Posted by
RabbiHaim on Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:54:31 AM
Hers is a name to remember. Nadia Abu El Haj is a Professor of Archeology at Barnard College in New York City. She is on a tenure track and is currently being reviewed for tenure.
There is a growing concern among some activist Jewish organizations to oppose her being granted tenure. Ms. Abu El Haj’s claim to tenure is based on her single published work; Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society. The book claims various “Proofs” that the Jewish Kingdoms in the Land of Israel never existed. The Jewish activists are in arms against her and her “Work” on the grounds that it is not only a flat out lie, but that it is a lie of the magnitude and scope of Holocaust Denial. This is a justified argument, as is the claim that her “research” includes unattributed quotes to unnamed “experts” in the field. These are the Red Flags in Academia. I will say it simply: Nadia Abu El Haj is a liar!!! (come sue me).
What you must know about her claims in her book, is that they are not an attack against the Jews. The Islamic Lie, which Nadia Abu El Haj is expounding includes a claim that there never was a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem; that the Haram-esh-Sharif never was the site of a Jewish Temple. The concept that there was no Jewish Kingdom is an assault on Christianity. Dwell on this thought: If there was no Jewish Kingdom, what did the Romans conquer? If there was no Temple, where did Jesus pray? If there was no Jewish Kingdom, there could not have been a Jesus.
The Islamic Religion and philosophy, while claiming common ancestry with Judaism, and Christianity, concurrently denies the existence of either in any historical context. This is a part of the de-ligitimation of any Religion but Islam.
I call on all true Christians to join the opposition to the granting of tenure, and even to the continued employment of Nadia Abu El Haj. Liars are not good role models for our children.
The proper decision in the tenure case of Nadia Abu El Haj is dismissal. Make your opinion known to the administration of Columbia/Barnard University, in New York City.