{"id":2237,"date":"2008-02-12T19:49:43","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T03:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2237"},"modified":"2008-02-13T15:44:52","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T23:44:52","slug":"norman-finkelstein-welcomed-to-la-by-jewish-defense-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2237","title":{"rendered":"Norman Finkelstein welcomed to LA by Jewish Defense League"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brad A. Greenberg writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I just got done attending a lecture at Cal State Northridge<\/a> by Norman Finkelstein, the author of "The Holocaust Industry" who resigned from DePaul University in September after being denied tenure<\/a> and then last month praised Hezbollah<\/a> as representing "hope."<\/p>\n

The first of three lectures this week, the topic was "Civility and Academic Freedom." Not one I am particularly interested in, but, as is usually the case wherever he goes<\/a>, Finkelstein’s invitation caused a bit of commotion — it serves as the lede for my story on StandWithUs<\/a> that will run Thursday — and I wanted to see who showed up.<\/p>\n

The crowd of just over 50 contained mostly faculty and students, many of whom were Jewish, but the real attraction was Shelley Rubin, head of the militant Jewish Defense League<\/a> and widow of the late Irving Rubin<\/a>., who was arrested for allegedly scheming to bomb<\/a> an L.A.-area mosque and the office of Arab-American U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa.<\/p>\n

Before the lecture began, I asked Finkelstein whether he has come to expect the protests of the Jewish communities in cities he visits.<\/p>\n

"I don’t worry," he said. "People have the right to say what they want to say."<\/p>\n

But when he walked to the lectern, Rubin, who was joined by a young religious man with a video camera and an elderly man with a fanny pack, pounced.<\/p>\n

"You should be ashamed of yourself. You should really be ashamed of yourself," she said. "Don’t call yourself a Jew. You’re a sick puppy."<\/p>\n

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