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Naya Lekht

Naya Lekht

Naya Lekht earned her Ph.D. in Russian literature from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she completed her dissertation on representations of the Holocaust in Soviet literature. She currently serves as a research fellow at ISGAP and publishes widely on the history of anti-Jewish movements, the Holocaust and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

If Jewish peoplehood and nationhood are not seen as integral to Jewish life, then attacks on the legitimacy of Israel can appear as fair game.
We correct falsehoods, supply statistics and deliver legalistic rebuttals, arguing against accusations that were never intended to be tested for truth.
Professor Hatem Bazian at the University of California, Berkeley has advanced a modernized libel claiming that Israel seeks to conquer Mecca.
Are colleges and universities squeezing the Jews out?
We must hold our heads up high and say ‘hinenu,’ we are here.
The struggle against anti-Zionism is the struggle for the freedom to be our true, authentic selves.
Language from the unit on “Teach Palestine” in the “liberated” curriculum links Zionism to right-wing politics, vilifies Zionism as being anti-inclusion and demonizes Israel. How will teaching these concepts not contribute to the hounding of pro-Zionist students?
Just as the stateless Jew was an affront to the European race, so Israel today is an affront to the world’s sensibilities.