Bernard Lewis Remembered

Marking Seven Years Today since The Passing of Bernard Lewis (My Father) Seven years ago today, May 19, 2018 (Hebrew calendar Sivan 5), my father, Bernard Lewis, passed, just a couple of week shy of his 102nd Birthday.

Marking Seven Years Today since The Passing of Bernard Lewis (My Father)
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On the 80th Anniversary of the end of the War in Europe "Victory in Europe Day" (VE Day) and as approach the 7th anniversary of his passing; reposting a poem Bernard Lewis wrote in September 1945 which he included in his "Notes On A Century")

The 80th Anniversary of "Victory in Europe Day" (VE Day). Bernard Lewis in his autobiography described his World War II as starting in the tank corp; then switched to British Intelligence/Foreign Office/MI6 "doing jobs, which...I am still not at liberty to discuss in any detail"

Flashback Seven Years Today: Bernard Lewis Named one of 70 "Americans who have strengthened Israel and its alliance with the United States" "On This Day" in 2018...

Flashback Seven Years Today: Bernard Lewis Named one of 70 "Americans who have strengthened Israel and its alliance with the United States"
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With Denmark in the news these days, courtesy of the current US-Denmark-Greenland "dispute;" just to note: This year marks 75 Years since Bernard Lewis (writing as "Louis Bernard") authored "Days in Denmark - An ABC of Denmark and the Danes" in 1950 #Denmark #Danes #BernardLewis

History of Deportation – AHA The American Historical Association (AHA) will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on United States deportation policies and practices. The briefing will take place on Thurs...

Tomorrow, on March 13, the AHA will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on US deportation policies and practices. With moderator @jgrossman.bsky.social and panelists @hidehirota.bsky.social, Ana Raquel Minian Andjel, and @yaelschacher.bsky.social

Who knew? 😂

Flashback 35 Years... #OnThisDay in 1990: Bernard Lewis gave the last of his three "Tanner Lectures on "Europe and Islam" at #Oxford’s Brasnose College.
Bernard Lewis concluded his lecture... tannerlectures.org/wp-content/u...
#BernardLewis #EuropeAndIslam #TannerLectures #Europe #Islam

#OnThisDay in 1974: Half-a-year before actually moving to the United States (Princeton) Bernard Lewis was testifying before Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson's Senate Subcommittee. (This was not their first meeting) #BernardLewis #ScoopJackson

Flashback 35 Years... #OnThisDay in 1990: Bernard Lewis gave the first of his three "Tanner Lectures on "Europe and Islam" at Oxford University’s Brasnose College. Final paragraph of address below #BernardLewis #EuropeAndIslam #TannerLectures #Europe
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#OnThisDay in 1979: Bernard Lewis, Mansour Farhang & Hamid Algar appeared on PBS NewsHour to discuss post-Shah #Iran and what Ayatollah Khomeini and his Islamic government would mean in terms of democracy, human rights, women's and Bahai rights etc americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-... #BernardLewis

YouTube video by WashingtonInstitute George Shultz & Bernard Lewis (2007)

4 Years ago today... #OnThisDay in 2021: Former Secretary of State, GEORGE SHULTZ died at age 100. (Flashback to Oct 2007 when #GeorgeShultz (and #BernardLewis) were honored with @Washinstitute.bsky.social inaugural "Scholar-Statesman Awards" #WashingtonInstitute
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Opinion | The Dumbest Trade War in History Trump will impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for no good reason.

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) @WSJ.com
Editorial on President Trump’s tariffs "The Dumbest Trade War in History" opens quoting #BernardLewis! "...This reminds us of the old Bernard Lewis joke that it’s risky to be America’s enemy but it can be fatal to be its friend..." www.wsj.com/opinion/dona...

