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APN Founder Selected to Head Queens College Jewish Studies Program

APN today congratulated Professor Mark Rosenblum for this prestigious appointment, effective July 1, 2006.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 2, 2006
CONTACT: Lewis Roth - (202) 728-1893

May 3, 2006-Americans for Peace Now (APN) today congratulated its Founder, Professor Mark Rosenblum, for being appointed Director of the Queens College Jewish Studies Program, effective July 1, 2006. Rosenblum is a long-time faculty member of Queens College, where he already teaches in the History Department and serves as the director of the Michael Harrington Center. APN is a Jewish, Zionist organization dedicated to enhancing Israel's security through peace and to supporting the Israeli Peace Now movement.

"Queens College couldn't have made a better choice for someone to lead its Jewish Studies Program," said Debra DeLee, President and CEO of Americans for Peace Now. "In addition to his dedication to the cause of peace between Israel and her Arab neighbors, Mark is a distinguished scholar in his field and someone who really knows how to motivate students. This new position is recognition of all the hard work and dedication that Mark has brought to his profession."

The author of numerous scholarly and popular articles, Mark Rosenblum has appeared as a Middle East analyst on CNN, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, and National Public Radio. He has met with virtually all the major players in the region, including former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, King Abdullah II, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, former PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat, and Syrian cabinet ministers and foreign ministry officials. In 1999 the Forward named Professor Rosenblum one of the 50 most influential American Jews, and in 2003 he received the Queens College President's Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Professor Rosenblum's project, "The Middle East and America: Clash of Civilizations or Meeting of the Minds," has garnered considerable acclaim and media attention for its requirement that Jewish and Muslim students immerse themselves in the opposing group's history relative to the Middle East conflict and construct a compelling "narrative" that supports the opposing viewpoint. Professor Rosenblum was recently selected by the Clinton Global Initiative as one of two winners of an award for work in the field of Religion, Conflict and Reconciliation. His project, "Insight on Incitement: A Public Education Program on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Making," will bring together Israeli, Palestinian, and American scholars, policymakers, diplomats, and activists in an effort to analyze what went wrong with the Oslo Accords' trilateral anti-incitement regime.