The New York Times reports. While lacking definitive...
Hebrew-Speaking Egyptians Embrace New Role in Revolution 2.0 (VIDEO)
The military coup in Egypt has given Israelis a chance to witness a revolution of a different sort in their neighboring country: fluency in the...
Israel Apartheid Week: The Dirty Product of a Grotesque Alliance
The enemies of Israel neither slumber nor sleep. Right now they are engaged in "Israel Apartheid Week," spewing fire and vitriol at the Jewish...
Palgrave Macmillan Participates in “Israel Apartheid Week”
I published a book, The Hidden Hand, with St Martin's Press in 1996 and had a good experience with the house. Which gives...
New Institute Seeks to Consolidate the Growing Field of Israel Studies
In response to the Jewish community's concern with the growth of anti-Israel bias and pro-Palestinian sympathies on college campuses, the field of Israel Studies has...
