By Alexander Cockburn As an ongoing public display the accelerating mental collapse of Alan Dershowitz continues to afford us modest delight, and particular pleasure since he cites co-editor Cockburn as one of the contributory causes of his distress. Dershowitz has been much agitated in recent years by the charge, leveled by Normal Finkelstein that he, [...]
Read more →By ALEX MINDLIN A feud between Alan M. Dershowitz of Harvard Law School and Norman G. Finkelstein of DePaul University has prompted a change in publishers. At issue is a coming book by Mr. Finkelstein, “Beyond Chutzpah,” which charges Mr. Dershowitz with distorting facts in his 2003 book “The Case for Israel.” Mr. Dershowitz’s book [...]
Read more →To the Editor: Steven Zeitchik’s article fails to inform your readers about the lack of credibility of Norman Finkelstein. Peter Novick, the man who inspired Finkelstein to write The Holocaust Industry, had this to say about him: “As concerns particular assertions made by Finkelstein, the appropriate response is not (exhilarating) “debate” but (tedious) examination of [...]
Read more →By ALAN DERSHOWITZ Publication of The Case for Israel has made me the target of vicious personal attacks. A systematic effort to discredit the book, and me, has been undertaken by a well-organized group of Israel bashers led by Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, and Alexander Cockburn. As soon as the book reached the bestseller lists [...]
Read more →By Steven I. Weiss An academic battle simmering for two years is coming to a boil with the release next month of a new book taking aim at Harvard University professor Alan Dershowitz and his support for Israel. In the new book, “Beyond Chutzpah,” DePaul University professor Norman Finkelstein attempts to discredit Dershowitz’s 2003 bestseller, [...]
Read more →By Steven Plaut Marc H. Ellis is university professor and director of the Center for American and Jewish Studies at Baylor University, a Baptist University in Waco, Texas, not ordinarily on anyone’s radar map as a particularly notable institution when it comes to the field of Jewish scholarship. Indeed, theologically Waco is best known for [...]
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