{news} FYI: historian Norman Finkelstein at Yale Thurs.

[Justine McCabe]

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> The brilliant historian Norman Finkelstein will speak about his new book 
> "Beyond Chutzpah" in Room #101 Linsly-Chittendon Hall at 7:00 p.m., 
> Thursday, October 20.  His talk is entitled "Israel and Palestine, 
> Misusing Anti-Semitism and Abusing History".  The talk is sponsored by the 
> Yale Council on Middle East Studies and the Middle East Crisis Committee.
>
>
> Finkelstein's book sharply criticizes Harvard law professor Alan 
> Dershowitz's book about the Israel/Palestine situation. Finkelstein not 
> only disputes the political points made by Dershowitz, but claims the book 
> is riddled with poor scholarship and that it has sections copied from 
> another book without attribution. Dershowitz tried to prevent the 
> publicatin of "Beyond Chutzpah", appealing unsuccessfully to the Governor 
> of California and to the University of California Press.
>
>
> Finkelstein currently teaches at DePaul University in Chicago.  His recent 
> books include "The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of 
> Jewish suffering"  and "A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen thesis and 
> historical truth"
>
> *** Hear Finkelstein right now.  I did an interview over the phone with 
> Norman Finkelstein Monday night (12 minutes). He pulls no punches. He 
> calls Alan Dershowitz a "charlatan" and his last book a "fraud". You can 
> hear it at http://www.thestruggle.org/audio.htm
>
> **For directions to Linsly-Chittendon see 
> http://yale.tabroom.com/directions.shtml  Look for directions to LC. 
> Parking is a problem around Yale.  Car pool and leave extra time.  The 
> events starts at 7 on Thursday
>
> *** See this review of "Beyond Chutzpah" from Counterpunch 
> http://www.counterpunch.org/gordon10152005.html
>
>
> for more information about him see www.theStruggle.org   or
>
> http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/content.php?pg=5
>