Anti-Semitism - Brandeis Center

March 25, 2021 Panelist Event: Anti-Semitism & Anti-Zionism on Campus: The Situation & Strategies for Students

The American Zionist Movement’s Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism and Holocaust Denial Project, earlier this month, hosted Louis D. Brandeis Center For Human Rights Under Law President, Alyza Lewin, alongside Co-founder and Director of AMCHA, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin in a panel discussion on the situation and strategies for students facing anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on campus. The conversation began with an […]

March 19, 2021 UIUC Announces Formation of Jewish Advisory Council to Address Campus Anti-Semitism

The University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (UIUC) recently announced the formation of the Chancellor’s Advisory Council on Jewish and Campus Life. By creating the Council, UIUC is making good on one of the commitments it made in its “Joint Statement on Anti-Semitism.” In that Statement, to which the Brandeis Center is a signatory, the university pledged […]

February 26, 2021 Fathom Publishes Timely Defense of the IHRA Definition

On February 2, 2021, Fathom published a new eBook, In Defense of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, edited by Alan Johnson. This new eBook debunks four common myths regarding the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of anti-Semitism (the IHRA Definition): that the IHRA Definition prevents criticism of Israel by conflating such criticism with […]

February 24, 2021 University of Toronto Student Union Barred from Using Membership Fees to Promote Anti-Israel BDS Movement

In February, the University of Toronto’s (U of T) student-run judicial council delivered a significant blow to UT’s Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. U of T has a long history of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel conduct and is associated with the birth of Israel Apartheid Week, which is a week-long series of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel events […]

February 1, 2021 Who Wrote the IHRA Working Definition of Anti-Semitism?

A recent NY Times Article, titled “What Zoom Does to Campus Conflicts Over Israel and Free Speech,” contained a common but glaring error. The article described Kenneth S. Stern, director of the Center for the Study of Hate at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., as “the man who wrote the [International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance] working […]

January 27, 2021 Alyza Lewin Discusses Anti-Semitism in the United States with American Christian Leaders for Israel

Spurred by the explosive growth of global anti-Semitism and concerned by the lack of outrage against it, the American Christian Leaders for Israel (ACLI) network has been hosting a series of informative webinars on anti-Semitism, how to define and approach it, and its relationship with Christianity. The series began with a presentation from U.S. State […]

January 8, 2021 Elevating the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism

The Brandeis Center applauds the ongoing efforts by Congress to elevate the position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism to ambassadorial status. The special envoy position, created in 2004, is defined by the Foreign Affairs Manual as “one designated for a particular purpose, such as the conduct of special negotiations and attendance at […]

December 28, 2020 Anti-Semitism from the Far-Right Isn’t Going Away

With the rise in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories during the global COVID pandemic, the Brandeis Center remains vigilant and steadfast in its longstanding effort to monitor and combat traditional forms of anti-Semitism that are inspired by the far-right. A recent complaint filed with the Office for Civil Rights by the Brandeis Center and Arnold & Porter […]

December 26, 2020 Adopting the IHRA Definition to Combat Anti-Semitism: in Government, on Campus, and Beyond

A single definition of anti-Semitism is an essential tool in the effort to combat anti-Semitism on schoolgrounds, college campuses, and society at large.

November 9, 2020 LDB President, Alyza Lewin, Presents at State Department Conference on Combatting Anti-Semitism

Brandeis Center President, Alyza D. Lewin, recently shared insightful remarks at the State Department’s Virtual Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism, titled “Ancient Hate, Modern Medium: Conference on Internet Anti-Semitism.” This conference, broadcast on October 21 and 22, 2020, featured presentations from some of the world’s most prominent and leading thinkers about how to combat the many […]