Edward Alexander, at The Blogs

Edward Alexander

Aug 5, 2015, 4:35 PM

If David Ben-Gurion had played baseball, as shortstop, he and Jackie Robinson would undoubtedly have been among the best double-play combinations in the American national pastime. But for me they were related in another way. My most vivid and satisfying...

Aug 4, 2015, 10:36 AM

The Nuclear “Deal” and Obama’s Post-POTUS Future

President Obama’s decision to send the potentially catastrophic “executive agreement” (formerly known to speakers of English as a “treaty”) with Iran for immediate unanimous approval by the UN Security Council before it could even be considered (much less voted...

Mar 27, 2012, 10:22 AM

Tutu’s crusaders to march on Jerusalem

By far the best-known figure and also the “spiritual leader” of the forthcoming Global March on Jerusalem to protest the city’s “Judaization” is Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He is the perfect representative of this collection of Israel-haters (Iranian agents, Muslim...

Mar 6, 2012, 12:21 PM

A Jewish ‘progressive’ delivers fuel for the Iranian bomb

The relentless attacks on Israel by “progressive” post- and anti-Zionists of the Jewish persuasion have often prompted the following question: Do they ever think about the interconnectedness of the following three elements -- their depictions of Israel as the...

About Me

Edward Alexander taught English at the University of Washington 1960-2004 and was the first chairman (ten years) of UW's Jewish Studies Program. He has been a visiting professor at Tufts, Hebrew University, Tel-Aviv, and Memphis State U. He has his MA and PhD from University of Minnesota and BA from Columbia College. Edward Alexander was born in 1936 in Brooklyn, NY. He is the author of numerous books, starting with MATTHEW ARNOLD and JOHN STUART MILL (Columbia UP, 1965). HIs most recent book is JEWS AGAINST THEMSELVES (Transaction Publishers, 2015).