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Wisse, the Peretz professor of Yiddish literature, is in Atlanta today and will deliver two speeches at Emory University tomorrow, according to her husband, Leonard Wisse...
Kadima's first priority is to keep its Likud and Labor recruits from drifting back to home base. Labor managers are eager to grasp what they see as a fresh opportunity to boost their flagging leader, trade unionist Amir Peretz, whose lack of experience in diplomacy and security issues pushed middle-of-the-roaders toward Sharon. The man who hopes to profit most from Sharon's tragedy, however, is his archrival, Benjamin Netanyahu, the onetime Prime Minister whose tenure was marked by relentless opposition to any territorial trade-aways. Left running a rump party populated by the far right that...
...texts remains for the most part an untapped and sometimes even dangerous scholarly pursuit. Once given the resources it deserves, the field has the potential to facilitate a much-needed pluralism, one that would revolutionize how Muslims understand themselves as well as how others understand Islam. Therefore, to use Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth Wisse’s distinction, it is imperative that the courses not become “congratulatory” but “critical”; the latter is meant in the best sense of the word. So while we are concerned about what events...
...Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature Ruth R. Wisse said that the field of Islamic Studies in America has been plagued with problems, and she worries that those same problems could potentially surface at Harvard depending on how the grant is used. She said the danger is that the courses could be “congratulatory rather than critical...
...Likud loyalist, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has emerged as the top candidate to take on Sharon and leftist Labor Party leader Amir Peretz in next spring's election. Netanyahu, known as a hawk, told TIME he will campaign as a center-right candidate against the dovish Labor and Kadima, which an aide said Netanyahu plans to paint as "Labor in disguise." Under Sharon, "a de facto Palestinian state has been created in Gaza. Terrorist organizations became stronger," Netanyahu said, adding, "I believe there's a different road to peace...