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Linguist, left-wing activist Prof. Tanya Reinhardt dies age 63

By Haaretz Service

Linguist and left-wing activist Professor Tanya Reinhardt died in New York on Saturday at age 63.

Reinhardt, one of the most outspoken representatives of the radical Israeli left, was a fierce critic of the 1993 Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, saying they represented a perpetuation of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. She was also a proponent of an academic boycott of Israeli universities to protest the occupation.

After receiving a master's degree at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Reinhardt wrote her doctoral thesis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under renowned linguist Noam Chomsky.

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Her contributions to linguistic theory dealt with the connection between meaning and context, and the interface between syntax and systems of sound.

From 1977, Reinhardt taught courses in linguistics and literature at Tel Aviv University, including classes in critical reading of media and the analysis of discourse based on Chomsky's methods.

For the last 15 years she also taught at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

In December 2006, Reinhardt left Israel and settled in New York to teach at New York University.

Reinhardt and those close to her said the change in the university's relationship to her was made in response to her statements calling for an academic boycott of Israel.

Reinhardt espoused the principle of non-violent resistance, and was among the leaders of the left-wing activists who called for boycotts of the 1996 and 2001 elections.

She was active in recent years in Israeli-Palestinian efforts against the West Bank separation fence and the seizure of land from Palestinians for its construction.

Reinhardt was married to poet and translator Aharon Shabtai.

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1.	peace activist Tanya Reinhardt dies, age 63	18:58	\|	Moshe Levy	18/03/07

2.	Passing away of Tanya Reinhardt	19:09	\|	Marwan	18/03/07

3.	I loved that lady, may her soul rest in peace	19:31	\|	Khalid	18/03/07

4.	sad news	19:45	\|	Joshua	18/03/07

5.	People like her force us not to generalize.	19:48	\|	Bandar Michaels	18/03/07

6.	How was she a "peace activist?"	19:52	\|	Sherman	18/03/07

7.	How sad...	19:55	\|	PK	18/03/07

8.	She was a Jezebel of Modern Israel and a Traitor	20:08	\|	Paul Engelman	18/03/07

9.	Good riddance	20:23	\|	Dani	18/03/07

10.	May she rest in peace ...	20:26	\|	ArabAmerican	18/03/07

11.	...perpetuation of the Israeli occupation...	20:36	\|	HonestIsraeli	18/03/07

12.	Left wing activist	20:49	\|	Shulamit	18/03/07

13.	Sherman...many honest Germans did the same during WWII	21:07	\|	Khalid	18/03/07

14.	Tanya Reinhardt	21:27	\|	Steven R. Bayne	18/03/07

15.	any friend of Noam Chomsky should RIP	21:31	\|	Avi	18/03/07

16.	#12 - Shulamit: Don`t worry	21:44	\|	HonestIsraeli	18/03/07

17.	Peace Activist ???	21:49	\|	MG	18/03/07

18.	Tanya Reinhardt	21:55	\|	Jeff	18/03/07

19.	#12, Shulamit,	22:02	\|	Avi	18/03/07

20.	Welcome Home Comrade	22:13	\|	J of Hollywood	18/03/07

21.	Ms Reinhardt	22:24	\|	Paulo	18/03/07

22.	Ms Tanya Reinhardt	22:43	\|	yuval	18/03/07

23.	A great loss to the fight for human rights	22:57	\|	Abe	18/03/07

24.	LOSING ONE OF THE RARE COMMODITIES IN ISRAEL	23:11	\|	JACKAL	18/03/07

25.	We have a saing	23:36	\|	TOMY	18/03/07

26.	Notice, All the bitter enemies of Israel	23:43	\|	TOMY	18/03/07

27.	I loved that lady she was a decent jewish israeli	00:05	\|	nina	19/03/07

28.	to abe #23 bravo	00:14	\|	nina	19/03/07

29.	Honor the dead	00:23	\|	Richard Silverstein	19/03/07

30.	Tanya Reinhart	00:41	\|	Timna	19/03/07

31.	How interesting that so many Arabs love her....	00:58	\|	Tom	19/03/07

32.	RIP	01:18	\|	Dan B	19/03/07

33.	Sherman (Post No. 6)	01:20	\|	Johnny Weintraub	19/03/07

34.	You will be long remembered Tanya	01:22	\|	Marlene	19/03/07

35.	To Khalid #13	03:40	\|	Sherman	19/03/07

36.	May you rest in peace Tanya	04:01	\|	Zainab	19/03/07

37.	Vale Tanya Reinhart	04:21	\|	Kim	19/03/07

38.	You will be long remembered Tanya	04:28	\|	Walter Scott	19/03/07

39.	RIP Tanya.	04:41	\|	K.	19/03/07

40.	Reinhardt dies at age 63	05:36	\|	John Marker	19/03/07

41.	A "peace activist" dies - more will live	13:01	\|	Ehud	19/03/07

42.	Lef-wing Activist Dies	14:18	\|	Janet	19/03/07

43.	The los of a Jewel	17:33	\|	Admirer	19/03/07

44.	Tanya Reinhardt`s passing	19:42	\|	Pat Reese	19/03/07

45.	Follow the yellow brick road ... to your own demise	01:44	\|	Seva Brodsky	20/03/07

46.	courageous woman	04:29	\|	another admirer w	20/03/07

47.	Bury her in Hamastan -	05:16	\|	Alex K	20/03/07

48.	Why does Israel tolerate such KAPOS?	05:29	\|	Alex	20/03/07

49.	Ding Dong	08:55	\|	Ran Greenstein	20/03/07

50.	#8,Paul Engelman. Today is the first day of the rest of your life	10:56	\|	zmogus	20/03/07

51.	Get off the pipe people	18:39	\|	WVS1	20/03/07

52.	A shame...	04:34	\|	Tosefta	21/03/07

53.	the death of a jewish democratic state	13:05	\|	ricki bobbi	29/03/07

54.	Tanya Reinhardt	15:24	\|	Slim Dan	31/03/07

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