#OnThisDay in 1998: Bernard Lewis on the day of his Grandson's Bar Mitzvah #BernardLewis

YouTube video by Hebrew University of Jerusalem Radical Islam's War Against the West

Flashback 18 Years today... #OnThisDay in 2007: Bernard Lewis with Robert Wistrich at Hebrew University’s Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism #BernardLewis #RobertWistrich #Antisemitism #RadicalIslam #Islam #MiddleEast
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Flashback: January (23), 2014: Bernard Lewis visiting Tel-Aviv University to view some of his former-personal library which he had donated to #TelAvivUniversity Sourasky Library- exemplifying his long, deep relationship with #TAU and especially the #DayanCenter #AFTAU #BernardLewis

Holocaust Memorial Day/Holocaust Remembrance Day would seem to an appropriate day to repost this poem about the Holocaust written by Bernard Lewis in September 1945 #BernardLewis

By Martin Kramer "Semites, Antisemites, and Bernard Lewis: The Life and Afterlife of a Seminal Book" (Think subscription required) “Antisemitism Studies” Indiana University Press Volume 8, Number 2, Fall 2024 pp. 255-271)
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#OnThisDay in 1996: Bernard Lewis’ “Cultures in Conflict - Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the Age of Discovery" published by OUP global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Flashback 6 years ago today.... #OTD in 2019 - At the AHAhistorians 133rd Annual Meeting.... "The Middle East in the Academy: Examining the Legacy of Bernard Lewis" #Ahahistorians #BernardLewis

A Jewish Man in Traditional Clothes in front of a cafe and a few peoples.

■ A Jewish Man in Traditional Clothes in Selanik (Thessaloniki, Greece), 1900s #history #jewishhistory #jewish

Approximately 100 Ottoman Soldiers Before the Dome of the Rock.

■ The Photograph Taken to Observe the Uniforms and Attire of the Gendarmerie Officers and Soldiers in Jerusalem (Palestine), 1890s #jerusalem #palestine #ottomanpalestine #1890s

Old map in Ottoman Turkish

■ An Ottoman Map of Northern America, 1868

#oldmaps #history #america #usa #ottomanempire #map

#OnThisDay in 1894: Bernard Lewis' Father, Hyman (Harry) Lewis was born (making him 22 when #BernardLewis was born)

On the occasion of the passing of former-President Jimmy Carter at age 100 (RIP): Flashback almost 40 Years - April 28, 1985: Review by Bernard Lewis in the @nytimes.com of Jimmy Carter's book "The Blood of Abraham“
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Middle East Institute Announces Amb. Stuart E. Jones as President and CEO

A new Head of the Middle East Institute (MEI) Stuart E Jones www.mei.edu/press-releas... #MEI #MiddleEastInstitute

Flashback.... #OnThisDay in 2001: Jay Tolson in US News and World Report on Bernard Lewis "A Sage for the Age” ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/course...
#JayTolson #BernardLewis #MiddleEast #Islam #USNewsAndWorldReport

#OnThisDay in 2001: Bernard Lewis in @newyorker.com.web.brid.gy “The Revolt of Islam
Published in the print edition of the November 19, 2001, issue, with the headline “The Revolt of Islam.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/200... #BernardLewis #Islam #AlQaeda #BinLaden

Middle East Studies Association Our letter expressing concern about the recent disciplinary action by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) against one of its doctoral students, Prahlad Iyengar.

From the Middle East Studies Association (MESA? “Letter to MIT expressing concern about its disciplinary action against Prahlad Iyengar…”
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October 7th and its Aftermath: Implications for the Region October 7th and its Aftermath: Implications for the Region This session is in honor of Prof. Bernard Lewis. Sponsored by: The Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv…

The ASMEA Conference: Session in honor of Bernard Lewis sponsored by #TAU’s Moshe Dayan Center “October 7th and its Aftermath: Implications for the Region” Harel Chorev; Yogev Elbaz; Brandon Friedman; Michael Lewis; Bruce Maddy-Weitzman; Amos Nadan
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