Outspoken and Outcast
Eric Alterman
The Guardian
October 12, 2006
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Tony Judt, European historian at New York University, paid a price for an essay about a one-state solution to the Arab-Israeli confict when his scheduled talk at a Polish consulate was cancelled an hour before it was to start. The president of the group sponsoring Judt's talk, Patricia Huntington, contends that the cancellation happened at the hands of B'Nai Brith Anti-Defamation League (ADL) President Abe Foxman who "warned the (Polish Consulate) off hosting anything involving Tony Judt." Huntington said that Foxman had threatened to poison Polish Jewish relations if Judt were allowed to speak. (Back to academic freedom)