Methinks Mr. Katz doth protest too much. But I wish him shalom rav
anyway.
Shmuel Ben-Gad,
Gelman Library,
George Washington University.
Mme de Gramont...was called before the Revolutionary Tribunal to sta
I too had not intended to write again, however, I must protest Mr. Ben-
Gad's statement that what I said in my previous posting was "dismissing
reviews that appear in ideologiclaly [sic] committed publications". In
fact I said: "At question is who published it and how this can alert
us to a possibl
I hadn't intended ot write on this again, but , with all respect, I
cannot agree with Mr. Katz's dismissing reviews that appear in ideologiclaly
committed publications. (I leave aside the fact that the new historians
themselves tend to left-wing views which many say inform their own
historical work
Shmuel Ben-Gad writes that his "main point is that [Israel's] 'new
historians' views are seriously controverted within academia", and I
certainly agree with him. So what is a librarian selecting books for
the library to do? After all, it is impossible to become an instant
expert in this or any othe
Of course my main point is that the "new historians" views are
seriously controverted within academia, as Professor Karsh's wrtitings and
the other scholars I mentioned indicated. Another example is Yehoshua
Porath, emeritus profesor of Middle East History at Hebrew University who
wrote an essay q
Shmuel Ben-Gad names five scholars "ho [sic] I do not think would concur
with Mr. Katz". At the time I looked into the accuracy of Effraim Karsh's
book, I found some 20 reviews, about 3/4 of which were in scholarly
journals. Because of the controversial nature of the book and its thesis,
I read mos
Bernard Katz says that Professor Karsh is "not be trusted." Based upon their
comments on the book "Fabricating Israei History," these are some scholars ho
I do not think would concur with Mr. Katz: Itamar Rabinovich, Daniel Pipes.
Hyam Maccoby, J. C. Hurewitz, and Norman Berdichevsky.
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In his comment about Benny Morris, Shmuel Ben-Gad (Gelman Library,
George Washington University) referred to Efraim Karsh's 1997 book,
"Fabricating Israeli history: the 'new historians'", as having
"challenged the worth of at least some of [the new historians'] work.
Most reviews of Professor Karsh
Regarding the "new historian" mentioned by Mr. Katz, I think it
worthwhile
topoint out that the scholar Efraim Karsh has challenged the worth of
at least some of their work
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And some of these historians, e.g. Benny Morris, have come to explicity
repudiate their earlier work.
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Shalom lachem.
Regarding the "new historian" mentioned by Mr. Katz, I think it worthwhile
topoint out that the scholar Efraim Karsh has challenged the worth of
at least some of their work (e.g. in his book "Fabricating Israeli history
: the 'new historians.'"
Shmuel
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