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Avi Shilon has taught with the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University and the Taub Center for Israel Studies at New York University. He also has been a postdoctoral fellow at The Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the…
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Cary Nelson is Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts & Sciences Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an affiliated faculty member at the University of Haifa. Nelson’s most recent books are Hate Speech and Academic Freedom: The Antisemitic…
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Steve McGuire is the Paul & Karen Levy Fellow in Campus Freedom at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. Dr. McGuire directs ACTA’s Campus Freedom Initiative, which encourages colleges and universities to adopt policies and practices that support free…
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Ammar Abdulhamid is a Syrian-American author and pro-democracy activist. Exiled from Syria in 2005 for his criticism of the Assad regime, Ammar has since become a prominent voice for democratic reform. Recognized by The New York Times, Newsweek, and the…
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Kenneth Stein is Emeritus Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History, Political Science, and Israel Studies at Emory University and President of the Atlanta-based Center for Israel Education. He is the author of The Land Question in Palestine, 1917–1939 (1984) and…
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Seth J. Frantzman is an adjunct fellow at FDD. He is the author of three books — The October 7 War: Israel’s Battle for Security in Gaza (2024), Drone Wars: Pioneers, Killing Machines, Artificial Intelligence, and the Battle for the…
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As we are marking the one-year anniversary of 10/07, we invite you to listen our latest webinar with Amir Tibon. Tibon is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent for Haaretz and the author of the newly released book: “The Gates of Gaza:…
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Samantha Harris, Esq. has dedicated her career to protecting free speech and civil liberties. Her advice has guided students, faculty, administrators, and attorneys on issues of free speech and due process on campus for more than 15 years. Harris now…
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Barak Mendelsohn is a Professor of Political Science at Haverford College. He holds a doctoral degree in Government from Cornell University, MA in Security Studies from Tel Aviv University, and BA in Middle East Studies from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.…
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Gadi Taub is a Senior Lecturer at the Federmann School of public policy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He holds a Ph.D. in American History from Rutgers University. His books include bestselling works of fiction and non-fiction the most…
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