Controversial Film Roils Columbia

Jewish Week, The, October, 2004 by Leibovitz, Liel

Leibovitz, Liel The Jewish Week 10-29-2004 Documentary alleging anti-Israel bias by professors countered by many on campus. Where does open debate end and intimidation begin? When news broke last week of the existence of a new film allegedly exposing anti-Israeli bias at Columbia University, the campus was thrown.

into turmoil yet again over the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. The unreleased film, produced by the David Project, a Boston-based organization devoted to promoting Israeli positions, is said to consist of interviews with Columbia students who speak of instances of intimidation and harassment from professors, particularly in the Middle East and Asian Languages and Culture department (MEALAC), a department long thought by some in the pro-Israel...

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