I was amused to read Jane Kramer's article in the New Yorker recently. Amused because it was so incredibly inaccurate and so far from a true portrayal of our discussions on the phone. Jane Kramer played her role better than any actress. She was interested in the situation in Israel and talked of her visits here. She wanted to portray herself as such a good Jew, such a good person, such an interesting and sympathetic ear. She condemned the Barnard tenure committee's rush and agreed with so much of our discussion that after reading her piece, I realized that truth is no longer found in the halls of Columbia, or on the pages of the New Yorker. There is, apparently, little real integrity in the getting of a story.
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Just when you thought it was safe to begin thinking that maybe Columbia would learn something from the bitter battle of Nadia Abu El Haj, we find that Columbia is setting itself up for yet another fall. That's right - they've hired another "expert" on the Middle East to stand up and condemn Israel - and this one is just as qualified as the Barnard professor who can't seem to deal with the real facts on the ground.

Just when Columbia got smart enough to kick Joseph Massad to the curb...in comes the equally unacceptable...Brian Boyd who apparently studied Natifian culture from some "13,000 years ago" and probably concluded that he found no evidence of Israel...gee...another no-brainer comes to bat at Columbia.

For more...read the following article published recently (and when you are done...toss a coin to decide whether you should laugh or cry).
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