Posts Tagged: Bernard Lewis
Holocaust ‘Shutting Down Debate’ About Treatment of Palestinians, New York Times Frets
The real problem with the Holocaust is that it is "shutting down debate about Israeli treatment of Palestinians." That's the argument getting respectful attention in a...
A Voice of Sanity in the Campus Effort to Demonize Israel
The Association for Middle East and African Studies (ASMEA) held its 16th annual gathering from November 4-6 in Washington, DC, a few blocks from George...
Afghanistan’s Fall Is a Message to US Allies
As the scenes of Afghanistan's fall to the Taliban continue to unfold following the US decision to withdraw its 2,500 remaining troops -- and the...
Washington Post Amnesia on Israel and ‘Annexation’
JNS.org - “History,” the late historian Bernard Lewis wrote, “is the collective memory and if we think of the social body in terms of the...
With Iran Backtracking on Hijabs, Regime Senses Its Own Weakness
JNS.org - Iranian Vice President Massoumeh Ebtekar made a surprising statement on Wednesday: that women in Iran shouldn’t be forced to wear the hijab. “Our position is that it’s...
Middle East Studies Professors Back Antisemitic BDS Campaign
The renowned Middle East scholar Bernard Lewis once observed that Middle East Studies programs have been distorted by “a degree of thought control and limitations...
Happy 100th Birthday to Our Dear Friend, Bernard Lewis
It was a very entertaining 90th birthday, exactly 10 years ago, for which people from all over the world came to Philadelphia, to celebrate with Princeton Professor...
An Appreciation of Bernard Lewis
The historian Bernard Lewis celebrated his 100th birthday on Tuesday. Three quotes establish his career. Martin Kramer, a former student of Lewis, sums up his teacher's accomplishments: Bernard Lewis emerged...
Jewish 100, 2015: Bernard Lewis – Voices
Bernard Lewis Historian Over his long academic career, Bernard Lewis has arguably become the world's greatest historian of the Middle East, specifically the history of Islam and...
Guardian Book Review Casually Mentions Israeli ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
Though we haven't read the book by Arun Kundnani (a Soros Foundation Fellow who has appeared at events sponsored by the Khomeinist Islamic Human Rights Commission) titled 'The Muslims Are Coming!',...
A Real Leader Is One Who Repents
I was once present when the great historian of Islam, Bernard Lewis, was asked to predict the course of events in the Middle East. He...
Why the West Cares about Turkey’s Diplomatic Conflict with Israel
Under the surface, there have been growing concerns in the West about the general direction of Turkish foreign policy under Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and...
How Anti-Semitism Prevents Peace
Despite the obsessive preoccupation with Israeli building activities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the greatest obstacle to peace between the Israelis and the...
How Jihad Influenced the Norway Massacre
In his manifesto, Anders Breivik, the perpetrator of the Norway massacre, in which 80 people were killed and many wounded, mentioned the Crusades and aspects...
