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...Harry B. Lerner...
Though many Jews outside Israel endorse the occupation, others fear it might eventually harm Israel's standing in the West. Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun, a liberal American Jewish magazine, is among those who note that much U.S. support for Israel is based on the perception that the country embodies the best of American moral values. "The long-term survival of the state of Israel dictates that it cease to occupy the West Bank," says Lerner. Otherwise, he warns, "the view of Israel as a moral country will be dramatically undermined in the years ahead...
...object to Craig Lerner's derisive characterization of Brown University in his March 16 opinion piece. In trying to make his point about the demise of liberal education he not only insults Brown inappropriately but does not even any relevant information about the University or its academic policies. Instead he sensationalizes his story with a crass example. To characterize academic standards as "idiocy" and to link approval of a new concentration to "idiocy" evidenced by "extracurricular prostitution" is outrageous. I find this article offensive and in poor taste. Carol R. Rakatansky, M. Ed. '87 Brown University...
Hesitant as I am to intrude into the battle between the sexes, pitting Cynthia V. Hooper against Craig S. Lerner ("Women's Studies," March 23 and March 16, respectively), I will nonetheless venture into this dangerous territory. I do so only reluctantly, compelled by the strength of Miss Hooper's unladylike indignation and by the boldness of her ambitious design...
...maintains, in an angry denunciation of Lerner, that Women's Studies is a legitimate "developing discipline," "not intending to work as a particular propaganda," and not "a vapid political concession" by Harvard's faculty. Women's studies is not motivated by a petty political passion, and therefore the works on its reading list are not shallow, or "yipping pups." Her example of greatness is Simone de Beauvoir's The Second...