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In Memory of Bernard Lewis (Also on “Twitter” (X) under same name
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")
May 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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"
May 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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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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...
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April 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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
March 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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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
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...
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March 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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
March 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
#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
March 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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
tannerlectures.org/wp-content/u...
February 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
#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
February 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UGH...
George Shultz & Bernard Lewis (2007)
YouTube video by WashingtonInstitute
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February 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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...
Opinion | The Dumbest Trade War in History
Trump will impose 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for no good reason.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#OnThisDay in 1998: Bernard Lewis on the day of his Grandson's Bar Mitzvah #BernardLewis
January 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9RX...
Radical Islam's War Against the West
YouTube video by Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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January 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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
January 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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
January 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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)
muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/articl... #MartinKramer #BernardLewis #Antisemitism
Project MUSE - Semites, Antisemites, and Bernard Lewis: The Life and Afterlife of a Seminal Book
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January 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
#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...
January 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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
January 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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■ A Jewish Man in Traditional Clothes in Selanik (Thessaloniki, Greece), 1900s #history #jewishhistory #jewish
December 31, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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■ The Photograph Taken to Observe the Uniforms and Attire of the Gendarmerie Officers and Soldiers in Jerusalem (Palestine), 1890s #jerusalem #palestine #ottomanpalestine #1890s
January 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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■ An Ottoman Map of Northern America, 1868

#oldmaps #history #america #usa #ottomanempire #map
November 27, 2024 at 1:38 PM
#OnThisDay in 1894: Bernard Lewis' Father, Hyman (Harry) Lewis was born (making him 22 when #BernardLewis was born)
January 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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“
www.nytimes.com/1985/04/28/b... #JimmyCarter #Carter #BernardLewis #ArabIsrael
December 30, 2024 at 10:23 PM
A new Head of the Middle East Institute (MEI) Stuart E Jones www.mei.edu/press-releas... #MEI #MiddleEastInstitute
Middle East Institute Announces Amb. Stuart E. Jones as President and CEO
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December 12, 2024 at 10:56 PM