Copyright 2013 Asaf Romirowsky Sat, 25 May 2013 22:40:02 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Asaf Romirowsky :: Writings http://www.romirowsky.com romirowsky@gmail.com (Asaf Romirowsky) webmaster@pundicity.com en-us http://www.romirowsky.com/13284/israel-asia Tue, 14 May 2013 09:00:00 EST When we think of Israel, we usually think of the Middle East (its neighborhood), North America (its close ally the United States) and Europe (the long history of Ashkenazi Jews). Rarely do we think about Israel and Asia, even less about Asia as Israel's... http://www.romirowsky.com/13255/specter-of-islamist-terror Sun, 5 May 2013 09:00:00 EST In the immediate hours and days after September 11, 2001 it became clear to most Americans that the values of tolerance and democracy - cornerstones of the "American dream " - for which countless immigrants have journeyed to this land are at risk. In the... http://www.romirowsky.com/13243/menachem-begin-a-new-life Fri, 3 May 2013 09:00:00 EST In Menachem Begin: A Life, a new biography of one of Israel's more multifaceted leaders, Avi Shilon succeeds in portraying a fervent and uncompromising Zionist whose political brilliance usually compensated for his lack of military experience. Shilon... http://www.romirowsky.com/13197/blaming-victim-antisemitism Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST Of late we have witnessed a new methodology used to suppress those who speak out against anti- Semitism in academia. Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, a Hebrew lecturer at UC Santa Cruz, and Ronnie Fraser, a lecturer in mathematics in London, have respectively... http://www.romirowsky.com/13153/palestinian-books Sun, 7 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST 'The Great Book Robbery' (watch here), a documentary that recently screened on a number of US college campuses, is the latest attempt by anti-Israel groups to rewrite and recast the historical events of 1948. In the film, Israeli-Dutch director Benny... http://www.romirowsky.com/13119/peace-israelis-palestinians Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:00:00 EST With the completion of Barack Obama's first Presidential visit to Israel, as expected there was a great deal of symbolism reinforcing the bond between the two allies. Yet still, doves on both sides acknowledge that peace is hardly around the corner.... http://www.romirowsky.com/13082/bds-ucsd Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:00:00 EST Last week the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Associated Student Council passed an amended version of a resolution for divesture from companies dealing with the State of Israel, voting 20-12-1 in favor of divesting. To date, UCSD is the most... http://www.romirowsky.com/13068/peace-maker-peace-breaker Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:00:00 EST As President Barack Obama prepares for his first trip to Israel as president, no one doubts we will see a strong push to get both Israelis and Palestinians to the negotiating table. Yet, doves on both sides acknowledge it would take nothing short of a... http://www.romirowsky.com/12949/brooklyn-college-bds Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST The controversy over a "panel discussion" at Brooklyn College has little to do with free speech, and everything to do with politicization of the academia — in this case, by disingenuous anti-Israel ideologues. Back in December, the political science... http://www.romirowsky.com/12926/benjamin-netanyahu-yair-lapid Fri, 8 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST It is the makeup of Israeli political leaders that needs to be understood, especially the psychology behind their decisionmaking. This process compounds the Zionist roots that led to the creation of the modern State of Israel in addition to identifying... http://www.romirowsky.com/12910/unrwa-syria Wed, 6 Feb 2013 09:00:00 EST One of the stories obscured by recent revelations about the breadth of devastation in the two-year-old Syrian civil war is that of the Palestinian refugees of the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus. Yarmouk, the largest of nine official Palestinian refugee... http://www.romirowsky.com/12882/upper-dublin-high-school Wed, 30 Jan 2013 09:00:00 EST John Dewey of Columbia University and Arthur Lovejoy of Johns Hopkins University came together with other educators in 1915 to found the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), an organization designed to preserve the integrity of the... http://www.romirowsky.com/12876/state-of-palestine Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:00:00 EST Nationalism and peoplehood are just part of the ingredients of statehood, or rather state building. Pronouncing their existence does not actually connote that the work is actually being done. The best illustration of this imaginary state is the newly... http://www.romirowsky.com/12740/unrwa-syrian-refugees Fri, 4 Jan 2013 09:00:00 EST What does it mean when Assad's regime bombs the Yarmouk - Syria's largest Palestinian refugee neighborhood? driving dozens of formerly pro-government Palestinian fighters to defect and join the rebels. All of this, demands a closer look at the... http://www.romirowsky.com/12708/navigating-iran Tue, 25 Dec 2012 09:00:00 EST Israeli-born Ofira Seliktar, former professor of political science and current head of a conservative-leaning think tank dealing with matters Middle Eastern and African, is no stranger to controversy. Among her recent books are a study of American Jewish...