Linda Dittmar, Author at Consequence Forum

Linda grew up in Israel (1939-1960). She served in the Israeli military, including the Suez Campaign (1956). A PhD from Stanford University, she taught literature and film studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston for forty years. Her publications include From Hanoi to Hollywood, The Vietnam War in American Film, and Multiple Voices in Feminist Film Criticism. Now Professor Emerita, she is writing a memoir about Israel/Palestine and the war of 1948.

Tantura

by Linda Dittmar | Aug 22, 2020 | Nonfiction

Once located on a spur off the coastal road between Tel Aviv and Haifa, Tantura was a fishing and agricultural village counting 1,490 residents. Attacked on May 22-23, 1948, the village fell after a brief battle; claims of a massacre are still debated. Some twelve...