New publication from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Title: Academics Against Israel and the Jews
Edited by Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, Chairman of the Board of Fellows at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (www.jcpa.org) Foreword by Natan Sharansky The new century has seen many attempts to discriminate against Israel, its academic institutions, and its scholars in several Western countries. This includes boycotting Israeli universities and academics as well as calling for divestment from Israeli securities. The campaigns frequently use anti-Semitic motifs and sometimes also involve violent anti-Semitic acts. The propaganda war that is perpetrated against Israel, Zionists and Jews on the university campus should be a source of worry to all. Eighteen essays from four continents discuss a variety of cases of discrimination and how Israel and Jews can defend themselves against such initiatives. Among the essays are analyses of events on many prestigious Western campuses of higher-education, including Columbia, Rutgers, Harvard, California-Irvine, Concordia and SOAS in the UK. The book also has chapters about anti-Semitism on Australian, Austrian, Canadian, British, Dutch and European campuses. There are also chapters on the reaction to anti-Semitism by organizations such as Stand With Us and Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. The recent attempted boycott by the UCU in the U.K is explained and analyzed. Also included is a chapter on anti-Semitism in Palestinian universities. Natan Sharansky has contributed the foreword and there is a lengthy informative introduction by Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, where the global situation is described and pieced together. These actions should be seen in the context of the much broader, multiple, ongoing attacks against Israel and the Jewish people. These initiatives are part of a postmodern global war and often are directly related to anti-Semitism. This global war is multi-sourced, fragmented, and often diffuse and discontinuous. The discriminatory actions against Israel prove that in many universities, academic freedom is abused as a subtle device to promote extremist ideologies and protect misbehavior. This is one among many reasons why what happens on campus should be subject to much greater external scrutiny. That would likely lead to a long-lasting general reassessment of issues concerning academia such as free speech, academic freedom, uncontrolled campus extremism including incitement to violence, university autonomy, the politicization of science, and the discrepancy in norms between academia and society at large. "This volume is essential reading for allÂ…. Read this book, learn, and go forth and speak truth to bigotry." Professor Alan Dershowitz, Harvard University To purchase this book on Amazon, click on this link http://www.amazon.com/Academics-Against-Israel-Manfred-Gerstenfeld/dp/9652180572/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197149086&sr=8-1 For further information write to Ashley Perry at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mr. Ashley Perry Development Coordinator Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Beit Milken 13, Tel Hai Jerusalem Tel 972 2 561 9281 Fax 972 2 561 9112 Mobile 972 54 555 1974 www.jcpa.org Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
