Dov Waxman is a professor of Israel studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an author on Israel, American Jewry, and antisemitism. He writes academic work and public commentary on Jewish politics and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He earned his undergraduate degree at Oxford University and his MA and PhD in international relations at Johns Hopkins University. He previously taught at Northeastern University and the City University of New York.
DI has documented statements by Dov Waxman on Antisemitism, Israel, and Political Violence, among other topics. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
He agrees with the need to distinguish Jewish identity from Israel while explicitly separating his position from the safety condition he attributes to Piker.
Larry Klayman sued Hasan Piker over his August 20 remarks about American Jews, seeking more than $150 million. Piker had earlier disputed the threatening interpretation.