Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Blair Hart Newman http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Sat, 25 May 2013 12:50:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 An Open Letter to NYU’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/an-open-letter-to-the-center-for-the-study-of-gender-and-sexuality-at-new-york-university/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/an-open-letter-to-the-center-for-the-study-of-gender-and-sexuality-at-new-york-university/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:19:41 +0000 Blair Hart Newman http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=113976 As students of New York University, an institution that values academic integrity and rational dialogue, we are deeply disturbed that The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality is cosponsoring an event so antithetical to these very principles. “Homonationalism and Pinkwashing,” a conference that will take place this month at the CUNY Graduate Center, [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/an-open-letter-to-the-center-for-the-study-of-gender-and-sexuality-at-new-york-university/feed/ 2 BDS harms peace and Palestinians http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/bds-harms-peace-and-palestinians/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/bds-harms-peace-and-palestinians/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:37:00 +0000 Blair Hart Newman http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=84538 As the Palestinian Authority (PA) suffers its ongoing economic crisis, will boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel deliver the much-needed help to the Palestinian people? While boycotts of Israel have long been a hallmark of Arab relations toward the Jewish State, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is the most organized and comprehensive boycott movement against [...]

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