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1. This book is an exposition of the actual and personal consequences of the BDS assault on university campuses. 2. Its authors include a senior scholar in American history and a senior scholar in philosophy. Both are strong followers of the BDS movement on American college and university campus. Pessin maintains a news outlet on matters concerning Jews and Israel. 3. Work on antisemitism is an important component of our Jewish studies list. Books in this area provide a unique contribution to understanding the resurgence of religiously motivated violence and hate speech.
This volume highlights the role of Jewish scholars within the field of Oriental studies in the 19th and 20th century. It discusses their views of Islam and the "Orient" in the context of concepts such as orientalism, colonialism, and modernity. The analysis shows that Jewish oriental research provides a way of understanding some of the particularities of the boundaries between European frameworks of thought.
No sectarian division has had a more momentous impact than that between the two dominant branches of Islam. Widely considered the world's leading expert on the subject, Toby Matthiesen offers the full story of the Sunni-Shia split, delving down to its roots in the early days of Islam and following it to the present day and its effect on current events not just in the Middle East but globally.
This book explores Hizbullah's understanding of 'being Lebanese' to meet evolving political challenges and gain influence within Lebanon and the wider region.
A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN TODAY'S MIDDLE EAST God Has Ninety-Nine Names is a gripping, authoritative account of the epic battle between modernity and militant Islam that is is reshaping the Middle East. Judith Miller, a reporter who has covered the Middle east for twenty years, takes us inside the militant Islamic movements in ten countries: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Algeria, Libya, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Isreal and Iran. She shows that just as there is no unified Arab world, so there is no single Islam: The movements are as different as the countries in which they are rooted. Vivid and comprehensive, Miller's first-and report reveals the meaning of the tumultuous events that will continue to affect the prospects for Arab-Isreali peace and the potential for terrorism worlwide.
Biography of Martin Kramer, currently President at Shalem College, previously Senior Research Fellow at The Shalem Center and Senior Research Fellow at The Shalem Center.
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From the John Holmes Library collection.