September 3, 2015
TO:
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
Members of the U.S. Senate
FROM:
Partners for Progressive Israel
Scholars for Israel and Palestine
Scholars Support the Iran Nuclear Agreement
As scholars and professors, we call upon Congress to approve the nuclear agreement with Iran. We join the 46 retired Israeli generals and security experts, 26 prominent past and present Jewish community leaders, 440 rabbis, and the majority of Jewish Congresspeople who have already expressed their support for the agreement. In this agreement Iran forswears further development of nuclear weapons, commits to significant reductions in its current nuclear capabilities and agrees to intrusive inspections. This agreement, if approved, will greatly reduce the chances of war with Iran and will enhance the security of Israel. A failure to approve this agreement will be a signal to the world that the US is not serious about avoiding war.
Lenny Grob and Gershon Shafir Steven Cohen and Mira Sucharov
Partners for Progressive Israel Scholars for Israel & Palestine
Endorsed By:
| Steven M. Cohen | Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion | New York | NY |
| Leonard Grob | Fairleigh Dickinson University | Teaneck | NJ |
| Efrat Levy | SUNY Empire State College | Saratoga Springs | NY |
| Gershon Shafir | UC San Diego | La Jolla | CA |
| Mira Sucharov | Carleton University | Ottawa | Canada |
| Michael Walzer | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton | NJ |
| Alan Wolfe | Boston College | Chestnut Hill | MA |
| David Abraham | Unversity of Miami School of Law | Miami | FL |
| Nancy S. Abramowitz | American University Washington College of Law | Washington | DC |
| Dr. Gordon Adams | American University | Washington | DC |
| John L. Aguilar | Arizona State University | Tempe | AZ |
| David Albert | Austin Community College | Austin | TX |
| Eric Alterman | CUNY Graduate School of Journalism & Brooklyn College | New York | NY |
| Dr. Winifred L. Amaturo | Ft. Lauderdale | FL | |
| Deborah Anker | Harvard University | Cambridge | MA |
| Richard P. Appelbaum | UC Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | CA |
| Boaz Atzili | American University | Washington | DC |
| Bat-Ami Bar On | Binghamton University | Binghamton | NY |
| Andrea Barron | George Mason University | Fairfax | VA |
| Peter Beinart | City University of New York | New York | NY |
| David A. Bell | Princeton University | Princeton | NJ |
| Robert Bell | Retired, US National Science Foundation | Washington | DC |
| Ernst Benjamin | Independent Scholar | Washington | DC |
| Claude Bernard | Washington University | St. Louis | MO |
| Anne C. Bernstein | The Wright Institute | Berkeley | CA |
| Carel Bertram | San Francisco State University | San Francisco | CA |
| Dr. Joan Berzoff | Smith College School for Social Work | Northampton | MA |
| David Biale | UC Davis | Davis | CA |
| Norman Birnbaum | Georgetown University Law Center | Washington | DC |
| Chana Bloch | Berkeley | CA | |
| Daniel Boyarin | UC Berkeley | Berkeley | CA |
| Dr. Philip Brenner | American University | Washington | DC |
| Rachel F. Brenner | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Madison | WI |
| Renate Bridenthal | Brooklyn College, CUNY | Brooklyn | NY |
| Dr. Robin Broad | American University | Washington | DC |
| Tony Broh | Consultant in Higher Education – Broh Consulting Services | Cambridge | MA |
| David Bromwich | Yale University | New Haven | CT |
| Orville Vernon Burton | Clemson University | Clemson | SC |
| Andrew Bush | Vassar College | Poughkeepsie | NY |
| Jack Censer | George Mason University | Fairfax | VA |
| Jane Turner Censer | George Mason University | Fairfax | VA |
| Avner Cohen | The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) | Monterey | CA |
| Jean L. Cohen | Columbia University | New York | NY |
| Joel M. Cohen | The University of Maryland | College Park | MD |
| Donna Coker | University of Miami School of Law | Coral Gables | FL |
| Charlton C. Copeland | University of Miami School of Law | Coral Gables | FL |
| Victoria Kahn | UC Berkeley | Berkeley | CA |
| David J. Danelski | Stanford University | Stanford | CA |
| Dr. Galeet Dardashti | NYU | New York | NY |
| Edward S. Davidson | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | MI |
| Belinda Davis | Rutgers University | New Brunswick | NJ |
