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Alan Dershowitz

Not About BDS

Kristofer Petersen-Overton | Posted 04.08.2013 | New York
Read More: Dov Hikind, Judith Butler, Omar Barghouti, Bds, Brooklyn College, Israel-Palestine, Alan Dershowitz, New York News
Kristofer Petersen-Overton

There is something particularly poisonous about the kind of political opportunism on display at Brooklyn College right now. The rapid manufacture of a national controversy in this case reveals, once again, the tenuous state of academic freedom on our campuses.

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Alan Dershowitz, Defender of Academic Freedom - Heal Thyself!

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics
Read More: Bds, Norman Finkelstein, University of California, Judith Butler, Alan Dershowitz, Israel, Palestine, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Omar Barghouti, Frank Menetrez, Brooklyn College, Politics News
Jonathan Weiler

While trumpeting himself as a defender of academic freedom, Alan Dershowitz's actual record calls that self-approbation into doubt.

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Jeffrey Toobin On the Supreme Court: "Yes, It's Very Political"

92nd Street Y | Posted 02.23.2013 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Republican Party, Jeffrey Toobin, Alan Dershowitz, Politics News
92nd Street Y

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin spoke with Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz at 92Y on November 16, 2012. In this clip, Toobin talks about whethe...

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Why Obama Needs to Stop Netanyahu's Dangerous Driving

David Miles | Posted 01.30.2013 | World
Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian UN Bid, Gaza, Palestinian Statehood, Alan Dershowitz, United Nations, Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Barack Obama, Israel Gaza Conflict, World News
David Miles

President Obama needs to start spending some of the political capital he earned through his election victory to help restart the peace process, which has stalled since Mr. Netanyahu took office four years ago.

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Can Photos From Gaza Help Blaze the Path to Peace?

Linda Milazzo | Posted 01.28.2013 | Media
Read More: Photos, Journalists, Operation Pillar of Freedom, Palestinian, War, Alan Dershowitz, Amy Goodman, Holocaust, Hamas, Hiroshima, Barack Obama, Nagasaki, Gaza, Vietnam, Dead Baby Strategy, Israel, Weaponized Drones, Democracy Now, Media News
Linda Milazzo

One can't emphasize enough the unique ability media has to influence public opinion.

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Jeffrey Toobin: "What A Radical Argument It Was To Try and Have This Healthcare Law Overturned"

92nd Street Y | Posted 01.20.2013 | Politics
Read More: Supreme Court, Affordable Care Act, John Roberts, Obamacare, Jeffrey Toobin, Alan Dershowitz, Politics News
92nd Street Y

CNN Legal Analyst and author of The Oath, Jeffrey Toobin, spoke with Alan Dershowitz on Friday, November 16 about the Obama administration and the S...

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Alan Dershowitz: "A Time for the Pro-Israel Community to Unite"

92nd Street Y | Posted 01.20.2013 | World
Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Hamas, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Jeffrey Toobin, Alan Dershowitz, World News
92nd Street Y

Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz spoke with CNN Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin on November 16, 2012. In this clip, Alan gives his thoughts on th...

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Call It Democracy 2012: An Electoral Storm

Matt Kohn | Posted 01.01.2013 | Politics
Read More: Electronic Voting, Sandy, Florida, Natural Disasters, Electoral Reform, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Texas, Democrats, Voting Problems, New York, Barack Obama, Hurricane Sandy, Voting Rights, Ohio, Electoral College, Voting, Republicans, Vincent Bugliosi, Black Voters, Jamin Raskin, Alan Dershowitz, Documentary Film, Fraud, Sandra Day O'Connor, Matthew Kohn, Voter ID Laws, Documentary, Absentee Ballots, Richard Posner, Voter Fraud, Politics News
Matt Kohn

There is no better time than the present for American citizens to take a look at the history of presidential elections through the lens of the Electoral College.

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Joshua Hersh

Palestinian President Signals Willingness To Restart Talks

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 09.25.2012 | World
Read More: Palestinian Authority, West Bank Protests, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, Arab Spring, West Bank, Egypt, Alan Dershowitz, Robert Wexler, World News

In a private appearance with Jewish leaders in New York on Monday night, a conciliatory Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he felt the...

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Remembering Alexander Cockburn

Conn Hallinan | Posted 10.14.2012 | Media
Read More: Alexander Cockburn, Counterpunch, Antisemitism, Village Voice, Global Warming, Alan Dershowitz, Media News
Conn Hallinan

For Chaos heard his voice: him all his Traine Follow'd in the bright procession to behold Creation, and the wonders of his might. --Parad...

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The Bible And Constitution Protect The KKK's Right To 'Adopt-A-Highway'

Eliyahu Federman | Posted 09.04.2012 | Religion
Read More: Racism, Hate Speech, Judaism, Religious Tolerance, Kkk, First Amendment, Alan Dershowitz, Bible, U.S. Constitution, Religion and Politics, Religion News
Eliyahu Federman

Racist, homophobic and hateful organizations like the KKK undermine their ideology more than promote it. Allowing them to speak in public helps expose them for who they are. The best way to respond and defeat those ideologies is by exposing them.

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Report Shows More Than One Side to Zimmerman Storyline

Jeff Norman | Posted 07.03.2012 | Crime
Read More: Jeralyn Merritt, George Zimmerman, Angela Corey, Special Prosecutor, Alan Dershowitz, Trayvon Martin, Video, Crime News
Jeff Norman

Those who demanded a criminal prosecution see themselves as righteous defenders of a victim, but they fail to realize Zimmerman is also a victim, because he's been denied the presumption of innocence to which he's entitled.

