SPME Research

A Courageous Voice for Peace

Author’s Note: When I wrote Ed Beck (and he wrote the Board) about my Bangladeshi friend and colleague, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, it was suggested I write an original piece for SPME members. Mr. Choudhury’s goal is to pierce the…

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Antisemitsm-Betrayal of History; Betrayal of Truth

No people has been maligned more than have the Jews-no people. It’s not even close. It has been widespread-encompassing locations with little or no Jews-and millennia-long-going back at least to Tacitus. Most of major social institutions, including governments and all…

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A Place to Hide

Associate Professor Counselor Education Central Michigan University I have been sitting shiva with my Jewish daughter-in-law and her family. She quite suddenly lost her sister to a very malignant Cancer and the loss of a young, vibrant, talented woman has…

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THE YALE BOMBINGS: A MORAL TEST

On Wednesday, May 22, a bomb exploded at Yale Law School. Fortunately, no one was hurt. As of this writing, no one has taken “credit” for the violence nor have the authorities blamed any group, or linked the incident in…

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Anti-Semitism in Academia

Task ForceRuth Contreras, Ph.D. Vienna Austria, ChairJudith R. Jacobson, Dr. P.H., Columbia UniversityRichard Benkin, Ph.D., Chicago ILEdward S. Beck, Ed.D, CCMHC, NCC, LPC., Susquehanna Institute Approved March 20, 2003 by the Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Board of…

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Terrorist Profs

From www.danielpipes.org | Original article available at: www.danielpipes.org/article/1032 “It was quiet in [Cooper Hall] 464 Thursday night,” noted the student newspaper, “where [Sameeh] Hammoudeh’s 6 p.m. Arabic IV class was scheduled to meet. Two students who hadn’t heard of his…

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Intimidation Free Campuses

Prepared by Edward S. Beck, Ed.D., CCMHC, NCC, LPCPresident and CEO Scholars for Peace in the Middle EastApproved by the SPME Board 12.10.02 The modern university has historically striven to be an honest forum for competing ideas, freedom of speech…

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