Norton Mezvinsky is a historian. He is a Distinguished University Professor, Emeritus, Connecticut State University and is the president of the International Council for Middle East Studies, Inc.,(www.icmes.net) a new academic think tank in Washington, D.C. He has written numerous published books, articles and book reviews that deal with various aspects of the Arab-Israeli conflict and Zionism. The book, Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, which he wrote with the Israeli scholar, Israel Shahak, has been translated and published in four languages in addition to English. His most recent publications are a lengthy biographical essay of David Ben-Gurion in the new, highly praised Encyclopedia of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, published by Lynne Reiner Publishers (2010) , and a chapter essay, titled " The Christian Zionist View of Islam," in the new book, Islam in the Eyes of the West, published by Routledge (2010). Two additional essays of his on the Jewish religious Right and Zionism are scheduled for publication in 2011. Professor Mezvinsky is currently writing a book on Christian Zionism. Professor Mezvinsky has lectured and delivered papers at conferences around the world.

Family

"Norton Mezvinsky is from a well-known Iowa family. His father, Abe, was for decades a leading businessman in Ames, Iowa, and was famous for his philanthropy . Norton's brother, Edward, was an Iowa state representative, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in the 1970s but was later convicted for business fraud. Norton Mezvinsky's nephew, Mark, is married to Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton."

Publications

Mezvinsky specializes in "U.S. history between 1877 and 1920, U.S. immigration

Immigration to the United States

Immigration to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of the history of the United States. The economic, social, and political aspects of immigration have caused controversy regarding ethnicity, economic benefits, jobs for non-immigrants,...

 history, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the history of Judaism, and terrorism

Terrorism

Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...

 in the post-modern world". With controversial writer Israel Shahak

Israel Shahak

Israel Shahak was a Polish-born Israeli professor of chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, known especially as a radical political thinker, author, and civil rights activist. Between 1970-1990, he was president of the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights and was an outspoken critic...

, Mezvinsky co-authored Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, a book criticizing the Israeli religious establishment.

Criticism

His views have been labelled "anti-Israel" by The Forward

The Forward

The Forward , commonly known as The Jewish Daily Forward, is a Jewish-American newspaper published in New York City. The publication began in 1897 as a Yiddish-language daily issued by dissidents from the Socialist Labor Party of Daniel DeLeon...

, and "anti-Zionist" by Israeli advocacy groups such as CAMERA

Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America is an American non-profit pro-Israel media watchdog group. The group says it was founded in 1982 "to respond to the Washington Post's coverage of Israel's Lebanon incursion", and to respond to what it considers the media's "general...

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Books

• Disagreement in Definition: Three Views of the American Jewish Community in the Twentieth Century, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1956.
• (With Uri Davis): Documents from Israel, 1967-73: Readings for a Critique of Zionism, Ithaca Press, 1975, ISBN 9780903729093.
• (As contributor): Anti-Zionism: Analytical Reflections, Amana Books, 1988, ISBN 9780915597734.
• Report : Human Rights Violations During the Palestinian Uprising, 1988-1989, The Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights.
• (With Israel Shahak): Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, Pluto Press
  Pluto Press
  Pluto Press is a radical, progressive, independent publisher based in London. Pluto Press specialises in "progressive, critical perspectives in politics and the social sciences", and describes itself as "one of the world’s leading radical publishers". It has published authors such as Noam Chomsky,...
  
  , 2004, ISBN 9780745320915.