NYU Fires Shot In Campus Wars

Jewish Week, The, May, 2003 by Greenberg, Eric J.

Greenberg, Eric J. The Jewish Week 05-02-2003 In recent months a debate has emerged on American college campuses about whether the teaching of Middle East history and politics on American campuses is slanted by the prevalence of Palestinian professors. Last winter, the Jewish chaplain at Columbia University called for administration officials to hire a full-time Jewish academic to teach Middle East politics, to "balance" the several full-time professors of Palestinian or Arabic descent who conduct classes on the subjects. Into the fray comes New York University, which this week announced the opening of the Taub Center for Israel Studies, whose director will be noted Jewish historian Robert Chazan. The Taub Center will include an endowed professorship and two...

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