Scholars for Truth about Genocide Open Letter
Open letter calling on the International Association of Genocide Scholars to retract its resolution finding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Scholars for Truth about Genocide is an open letter demanding that the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) retract its August 31, 2025 resolution finding “Israel has engaged in systematic and widespread crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide”.
Only signatories with a connection to Greater Boston are listed here.
Signatories
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Alan Dershowitz Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus, Harvard Law School
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Steven Pinker Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
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Bernice Lerner
Author and former instructor on the Holocaust and Ethics, Boston University
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Max Abrahms
Associate Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University
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Eric Cohen
Co-founder, Investors Against Genocide; President, Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur,
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Barbara Wallace Grossman
Professor of Theatre, Tufts University
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Steven Kelman
, Harvard Kennedy School
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Stephen G. Gerzof
Professor of Radiology (retired), Tufts University School of Medicine
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Carol M. Ehrlich
MD, Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital
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Ilan Troen
Professor, Brandeis University
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Jeff Freilich
Program Lead, AI Literacy, MIT
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Reuven Kimelman
Professor, Brandeis University
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Howard M. Heller
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard University
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Dmitry Filonov
, Harvard University
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Alejandro F. Botta
Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, Boston University School of Theology
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Joel Trachtman
Emeritus Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
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James Wald
Associate Professor of History, Hampshire College
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Jonathan Skolnik
Associate Professor of German; Adjunct Associate Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Joseph Kushick
Professor Emeritus, Amherst College