ARUTZ SHEVA
David Myers: Wrong Choice for Center for Jewish History
by Cinnamon Stillwell
September 18, 2017
When a respected and apolitical institution like the New York-based Center for Jewish History (CJH) hires an anti-Israel academic to be its new CEO and president, something has gone terribly wrong. UCLA Jewish studies professor David N. Myers may present a moderate façade, but his academic and political affiliations expose his radical core. The pro-Israel community has taken notice. Ronn Torossian, Hank Sheinkopf, and George Birnbaum wrote an op-ed calling attention to Myers’s “extreme viewpoints” and charging CJH with making an “unfit choice.” The Israel Group urged opponents to write in protest. JCCWatch and Americans for a Safe Israel announced plans for an October 18 street protest outside CJH. READ MORE
ZOA Hostile-to-Israel Propagandist David Myers Should Not Lead Center for Jewish History
JEWISH JOURNAL Center for Jewish History board backs new head David Myers against right-wing attacks The critics say his service on the international board of the left-wing New Israel Fund and as a member of the advisory council of J Street, the liberal American Jewish Middle East policy group, disqualifies him from the leadership of a Jewish organization.
