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Barnard Alumnae Opposing Tenure for Anthropologist
in response to reader comment: Wholly inaccurate

Submitted by Herbert Kaine, Nov 19, 2006 15:20

Columbia/Barnyard has a history of hiring "scholars" whose only qualification is hostility to Judaism. Ms El-Hajj clearly fits this profile. If Columbia wants to enrich its profile as a fortress of anti-Semitism, it could hire David Irving and Arthur Butz, both Holocaust deniers to their university. Other "luminaries" would include Amiri Baraka, a mediocre poet who claimed Jews had foreknowledge of 9/11. Lisa Anderson of Columbia, who invited Iranian goverment officials to Columbia, could send a delegation to participate in the Holocaust denial conference coming up in Iran. Walt and Mearsheimer could speak on how the "Jewish lobby" is responsible for everything from the Asian tsunami to global warming to HIV. With a few more hires, Columbia/Barnyard could be a crown jewel of anti-Semitism which would make former president Nicholas Murray Butler gleam with pride. Of course, not self respecting Jew should send their son or daughter to this "university".


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I graduated from Barnard in 1960 and have, up until now, been very proud of my alma mater. The hiring... [MORE]

Maxine E. Schwartz 

Nov 20, 2006 11:03

I would like an explanation of why this particular person with an obvious bias is considered for such a prestigious... [MORE]

Elaine Winer Berman 

Nov 28, 2006 20:47

As a Barnard Alumna I am also shocked and appalled that consideration would even be given to such a biased... [MORE]

Rosanne Leeson 

Nov 29, 2006 19:18

As a guide at the Israel Museum and a student of archaeology at Hebrew University I fail to understand where... [MORE]

Barbara Liebgott 

Nov 17, 2006 01:30

Columbia/Barnyard has a history of hiring "scholars" whose only qualification is hostility to Judaism. Ms El-Hajj clearly fits this profile....

Herbert Kaine 

Nov 19, 2006 15:20

How ridiculous her book is, especially if you know the history of Israel and the Jews. I have been a... [MORE]

Kathleen Wagar 

Nov 17, 2006 00:06

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