Edward S. Beck
Co-Founder and President Emeritus, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
Contributing Faculty Member, Walden UniversityCo-Founder and President Emeritus, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
Contributing Faculty Member, Walden UniversityHawking’s behavior is based on inaccurate, biased information. If he has insightful thoughts about resolving the Israeli-Palestinian issues, let him come and share them. Stating them at the conference is the way for them to have impact. Two recent…
read moreHaving been an American high school exchange student in the north of England, in Wallasey, during the wonderfully colorful years of 1962-63, and having visited the UK more than any other country in my life, with many friends there, I…
read moreI have just returned from one of five days of intense focus on the Middle East and the US-Israel Relations meeting with government officials, pundits, experts and just plain folks who are supporters of Israel. Regardless of what anyone may…
read moreEdward S. Beck, Ed.D., CCMHC, NCC, LPC, is Co-Founder SPME and Immediate Past President SPME (2002-2009) and Co-Editor, SPME Faculty Forum (2002-2010) With the start of the Second Intifada in 2002 and with a son about to enter the Sackler…
read more(This is second in a series of articles where Ed Beck, SPME Co-Founder and Past President, 2002-2009, shares reflections on the historical growth and development of SPME which has become international largest group of academics addressing anti-Israelism and antisemitism in…
read moreThis past Thursday I had the pleasure to meet, greet and address nearly 300 faculty colleagues at a reception arranged by the Philadelphia Jewish Community Relations Council of Philadelphia which was co-hosted by the Israeli Consul General of Philadelphia. I…
read moreThis Spring, the SPME leadership has seen a rise in calls from SPME network participants to “do something” about the increased presence of aggressive anti-Israelism, anti-Semitism, hate speech and incitement on college campuses. From all accounts by organizations that monitor…
read moreThe newly established Association for the Study of Middle East and Africa, established only six months ago, held its inaugural conference in Washington DC 24-26, 2008. The “non-partisan, non-profit academic society [was] founded with the goal of providing an interdisciplinary…
read moreOver the last five and one half years, I have seen many community advocacy organizations and Hillel hold “summits” and “conferences” on combating anti-Israelism, promoting accountability in academic freedom in colleges and universities and staging huge dog and pony shows…
read moreWhen Judith Jacobson of Columbia University and I co-founded the Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Yahoogroups Listserv in 2002, little did we dream that in just 5 years, we would have over 10,000 network subscribers to our SPME…
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