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THE YALE BOMBINGS: A MORAL TEST

June 2, 2003

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…

REMEMBER THE VICTIMS OF TERROR AT THE SEDER: LEAVE ONE EMPTY CHAIR AT THE TABLE

By: Gil Troy

April 16, 2003

Gil Troy is Professor of History at McGill University and the author of Why I Am A Zionist: Israel, Jewish Identity and the Challenges of Today. He is member of SPME Once again, during this year’s seders, we will celebrate…

Anti-Semitism in Academia

By: Judith S. Jacobson

March 20, 2003

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…

Terrorist Profs

By: Daniel Pipes

February 24, 2003

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…

Sami Al-Arian and Moral Turpitude

By: Edward S. Beck

January 1, 2003

Whether you like Bill O’Reilly or not, he has performed a high mitzvah in outting and insisting that the University of South Florida’s Sami Al-Arian has aided and abetted terrorists in this country and around the world, leading to his…

Mandatory Learning of Islam in Educational Institutions

By: Judith S. Jacobson

January 1, 2003

Prepared by:Judith Jacobson, Dr.P.H.ColumbiaUniversityand Charles Isbell, Ph.D., LouisianaStateUniversity.Approved by Scholars for Peace in the Middle EastBoard January 2003 On the morning of September 11, 2001, terrorists in the United States, acting in the name of Islam, murdered more than 3000…

Intimidation Free Campuses

By: Edward S. Beck

December 10, 2002

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…