An Exchange: Alan Dershowitz and Matthew Abraham on Norman Finkelstein

To the Editor: It is difficult to write a rebuttal against a writer whose own  article so readily discredits itself. Matthew Abraham, an English  professor, uses such outlandish and intemperate language, makes such wild historical fabrications, and parrots so many verifiably false accusations, that I cannot help but suspect that he has written his review…

My review essay of Norman G. Finkelstein’s book, Beyond Chutzpah: The Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History, stirred Alan Dershowitz, Berel Dov Lerner, Maoz Azaryahu, and Jason Jungreis to write complaints to the Logos editors, alleging that my review: 1) was biased and vastly overstated its case; 2) contained historical inaccuracies; 3) had…