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Columbia SPME Chapter Presents First in Underground Lecture Series: What Archeology Tells Us About Israel: Lecture 1) What Biblical Archeology Tells Us About the First Temple Period with Alan Segal, Professor of Religion and Ingeborg Rennart Professor of

By: SPME

September 10, 2007

Scholars for Peace in the Middle East presents The Underground Lecture Series: What Archaeology Tells Us About Ancient Israel I. What Biblical Archaeology Tells Us About the First Temple Period Speaker: Alan F. Segal, PhDProfessor of Religion and Ingeborg Rennert…

Help Start the New Academic Year Right With Your Contribution to SPME…Help Us Transform SPME into An Important and Productive Academic Society and Presence On Campus, In Our Disciplines and In Our Communities…

By: SPME

August 6, 2007

SPME is delighted to welcome these 40 new donors to its honor roll of contributors. Please add your name by going to spme.org/donation.html Please don’t delay, do it today. Anonymous(1) Anonymous (1)Honoring The Excellent Contributions of Prof. Judith Jacobson Arthur…

Dr. Amy Gutmann: Statement Opposing Boycott of Israeli Academics

By: SPME

July 5, 2007

A small leadership group of the new British University and Colleges Union has recommended a boycott of Israeli universities and scholars by British universities. This proposed boycott represents a direct assault on a core principle of academic freedom. University scholars…

An Apology and Explanation to SPME Members Regarding SPME Philadelphia Israel Bonds Event Honoring SPME Board Member John Cohn MD

By: Edward S. Beck

December 7, 2006

Yesterday a letter meant for SPME Members in the Philadelphia area at Drexel, Villanova, University of Pennsylvania, Temple and other local Universities was accidently sent out to everyone. We received a good bit of feedback and several people going off…

Groundbreaking Israeli-Palestinian Academic Cooperation Goes Forward Despite

By: SPME

November 26, 2006

submitted by Berel Dov Lerner, Western Galilee College, Akko, Israel Jerusalem, November 26, 2006 — The First Middle East Symposium on DentalMedicine – a breakthrough in cooperation between Israeli and Palestinianacademics – will be held tomorrow, Nov. 27, in Jerusalem…

SPME University of Buffalo Co-Sponsors “Fighting Terror Within The Law” with Prof.Avi Bell, BIU Law School, Nov. 30, 2006

By: Joshua Hurwit

November 20, 2006

“The Overlooked Obligation to Fight Terror Under International Law” will be the subject of a lecture and discussion with Professor Abraham “Avi” Bell when he speaks at the University at Buffalo Law School on Thursday, Nov. 30. The event, which…

Ink Spilled Over Penn Chief’s Photo Faux Pas, By Anton S. Troianovski, The Harvard Crimson, November 07, 2006

By: SPME

November 10, 2006

Israel’s oldest English-language newspaper put it bluntly: “The president of one of the leading universities in the United States last week posed for photographs with a student dressed as a suicide bomber, The Jerusalem Post has learned.” The New York…

Professors from U. Maryland, Georgia Tech, Israel and Student React To SPME Statement on University of Pennsylvania “Suicide Bomber” Incident and President’s Actions

By: SPME

November 7, 2006

To SPME: The issue of what should happen following the publication of the revolting photo of University of Pennsylvania Amy Gutmann posed and smiling next to a student dressed as a suicide bomber also holding a toy machine gun is…

Richard Landes: Amy Gutmann’s Halloween Fadihah: How to Recover from A Public Humiliation

By: Richard Landes

November 7, 2006

http://www.theaugea nstables. com/2006/ 11/07/amy- gutmanns- halloween- fadihah-how- to-recover- from-a-public- humiliation On October 31, 2006, President Amy Gutmann held her annual Halloween party triggering an image and series of events that demonstrates much of what ails academia these days. While there…

Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Statement on University of Pennsylvania President and “Suicide Bomber” Incident and President Gutmann’s Letter to The University Community

By: Updated November 8, 2006

November 5, 2006

On October 31, 2006, President Amy Gutmann held her annual Halloween party. The following events occurred: **President Gutmann was allowing herself to have pictures taken with student guests at the party one by one. **President Gutmann let her picture be…