| Donald M. Davis | Lehigh University | Bethlehem | PA |
| Morris Dickstein | CUNY Graduate Center | New York | NY |
| Hasia R. Diner | New York University | New York | NY |
| Alan Dowty | University of Notre Dame | South Bend | IN |
| John M. Efron | UC Berkeley | Berkeley | CA |
| Steve K. D. Eichel | Philadelphia University | Philadelphia | PA |
| Peter Eisenstadt | Independent Scholar | Clemson | SC |
| Ayala Emmett | University of Rochester | Rochester | NY |
| Barbara Epstein | UC Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | CA |
| Claude S. Fischer | UC Berkeley | Berkeley | CA |
| Sam Fleischacker | University of Illinois-Chicago | Chicago | IL |
| Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert | Stanford University | Stanford | CA |
| Jonathan Freedman | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | MI |
| Zelda Gamson | University of Massachusetts Boston | Boston | MA |
| Herbert J. Gans | Columbia University | New York | NY |
| Ellen Gruber Garvey | New Jersey City University | Jersey City | NJ |
| Jay Geller | Vanderbilt Divinity School | Nashville | TN |
| Alan R. Gitelson | Loyola University Chicago | Chicago | IL |
| Todd Gitlin | Columbia University | New York | NY |
| Dr. Rose Glickman | Independent Scholar | ||
| Mark Gold | NYU | New York | NY |
| Bluma Goldstein | UC Berkeley | Berkeley | CA |
| James Goodman | Rutgers University-Newark | Newark | NJ |
| Paul Gootenberg | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | NY |
| David M. Gordis | University at Albany, SUNY | Albany | NY |
| Victoria de Grazia | Columbia University | New York | NY |
| Henry Greenspan | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | MI |
| Atina Grossmann | Cooper Union | New York | NY |
| Carol S. Gruber | William Paterson University of New Jersey | Wayne | NJ |
| Susan Gzesh | University of Chicago | Chicago | IL |
| Maya Haber | Independent Scholar | Pittsburgh | PA |
| Christine Hayes | Yale University | New Haven | CT |
| Eric Hershberg | American University | Washington | DC |
| Carolyn Ericksen Hill | Towson University | Towson | MD |
| Jennifer L. Hochschild | Harvard University | Cambridge | MA |
| Devon L. Hodges | George Mason University | Fairfax | VA |
| Gail Holst-Warhaft | Cornell Institute for European Studies | Ithaca | NY |
| Bethamie Horowitz | NYU | New York | NY |
| Elizabeth M. Iglesias | University of Miami School of Law | Coral Gables | FL |
| Maurice Isserman | Hamilton College | Clinton | NY |
| Carole Joffe | UC Davis | Davis | CA |
| Richard R. John | Columbia University | New York | NY |
| David Kader | Arizona State University College of Law | Tempe | AZ |
| Charles Kadushin | Brandeis University | Waltham | MA |
| Claire Kahane | University at Buffalo | Buffalo | NY |
| Daniel Kahneman | Princeton University | Princeton | NJ |
| Kathryn Kamp | Grinnell College | Grinnell | IA |
| Deborah Kaplan | George Mason University | Fairfax | VA |
| Marion Kaplan | NYU | New York | NY |
| Kimberly Katz | Towson University | Towson | MD |
| Michael Kazin | Georgetown University | Washington | DC |
| Allen Keiswetter | Middle East Institute | Washington | DC |
| Herbert C. Kelman | Harvard University | Cambridge | MA |
| Alice Kessler-Harris | Columbia University | New York | NY |
| Michael Kimmel | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | NY |
| Philip Kitcher | Columbia University | New York | NY |
| Deeana Copeland Klepper | Boston University | Boston | MA |
| Gail Kligman | UCLA | Los Angeles | CA |
| Gary J. Kornblith | Oberlin College | Oberlin | OH |
| Sharon Perlman Krefetz | Clark University | Worcester | MA |
| Louis Kriesberg | Syracuse University | Syracuse | NY |
| Chana Kronfeld | UC Berkeley | Berkeley | CA |
| Peter Kuriloff | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | PA |
| Peter Kuznick | American University | Washington | DC |
| Carol Lasser | Oberlin College | Oberlin | OH |
| Tamara Rice Lave | University of Miami | Coral Gables | FL |
| Herman Lebovics | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | NY |
| Elaine Leeder | Sonoma State University | Rohnert Park | CA |
| Sarah Levin | UC Berkeley | Berkeley | CA |
| Daniel Levy | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | NY |
| Jennifer M. Lewis | Wayne State University | Detroit | MI |
| Robert Jay Lifton | Columbia University | New York | NY |
