Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) is a zionist organization of academics whose main aim is to undermine calls for an academic boycott of Israel.[1]
Contents
Orientation
SPME supports 'a world in which Israel exists as a sovereign Jewish state within secure borders'[1] - a position which privileges some Israeli citizens over others.
SPME argues that 'academic discourse is increasingly influenced by ideological distortions, politically biased scholarship, and agenda-driven speakers who demonize Israel and Zionism as bearing full responsibility for the Middle-East conflict. Such indoctrination violates academic traditions of scholarly integrity and degrades the academic enterprise. It poisons debate about the Middle East, inflames hatred of Israel, spreads anti-Semitism, incites anti-Israeli militancy, and serves to excuse or tolerate terrorist attacks and genocidal threats against Israel. Anti-Israel slanders exacerbate conflict and undermine prospects for peace.'[1]
SPME 'opposes all manifestations of anti-Semitism in academia, including calls for an academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions.'[1]
Principals
Board of Directors
- Edward S. Beck – Susquehanna Institute-USA, President (2002- Present),
- Judith S. Jacobson – Columbia University USA, Vice President (2002- Present)
- Ruth Lichtenberg-Contreras – Austria, Secretary, (2002- Present)
- India E. Garnett – United Church of Christ USA, Treasurer (2002- Present)
- David Goldman – Amper, Mattia and Politziner, CPA's Inc., Edison NJ, USA, (2002-2003)
- Nidra Poller – France (2002-)
- Yigal Levin – Bar-Ilan University, Israel, (2003-2004)
- Gerald Steinberg – Bar-Ilan University, Israel, (2002- Present )
- Richard Landes – Boston University USA, (2003- Present)
- Rabbi Peter Haas – Case Western Reserve University, USA, (2003- Present)
- Phyllis Chesler – City University of New York Staten Island USA, (2005- Present)
- Frederick Krantz – Concordia University Canadian Institute for Jewish Research, Canada, (2003)
- Laurie Zoloth – Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, USA, (2003-2006)
- Moshe Maoz – Hebrew University of Jerusalem, (2002-2003)
- Efraim Karsh – Kings College, University of London, UK, (2002- Present)
- Charles Isbell – Louisiana State University, USA, (2002-2003)
- Philip Carl Salzman – McGill University, USA (2003- Present)
- Daniel Pipes – Middle East Forum, USA, (2002-2003)
- Allan Lipton – Penn State College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, USA, (2003- Present)
- Rabbi Ilana Rosansky – Salem State University, Temple Shalom, Salem MA, USA, (2003-2004)
- Donna Robinson Divine – Smith College, USA (2005- Present)
- Robert Mirin – General Counsel, USA (2002- Present)
- Peter Gomori – St. Francis College, NYC, USA (2002-2004)
- John R. Cohn – Thomas Jefferson University, USA (2005- Present)
- Patricia Jennings – University of California- Davis Candidate, USA (2002-2004)
- Jonathan Adelman – University of Denver, USA, (2005- Present)
- Steven Albert – University of Pittsburgh, USA, (2005- Present)
- Stanley Dubinsky – University of South Carolina, USA, (2002- Present)
- Don Morris – Wingate Institute - IL, California Polytechnic Institute-Pomona, USA, (2004- Present)
Staff
- David Ben Avraham – Webmaster
- Jessica R. Smith – Senior Administrative Assistant
- Gabriella Diamond – Development Specialist
Contact, References and Resources
Contact
Website: www.spme.net
