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Israel divestment vote at UC Berkeley the latest sign of hostile campus environmentMay 8, 2013

On Israel, divestment and double standardsMay 1, 2013

How UC Berkeley killed BDSApril 29, 2013

A Look Beneath the Surface: Divestment's Path from Committee to Senate FloorApril 23, 2013

An Irish union's boycott fallacyApril 19, 2013

Can the Left Stand Up Against Anti-Semites?April 17, 2013

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Latest SPME News

Report: Anti-Israel NGOs receive US fundingNews and Analysis
May 21, 2013

A report presented to members of on Tuesday by Jerusalem-based research institute NGO Monitor shows that US...

Two Modern-Day Deborahs Fight Anti-SemitismBackground to the News
May 19, 2013

Deborah (Dvora) is the only woman judge mentioned in the Bible. She embodies the fighting women of the ancient...

Campus divestment campaign is a political war on IsraelNews and Analysis
May 16, 2013

At university campuses, particularly in California, anti-Israel divestment debates in student government have become a...

To Professors of Asian-American StudiesBackground to the News
May 16, 2013

Dear Colleagues: As you know, on April 20, on the last day of its annual meeting, the Association for Asian American...

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NEWS AND RECAPS

Apr 9 2013 What Right of Return? Join us at Boston University

Nov 15 2012 ASMEA 2012 Roundtable C: "The Causes and Consequences of Getting the Arab Spring Wrong: A Discussion"

Aug 30 2012 5th Annual ASMEA Conference

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SPME Statements

Brandeis Center and SPME Defend Tammi Rossman-Benjamin Against AttacksSPME Statements
May 20, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, May 20, 2013 -- The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) and Scholars for...

A Statement Condemning the Recent Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) Resolution Calling for a Boycott of Israeli UniversitiesSPME Statements
April 24, 2013

Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) vigorously condemns the actions of the membership of the Association for...

Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) 2013-14 FellowsSPME Statements
April 16, 2013

PHILADELPHIA - Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) is proud to announce its SPME Fellows for 2013-14, Sanaz Alasti,...

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From Our Members

Asia Is Becoming Israel's New Frontier - Here's WhyBy: Jonathan Adelman, PhD and Asaf Romirowsky, PhD
May 14, 2013

When we think of Israel, we usually think of the Middle East (its neighborhood), North America (its close ally the...

Building the Positive Peace: The Urgent Need to Bring the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Back to BasicsBy: Kobi Michael and Joel Fishman
May 8, 2013

It is generally accepted that the peace process, launched in 1993, went off the tracks and failed to meet the...

Review of Sprache der Judenfeindschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. (The Language of Enmity toward Jews in the Twenty-First Century)By: Elvira Grözinger
April 20, 2013

Monika Schwarz-Friesel and Jehuda Reinharz. Published by Walter De Gruyter Inc, 2013. $112 pp. 444 ...

Review of Żydzi w powstańczej Warszawie [Jews in the Warsaw Uprising]By: Mary V. Seeman
April 8, 2013

Barbara Engelking and Dariusz Libionka, Żydzi w powstańczej Warszawie [Jews in the Warsaw...

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Latest Outside News

ASUC Senate bill urges divestment from IsraelMay 7, 2013	Recognizing Hate Speech. Antisemitism on Facebook March 21, 2013
South Africa's ruling party endorses BDS campaign against IsraelDecember 21, 2012	York U grad students endorse BDS movementNovember 26, 2012
France Waking Up to Its Anti-Semitism?November 15, 2012	Brandeis Center Releases Guide for Combating Campus Anti-Semitism August 23, 2012
Narrow BDS Defeat Nothing to CelebrateJuly 6, 2012	Attacking Israel OnlineJuly 1, 2012
Lenin's Legacy: Why Jews Have Been Betrayed by the Radical LeftJune 29, 2012	McCain, Kyl knock ASU student divestment billJune 22, 2012

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SPME Faculty Forum

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SPME Speakers Bureau

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Matthias Kuntzel, PhD
	Matthias Küntzel (born 1955 ), is a German author and a political scientist. He is a research associate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.

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SPME Reviews & Recommendations

Review of Sprache der Judenfeindschaft im 21. Jahrhundert. (The Language of Enmity toward Jews in the Twenty-First Century)2013-04-20 17:51:58
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Review of Żydzi w powstańczej Warszawie [Jews in the Warsaw Uprising]2013-04-08 18:04:53
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