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The Unchecked Charging Power of the Prosecutor

Radley Balko | Posted 06.13.2012 | Crime
Read More: George Zimmerman, Prosecutorial Discretion, Bennett Gershman, Trayvon Martin, Alan Dershowitz, Criminal Justice, Angela Corey, Prosecutors, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Crime News
Radley Balko

The power prosecutors have to charge people with crimes is often overlooked.

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Old Jews Telling Jokes

Posted 12.27.2011 | Fifty
Read More: Jokes, Comedians, Old Jews Telling Jokes, Stand-Up Comedy, Alan Dershowitz, Jewish Guilt, Jewish Humor, Comedy, Fifty News

Anyone who is cleaning up wrapping paper, taking down decorations and cleaning up the mess left from the holiday rush will appreciate this midday, Int...

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Can Larry David Bring Peace To The Middle East?

Posted 01.30.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Middle East, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Larry David, Alan Dershowitz, Palestinian Chicken, Israel, Larry David Curb Your Enthusiasm, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Middle East Peace, Video, Entertainment News

Larry David isn't generally known as a peace maker, but an episode of his show, "Curb Your Enthusiasm," could just help solve one of the most intracta...

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The Jewish Solution Problem

Dovid Efune | Posted 01.02.2012 | Religion
Read More: Anti-Semitism, Holocaust, Alan Dershowitz, Islamist Fascism, Jewish Problem, Jewish Enemies, Jewish Mindset, Judeophobia, Judaism, Jewish Victimhood, Unmasked Judeophobia Documentary, Holocaust Mentality, Religion News
Dovid Efune

We need to be proactive, aggressive and constantly on the attack, pushing forward the Jewish narrative and positions, holding haters and their enablers accountable in a relentless fashion.

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Famed Lawyer's In-Law Dies In Crash

AP | Posted 09.02.2011 | New York
Read More: Lawyers, Accident, Hit and Run, Alan Dershowitz, Marilyn Dershowitz, Marilyn Dershowitz Rip, US Postal Service, New York News

NEW YORK — A U.S. Postal Service truck driver accidentally struck and killed a retired state Supreme Court special referee who was the sister-in...

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Freedom of the Press vs. State Secrets

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.15.2011 | Media
Read More: Ayatollah, David Sanger, October Surprise, Donald Gregg, State Secrets, Alan Dershowitz, Intelligence Squared, Iran, Cyrus Hashemi, Michael Chertoff, Freedom of the Press, Democratic Party, Reagan-Bush Campaign, National Securities Staff, Gabriel Schoenfeld, Tehran, President Carter, American Hostages, Intelligence Squared Debate, Media News
Reese Schonfeld

Does the press have the right to disclose some secrets? I believe that too many documents are designated "top-secret" when they really should be designated "embarrassing."

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A Better Medium: Baha'i And The Future of Journalism

Paula Gordon | Posted 06.04.2011 | Religion
Read More: Democratic Dialog, Cornel West, Paula Gordon, Future of Journalism, Bahá?í, Baha'i Faith, Alan Dershowitz, Baha'i Justice, Jewish Social Justice, Journalism, Religion News
Paula Gordon

It's encouraging to know that at least one of the world's faith traditions puts justice where it belongs: front and center.

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Dershowitz Versus Horton on Lawfare: Real Threat or Illusion?

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Goldstone Report, Operation Cast Lead, Alan Dershowitz, International Human Rights Law, Lawfare, Scott Horton, Hamas, Israel, Human Shields, Palestinians, Attorneys, Debate, Charles J. Dunlap Jr., Princeton Club, CLE Credit, The LawFare Project, New York News
Heather Robinson

Rhetorical sparks flew in Manhattan yesterday as Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter professor of law at Harvard University, and Scott Horton, contribu...

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So, You Think You Earn an Honest Living?

Crystal Syben Haidl | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Community Capitalism, Social Capitalism, Honesty, Alan Dershowitz, Economic Crisis, Joe Klein, Jobs, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Democracy, George Bernard Shaw, Capitalism, Honest America, Tea Party Movement, Infrastructure, Labor, Labor Day, Food Inc., Work, Family Values, Values, Honest Living, Kalamazoo, Economic Terrorism, Nostra Culpa, Honest Work, Will Rogers, Honest Economy, Accountability, Civilianality, Michael Moore Sicko, Politics News
Crystal Syben Haidl

While Tea Partiers, pundits, lobbyists and mid-term candidates are out-shouting mantras on how to fix the system, the one thing almost everyone agrees...

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For Doctors Without Borders, the Welfare of Patients Always Comes First

Matthew Spitzer | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Doctors Without Borders, Israel, Haaretz, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Alan Dershowitz, World News
Matthew Spitzer

Fundamental to our work are the principles of neutrality and impartiality. Suggestions that we would put the welfare of patients at risk due to political or other biases are simply unfounded.

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Rabbi Michael Lerner: Polemics and Distortions Are Anti-Peace

Suzette Standring | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Jews, Israelis, Tikkun, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Vandalism, Alan Dershowitz, Richard Goldstone, Jewish People, Middle East, Israel, Beyt Tikkun, Obama, Hamas, Palestinians, World News
Suzette Standring

Rabbi Lerner's San Francisco home was defaced by political posters permanently glued on by whom he suspects to be right wing Zionists critical of him and Richard Goldstone.

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It Is Goldstone Who Is Politicizing Grandson's Bar Mitzvah

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Goldstone Report, Alan Dershowitz, Richard Goldstone, Blood Libel, Politics News
Alan Dershowitz

Richard Goldstone should not use his grandson's bar mitzvah to selectively silence rabbis who disagree with his report.

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My Direct Challenge to J Street

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: J Street, Alan Dershowitz, Politics News
Alan Dershowitz

It is typical of J Street to blame Israel and its supporters for everything, without putting any of the responsibility on those who are truly to blame.

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