| Joe Lockard | Arizona State University | Tempe | AZ |
| Steven Lubet | Northwestern University School of Law | Chicago | IL |
| Steven Lukes | NYU | New York | NY |
| Tina Lunson | former Director, Vilnius Yiddish Institute (VilniusUniversity, Lithuania) | Takoma Park | MD |
| Mary Jane Lupton | Morgan State University | Baltimore | MD |
| Dr. Ian S. Lustick | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | PA |
| Berel Lutsky | University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc | Manitowoc | WI |
| Former US Ambassador David Mack | Middle East Institute | Washington | DC |
| Shaul Magid | Indiana University – Bloomington | Bloomington | IN |
| Frances Malino | Wellesley College | Wellesley | MA |
| Rabbi Jonathan W. Malino | Guilford College | Greensboro | NC |
| Jeffry V. Mallow | Loyola University Chicago | Chicago | IL |
| Barbara Mann | Jewish Theological Seminary | New York | NY |
| Edward S. Marks | La Salle University | Philadelphia | PA |
| David Matz | University of Massachusetts Boston | Boston | MA |
| Sarah Maza | Northwestern University | Evanston | IL |
| Jared McBride | Columbia University | Washington | DC |
| Everett Mendelsohn | Harvard University | Cambridge | MA |
| Jonathan Mendilow | Rider University | Lawrenceville | NJ |
| Cecilia Menjívar | University of Kanas | Lawrence | KS |
| Michael Meranze | UCLA | Los Angeles | CA |
| Vanessa Merton | Pace University School of Law | White Plains | NY |
| K. Gibel Mevorach | Grinnell College | Grinnell | IA |
| Elliott S. Milstein | American University | Washington | DC |
| James H. Mittelman | American University | Washington | DC |
| Deborah Dash Moore | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | MI |
| Jennifer Moore | University of New Mexico School of Law | Albuquerque | NM |
| Shoon Murray | American University | Washington | DC |
| David N. Myers | UCLA | Los Angeles | CA |
| David Nasaw | The Graduate Center – City University of New York | New York | NY |
| Cary Nelson | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Champaign | IL |
| Adina Newberg | Reconstructionist Rabbinical College | Wyncote | PA |
| Louis E. Newman | Carleton College | Northfield | MN |
| Dr. Martha P. Nochimson | Mercy College | Dobbs Ferry | NY |
| Richard Nochimson | Columbia University | New York | NY |
| Anita Norich | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | MI |
| Carl D. Offner | University of Massachusetts Boston | Sudbury | MA |
| Ranen Omer-Sherman | University of Louisville | Louisville | KY |
| Bohdan W. Oppenheim | Loyola Marymount University | Los Angeles | CA |
| Sharrona Pearl | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | PA |
| Ilan Peleg | Lafayette College | Easton | PA |
| Jo-Ann Pilardi | Towson University | Towson | MD |
| Fred L. Pincus | University of Maryland Baltimore County | Baltimore | MD |
| Jeffrey Prager | UCLA | Los Angeles | CA |
| Riv-Ellen Prell | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis | MN |
| Dr. Doris Marie Provine | Arizona State University | Tempe | AZ |
| Leonard Quart | CUNY | New York | NY |
| David Quint | Yale University | New Haven | CT |
| Shirley R. Rausher | City University of New York | New York | NY |
| Robert Eli Rosen | University of Miami School of Law | Coral Gables | FL |
| Ruth Rosen | UC Davis | Davis | CA |
| Nancy L. Rosenblum | Harvard University | Cambridge | MA |
| Marc Howard Ross | Bryn Mawr College | Bryn Mawr | PA |
| Robert J.S. Ross | Clark University | Worcester | MA |
| Marsha L. Rozenblit | University of Maryland | College Park | MD |
| Andrea Rugh | Middle East Institute | Washington | DC |
| Former US Ambassador William A. Rugh | Middle East Institute | Washington | DC |
| S.I. Salamensky | University of Louisville | Louisville | KY |
| Irwin Sandler | Arizona State University | Tempe | AZ |
| Paul Scham | University of Maryland | College Park | MD |
| Sandra Scham | Catholic University of America | Washington | DC |
| Charles Schmitz | Towson University | Towson | MD |
| Beverly Schneider | Independent Scholar | New York | NY |
| Cathy Lisa Schneider | American University | Washington | DC |
| Michael Schwartz | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook | NY |
| Seth Schwartz | Columbia University | New York | NY |
| Chaim Seidler-Feller | UCLA | Los Angeles | CA |
