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Tanya Reinhart
Tanya Reinhart

Tanya Reinhart (Hebrew: טניה ריינהרט‎; July 1943 – March 17, 2007) was an Israeli linguist who wrote frequently on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Events in July The traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England ended July 9 (date varied Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. She contributed columns to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot and longer articles to the CounterPunch, Znet, and Israeli Indymedia websites. Yedioth Ahronoth (ידיעות אחרונות, lit Latest News) is a major Hebrew language Daily newspaper published in Israel. CounterPunch is a biweekly Newsletter published in the United States that covers politics in a manner its editors describe as "muckraking with a radical Z Communications is a media group founded in 1987 by Michael Albert and Lydia Sargent.

Reinhart studied philosophy and Hebrew literature at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem as an undergraduate, where she later received an M.A. in comparative literature and philosophy. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים الجامعة العبرية في القدس abbreviated HUJI) is Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the In 1976 she obtained a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Her thesis supervisor was Noam Chomsky. Avram Noam Chomsky (noʊm ˈtʃɑmski born December 7 1928 is an American linguist, Philosopher, cognitive scientist, Political

Reinhart was a former professor of linguistics and literary theory at Tel-Aviv University. Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields Tel Aviv University (TAU אוניברסיטת תל־אביב את"א is Israel 's largest on-site University, located in Tel Aviv. She was also a guest lecturer at Duke University [1] and at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, and ended her international career as Global Distinguished Professor at New York University (NYU). Duke University is a private Research University located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Utrecht University ( Universiteit Utrecht in Dutch) is a University in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City.

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Professional Work

Noam Chomsky has described Reinhart's contributions to the field of linguistics as "original and highly influential," particularly regarding "syntactic structure and operations, referential dependence, principles of lexical semantics and their implications for syntactic organization, unified approaches to cross-linguistic semantic interpretation of complex structures that appear superficially to vary widely, the theory of stress and intonation, efficient parsing systems, the interaction of internal computations with thought and sensorimotor systems, optimal design as a core principle of language, and much else. Avram Noam Chomsky (noʊm ˈtʃɑmski born December 7 1928 is an American linguist, Philosopher, cognitive scientist, Political Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields " [1]

Reinhart's academic work also extended well beyond the field of linguistics, to that of literary theory, mass media, propaganda, and other core elements of intellectual culture. [1]

Political Activism

Chomsky has noted Reinhart's activism was not limited to words and that she was often on "the front line of direct resistance to intolerable actions, an organizer and a participant, a stance that one cannot respect too highly. " [1] Commenting on her death, he wrote that Reinhart would be remembered "not only as a resolute and honorable defender of the rights of Palestinians, but also as one of those who have struggled to defend the moral integrity of her own Israeli society, and its hope for decent survival. " [1]

Reinhart was an outspoken critic of Israel's policies in the 1967-occupied territories. She argued that Israel should abandon the West Bank and Gaza:

Israel should withdraw immediately from the territories occupied in 1967. The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria Gaza (غزة, עַזָּה ʕazzā is the largest city in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories. The bulk of Israeli settlers (150,000 of them) are concentrated in the big settlement blocks in the center of the West bank. These areas cannot be evacuated over night. But the rest of the land (about 90%–96% of the West bank and the whole of the Gaza strip) can be evacuated immediately. Many of the residents of the isolated Israeli settlements that are scattered in these areas are speaking openly in the Israeli media about their wish to leave. It is only necessary to offer them reasonable compensation for the property they will be leaving behind. The rest — the hard-core "land redemptions" fanatics — are a negligible minority that will have to accept the will of the majority. [2]

Reinhart pointed out that immediate withdrawal would still leave under debate between six and ten percent of the West Bank with the large settlement blocks, as well as the issues of Jerusalem and the right of return, and maintains that these should be the subject of "serious peace negotiations".

In 2002, Reinhart was heavily criticized in Israel for signing a European petition calling for a moratorium on European support of Israeli academia in protest of Israel's Palestinian policies.

The same year, she also published a book, Israel/Palestine: How To End the War of 1948, in which she analyzed what she saw as the breakdown during the preceding three years of constructive engagement over the Palestinian issue and the hardening of the Israeli position.

In December 2006, Reinhart moved to New York saying she could no longer live in Israel due to its treatment of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. [3]

Tanya Reinhart was married to Israeli writer Aharon Shabtai. Aharon Shabtai (Hebrew אהרון שבתאי, born 1939 is one of the Hebrew language's leading Poets, as well as a translator She has been described as a post-Zionist. Post-Zionism refers to the opinions of some Israeli diaspora Jews and others particularly in academia that Zionism has fulfilled its ideological mission

Further reading

Selected publications in linguistics

References

  1. ^ a b c d "In Memory of Tanya Reinhart" Noam Chomsky, 19 March 2007
  2. ^ Israel/Palestine: How To End The War Of 1948, Znet, November 08, 2002
  3. ^ Israeli Author, Peace Activist Tanya Reinhart Dies at 63, Democracy Now, March 19, 2007

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Z Communications is a media group founded in 1987 by Michael Albert and Lydia Sargent. Democracy Now! is a syndicated program of news analysis and opinion aired by more than 700 Radio and Television, satellite (הארץ "The land" referring to the Land of Israel) founded in 1918 is Israel 's oldest Daily newspaper. Avram Noam Chomsky (noʊm ˈtʃɑmski born December 7 1928 is an American linguist, Philosopher, cognitive scientist, Political CounterPunch is a biweekly Newsletter published in the United States that covers politics in a manner its editors describe as "muckraking with a radical Al-Jazeerah Information Center (مركز معلومات الجزيرة is a non-profit United States &ndash based "news and research publication"
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