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Irrational debates

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Emory University, Atlanta, US, Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies Professor Deborah Lipstadt is being sued by Rightwing Revisionist Historian David Irving. He is suing Lipstadt because of her book' Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory' and her publisher Penguin Books. The Holocaust remains an area of debate for scholars. Some professors are concerned too much time is spent studying the Holocaust, in schools, whilst other areas of the Second World War are ignored. The libel case is due to open in Jan 2000 and is expected to last for three months.

Analysis, Authors, Writers, College teachers, College faculty

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A second world war of words

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Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies Deborah Lipstadt felt she had no choice but to go to court when she was accused of libel by British Historian David Irving. The case is being heard during Jan 2000, at the Royal Courts of Justice, London, England. Lipstadt is fully supported by her university, and Penguin who published her book, 'Denying the Holocaust.' In the book Lipstadt suggested Irving distorted the history of the Holocaust. She felt the people who denied the Holocaust ever happened were beginning to be taken too seriously.

Libel and slander, Historians

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Islands of sanity in a highly charged atmosphere

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The key element of fanaticism is the wish to make others change, according to Israeli academic and novelist Amos Oz, who lectures in literature at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev. He feels that universities can play a significant role in the battle for peaceful co-existence. He believes that universities offer a forum in which conflict can be studied in a logical way and where differing views can be discussed positively. He regards compromise as the supreme achievement.

Interview, Novelists, Oz, Amos

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