Center for Jewish History chief's appointment sparks protest
Myers' political past has caused a stir.
By YAIR ETTINGERThe Center for Jewish History in New York City.(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
NEW YORK – Critics of Professor David Myers reject his statement that as the head of the Center for Jewish History in New York he intends to stay out of political debates.Meyers is a senior historian at UCLA, but the political activity he has been involved in for years, including within the framework of the New Israel Fund, has sparked a protest over the past few weeks demanding the cancellation of his appointment as president of the institution.“The Center for Jewish History will not be a center of partisan politics in any way, shape or form. I have no political agenda to promote here,” Meyers told The Jerusalem Post recently.He said he opposes Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. But Hank Sheinkopf, who co-authors an Algemeiner blog, said that despite Myers’ statements to the Post, his “essays and his affiliations tell a different story.... Past practice is generally predictive to future behavior.”
