Mitchell Bard
By Mitchell Bard
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Opinion It’s time for Harvard to reckon with its anti-Semitic legacy
As Americans continue to struggle with a history of racism, removing monuments to the men who defended slavery and betrayed their country, isn’t it time to also remove those honoring anti-Semites? The Forward identified eight, including those honoring Henry Ford, George Patton and Charles Lindbergh. But there is a ninth that deserves more immediate attention….
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Books Author Blog: Waiting Too Long To Teach About Israel
Mitchell Bard is the author/editor of 22 books, including “Israel Matters” and “The Arab Lobby: The Invisible Alliance That Undermines America’s Interests in the Middle East.” His blog posts are being featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog Series. For more information on the series,…
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Opinion A Prime Minister’s Bottom Line
Israel’s prime minister was very clear in explaining his bottom lines — and his red lines — for the peace process. “In the framework of the permanent solution,” he said, “we aspire to reach, first and foremost, the State of Israel as a Jewish state” and “alongside it, a Palestinian entity which will be a…
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Opinion Back to School on Campus Advocacy
A year ago American Jewish newspapers were ablaze with headlines reporting the desperate plight of Jewish students on college campuses. The communal fire brigade was brought in to douse the perceived explosion of antisemitic and anti-Israel incitement. With the situation in the Middle East heating up again and antisemitism on the rise worldwide, American Jews…
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