The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/noam-chomsky/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:02:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Noam Chomsky | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/noam-chomsky/ 32 32 Epstein emails reveal close ties with influential figures long after sex crime conviction https://www.timesofisrael.com/epstein-emails-reveal-close-ties-with-influential-figures-long-after-sex-crime-conviction/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:17:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3688565 Documents released by US House Oversight Committee show the disgraced financier corresponded regularly with executives, academics, and political players right up until his death

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]]> Noam Chomsky’s wife denies reports famed linguist and Israel critic died in Brazil https://www.timesofisrael.com/noam-chomskys-wife-denies-reports-famed-linguist-and-israel-critic-died-in-brazil/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:31:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3314559 Prominent activist, 95, had been hospitalized while recovering from a stroke suffered a year ago, Valeria Chomsky says, as false reports of his death spread on social media

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]]> Jeffrey Epstein-linked accounts transferred funds to Noam Chomsky, Bard College head https://www.timesofisrael.com/epstein-linked-accounts-transferred-funds-to-noam-chomsky-bard-college-head/ Fri, 19 May 2023 15:33:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3018602 Left-wing academic confirms to Wall Street Journal that he sought disgraced financier's assistance in moving funds but insists none of the money was from the deceased sex offender

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]]> Noam Chomsky, Ehud Barak among names on Jeffrey Epstein’s newly uncovered calendar https://www.timesofisrael.com/noam-chomsky-ehud-barak-among-names-on-jeffrey-epsteins-newly-uncovered-calendar/ Tue, 02 May 2023 03:33:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3006848 Woody Allen, longtime Bard College president Leon Botstein also met with disgraced financier, although there is no evidence of any misdeeds on their part

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]]> Noam Chomsky backs Scottish college newspaper facing antisemitism charge https://www.timesofisrael.com/noam-chomsky-backs-scottish-college-newspaper-facing-antisemitism-charge/ Thu, 28 Oct 2021 03:35:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2639907 Linguist among 500 scholars to accuse University of Glasgow of curbing free speech after its newspaper agreed to apologize for 2017 essay titled 'Outsourcing Zionist Propaganda'

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]]> Israeli envoy urges Swedes to protest screening of anti-Israel film by state TV https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-envoy-urges-swedes-to-protest-state-funded-screening-of-anti-israel-film/ Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:01:04 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1508578 'Inciting' documentary 'The Occupation of the American Mind,' narrated by Roger Waters, was recently broadcast by Educational TV

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]]> 13 insects and other organisms named after Jews https://www.timesofisrael.com/13-insects-and-other-organisms-named-after-jews/ Tue, 07 Jun 2016 17:56:52 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1405791 Arachnid named after Spiderman actor Andrew Garfield, a moth for Harry Houdini, and dinosaur for Jurassic Park director Steven Spielberg

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]]> 12 Turkish academics held for opposing raids on Kurdish rebels https://www.timesofisrael.com/12-turkish-academics-held-for-opposing-raids-on-kurdish-rebels/ Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:43:03 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1321882 Lecturers among the 1,000 who sign declaration denouncing military operations against PKK-linked Kurdish militants

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]]> Chomsky bashes BDS tactics modeled on South Africa https://www.timesofisrael.com/chomsky-bashes-bds-tactics-modeled-on-south-africa/ Fri, 04 Jul 2014 09:39:28 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1022032 Academic says campaign could backfire without US sanctions, claims Palestinians worse off than South Africans

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]]> David Blaine and things that make you go ‘Eeeeew!’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/david-blaine-and-things-that-make-you-go-eeeeew/ Fri, 22 Nov 2013 14:51:38 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=756878 The Shonda of the Week takes stupidity to new heights; Adam Levine is too sexy for his shirt; and what makes 'The Hunger Games' Jewish

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]]> Report: CIA kept file on Chomsky https://www.timesofisrael.com/report-cia-kept-file-on-chomsky/ Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:39:42 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=637392 Controversial MIT scholar and Israel critic drew attention because of activism against the Vietnam War

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]]> Chomsky says Europe could help Mideast talks https://www.timesofisrael.com/chomsky-says-europe-could-help-mideast-talks/ Sat, 27 Jul 2013 02:10:20 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=612302 Renowned American academic claims EU willingness to break from American policies supporting Israel may lead to breakthrough

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]]> Noam Chomsky helped lobby Stephen Hawking to stage Israel boycott http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/10/noam-chomsky-stephen-hawking-israel-boycott?INTCMP=SRCH Sun, 12 May 2013 05:24:04 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=501922 The Guardian: US professor among 20 academics who urged wheelchair-bound physicist to stay away from Presidential Conference

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]]> ‘Gaza’s Ark’ to break blockade, this time from within https://www.timesofisrael.com/gazas-ark-to-break-blockade-this-time-from-within/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:17:28 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=435874 A new initiative will strive to export produce from Gaza rather than bring supplies in

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]]> Told that Norway is the West’s most anti-Semitic country, diplomat lashes out at Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-jerusalem-panel-norwegians-spar-over-israel-and-anti-semitism/ Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:28:51 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=270194 After bestselling author slams Oslo for anti-Semitism 'on state level' and alleged pro-Palestinian bias, deputy head of mission says the occupation is 'defining factor' of Norway's relations with Israel

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