Armin Rosen

Letters to the Editor

Readers write in with thoughts about the Middle East.

By Armin Rosen and Constancia Dinky Romilly | Mar 23 07:53 pm ET

J Street’s Jewish progressivism

If it’s merely a front for deep anti-communal cynicism, J Street will provide American Jews not with the opportunity to engage with their ethnic and religious heritage, but with an excuse to distance themselves from it even more.

By Armin Rosen | Dec 7 07:36 pm ET

The real-life Borg mothership

The NWSB is a return to the modernist fetishization of structure, although like Lerner, it stretches its intellectual assumptions to drearily excessive lengths. The result is architecture that doesn’t reflect the building’s structure or purpose so much as tell the outside world to keep moving and mind its own business.

By Armin Rosen | Oct 18 04:41 pm ET

Spammed

“(Your friend) wants to show you a picture,” the email assured me. It was 1:30 AM, hardly a time for cogent decision-making. And I was jarred by a notoriously unstable acquaintance even wanting to show me something online.

By Armin Rosen | Sep 20 08:48 pm ET

(Very) Quick Thoughts on Israeli Election Results

The Arab parties won 11 seats. Even after the Gaza War, Arabs were won over by the possibility of change through democratic participation even if their parties failed to increase their number of Knesset seats.

By Armin Rosen | Feb 17 02:47 am ET

Behind our Public Transit Doomsday

To witness some truly defeated souls, check out the platform at the 96th Street station after 11 p.m.

By Armin Rosen | Nov 24 08:05 pm ET

Examining Said’s Legacy

The Altschul Auditorium is a dismal and windowless place.

By Armin Rosen | Nov 10 07:47 pm ET

CMJ Wraps Up For Free This Weekend

The CMJ Music Marathon is more than halfway over, which is probably a relief for the thousands of college music DJs and industry wonks who flood the city’s rock dives during the grueling, five-day

By Armin Rosen | Oct 24 05:07 am ET

On ROTC, Who Does Columbia Speak For?

In June 2007, University President Lee Bollinger made one of the most controversial decisions of his presidency by stating, in ironically unsparing language, why he wouldn’t make controversial deci

By Armin Rosen | Oct 23 09:04 pm ET

The Massad Tenure Battle: Year Two

At first glance, the Joseph Massad tenure battle looks like one of the most civil academic controversies ever to engulf Columbia’s Middle Eastern studies community.

By Armin Rosen | Sep 18 11:49 pm ET

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