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I MUST CONFESS a grudging respect for Alan Dershowitz. Unlike most civil-libertarians, the Harvard Law professor and controversial defense counsel strives for consistency, a discipline which leads him to oppose political correctness, liberal intolerance, and quotas.

Almost alone among Jewish liberals, he never hesitates to censure left-wing anti-Semitism. While others have drifted into a mushy, secular universalism and a ritualistic romanticization of the Third World (any “ism” but Zionism), Dershowitz is an unapologetic defender of Israel.

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Don Feder

I MUST CONFESS a grudging respect for Alan Dershowitz. Unlike most civil-libertarians, the Harvard Law professor and controversial defense counsel strives for consistency, a discipline which leads him to oppose political correctness, liberal intolerance, and quotas.

Almost alone among Jewish liberals, he never hesitates to censure left-wing anti-Semitism. While others have drifted into a mushy, secular universalism and a ritualistic romanticization of the Third World (any “ism” but Zionism), Dershowitz is an unapologetic defender of Israel.