Word: dershowitz
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...failing to take a more active stance against terrorism Canada is making a “short-term deal with the devil,” according to Alan M. Dershowitz, Frankfurter Professor...
...central component of being a public intellectual is crafting a public image. But different intellectuals have different styles of cultivating this public persona. Some, such as Princeton economist Paul Krugman, develop identities through the press, as op-ed writers and columnists. Others, like Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, give many public lectures and make frequent television appearances. Still others, like West, are known largely for their involvement in the political arena. Many use a combination of these approaches...
...Dershowitz agrees. “I don’t believe a teacher’s job is to be in the classroom,” he says, noting that his name comes from the Hebrew darshan—an itinerant preacher who would go from town to town to teach. Dershowitz also bears in his professorial title the name of Felix Frankfurter—a law-school professor who was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Class of 1904, to serve on the Supreme Court and was once referred to by the Saturday Evening Post...
...many teachers remain silent about the great issues of the day,” Dershowitz says. “A shouting match on TV is occasionally a good thing,” he continues. “People get their news from television, and a professor who’s afraid to get on TV is afraid to get into the fray...
...other words, if for the above reasons one does not accept a definitional linkage between Israel and Jews, it is difficult to see how any criticism of Israel, even if unfair, can be viewed as being anti-Semitic in effect. Unless, of course, as Dershowitz must clearly believe, all those who are not Zionist are “effectively” anti-Semitic. This redefinition of anti-Semitism would be very convenient for supporters of Israel...