| Naomi Seidman | Graduate Theological Union | Berkeley | CA |
| Dr. Daniel Serwer | Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies | Washington | DC |
| Ann Shalleck | American University Washington College of Law | Washington | DC |
| Jeffrey Shoulson | University of Connecticut | Storrs | CT |
| Allan A. Silver | Columbia University | New York | NY |
| Jonathan Simon | UC Berkeley, School of Law | Berkeley | CA |
| Rev. David Whitten Smith | University of St. Thomas | St. Paul | MN |
| Robert W. Snyder | Rutgers University-Newark | Newark | NJ |
| Tamir Sorek | University of Florida | Gainesville | FL |
| Daniel Soyer | Fordham University | New York | NY |
| Seymour Spilerman | Columbia University | New York | NY |
| Lee J. Stanley | Lehigh University | Bethlehem | PA |
| Ervin Staub | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst | MA |
| Henry Steiner | Harvard Law School | Cambridge | MA |
| Russell Stone | American University | Washington | DC |
| Gabriele L. Strauch | University of Maryland | College Park | MD |
| Ann Swidler | UC Berkeley | Berkeley | CA |
| Sidney Tarrow | Cornell University | Ithaca | NY |
| Susan Tarrow | Cornell University | Ithaca | NY |
| Stephen Teitel | University of Rochester | Rochester | NY |
| Sergio Tenenbaum | University of Toronto | Toronto | Canada |
| John Torpey | Graduate Center, CUNY | New York | NY |
| Irene Tucker | University of California, Irvine | Irvine | CA |
| Fred Turner | Stanford University | Stanford | CA |
| Nadia Urbinati | Columbia University | New York | NY |
| Stephen K. Urice | University of Miami School of Law | Coral Gables | FL |
| Alex Vatanka | Middle East Institute | Washington | DC |
| Steven S. Volk | Oberlin College | Oberlin | OH |
| Roger Waldinger | UCLA | Los Angeles | CA |
| Irwin Wall | University of California, Riverside | Riverside | CA |
| Kenneth Waltzer | Michigan State University | East Lansing | MI |
| Zellman Warhaft | Cornell University | Ithaca | NY |
| Dov Waxman | Northeastern University | Boston | MA |
| Dr. Marvin G. Weinbaum | Middle East Institute | Washington | DC |
| Eric Weinberg | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | PA |
| Jonathan T. Weinberg | Wayne State University | Detroit | MI |
| Kim Weiner | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | Indiana | PA |
| Jeff Weintraub | Harvard University | Cambridge | MA |
| Alan Jay Weisbard | University of Wisconsin Law School | Madison | WI |
| Thomas G. Weiss | The Graduate Center, CUNY | New York | NY |
| Thomas E. Weisskopf | Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | MI |
| Deborah M. Weissman | University of North Carolina School of Law | Chapel Hill | NC |
| Beth C. Weitzman | NYU Steinhardt | New York | NY |
| Beth S. Wenger | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | PA |
| Howard Wettstein | UC Riverside | Riverside | CA |
| Bruce E. Wexler | Yale University | New Haven | CT |
| Laura Wexler | Yale University | New Haven | CT |
| Wayne White | Middle East Institute | Washington | DC |
| Former US Ambassador Philip C. Wilcox, Jr. | Middle East Institute | Washington | DC |
| Carol Hutner Winograd | Stanford University | Stanford | CA |
| Terry Winograd | Stanford University | Stanford | CA |
| Ruth Bernard Yeazell | Yale University | New Haven | CT |
| Jonathan Zasloff | UCLA School of Law | Los Angeles | CA |
| Steven Zipperstein | Stanford University | Stanford | CA |
| Andrew Zitcer | Drexel University | Philadelphia | PA |
| Daniel Bar-Tal | Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv | Israel |
| Elie Barnavi | Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv | Israel |
| Galia Golan | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Israel |
| Ze’ev Herzog | Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv | Israel |
| Gabriel Horenczyk | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Israel |
| Haggai Kupermintz | University of Haifa | Haifa | Israel |
| Dr. Alon Liel | Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv | Israel |
| Avishai Margalit | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Israel |
| Elana Shohamy | Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv | Israel |
| Dr. Dimitry Shumsky | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Israel |
| David Zisenwine | Tel Aviv University | Ramat Aviv | Israel |
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