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After Battle, Barnard Professor Given Tenure

Submitted by Niels Peter Lemche, Nov 2, 2007 07:38

Very good news indeed. She has been persecuted like a witch from the 17th century. Altough she did not do much that was not already admitted by many Jewish colleagues like Kletter, Silberman, Finkelstein and more.

This way of handling history and archaeology goes back to the very beginnings of the modern state of Israel. Ben Gurion, the first prime minister, assembled a group of learned people around him for just that purpose. Ther noted Jewish historian Abraham Malamat belonged among them, and he has never made a secret of it.

Niels Peter Lemche

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Kattey

Nov 3, 2007 17:50

I think there are other reasons rather than tenure that played a role in her getting tenure at Barnard. You... [MORE]

Kattey

Nov 3, 2007 10:59

Ms. Abu El-Haj, the archeology professor at Columbia University, just given tenure, has as her thesis that Jews are creating... [MORE]

Lawrence Kuznick

Nov 3, 2007 07:46

Columbia, like many other colleges and Universities in America, takes lots of money from the Saudis and have done so... [MORE]

Barbara S. Dobbin

Nov 2, 2007 17:50

Very good news indeed. She has been persecuted like a witch from the 17th century. Altough she did not do...

Niels Peter Lemche

Nov 2, 2007 07:38

My congratulations to Columbia University! The Sun's implicit bias here against Professor Nadia is not really so implicit. I am a... [MORE]

Anon

Nov 2, 2007 01:24

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