June 8, 2015 LDB Makes Higher Education Act Case to Congressional Staffers Washington, D.C., (June 8, 2015) – On Wednesday, Brandeis Center President Kenneth L. Marcus and Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) President Sarah Stern educated congressional staff and others on the history, current status, and problems of Title VI of the Higher Education Opportunities Act. This year, the failed government program, which funds many controversial […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 1, 2015 BDS Defeated at Washington Supreme Court In a major setback to the BDS campaign, the Washington State Supreme court reversed a lower court’s ruling yesterday and struck down the state’s anti-SLAPP statute as unconstitutional. The Olympia Food Co-op, based in Olympia, Washington, provides “wholesome foods and other goods and services . . . through a locally oriented, collectively managed, not-for-profit cooperative […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
May 31, 2015 Illinois State Legislature approves an Anti-BDS bill For several months now, the U.S. government has been conducting a substantial amount of necessary work on fighting anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism. At the end of March, Congress created a Bipartisan Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, based on the Department of State’s definition of anti-Semitism. The State Department’s definition, which currently is used only for international […] Blog
May 31, 2015 Napolitano Supports State Department Definition of Anti-Semitism In response to growing worries about Anti-Semitic behaviors, especially in the University of California school system, over 500 of the school’s alums sent a letter to UC President Janet Napolitano telling their alma mater that it is imperative the system implement means to restrict and inhibit acts of Anti-Semitism against students. President Napolitano agrees. According […] Anti-Semitism Blog
May 20, 2015 UC Regents to Meet at UCSF, Chance to Fight Back The UC Regents will meet at UCSF-Mission Bay this coming May 20th and 21st, where there will be time for public comments sessions, at 3pm and 8:30pm respectively. At a time where the campus climate, specifically at UC schools, is not a conducive one to success for Jewish students, this meeting presents a constructive opportunity […] Anti-Semitism Blog
May 19, 2015 At Bowdoin College, BDS Defeated Earlier this month, in glorious fashion, students at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine voted to defeat the notorious BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement against Israel. According to a piece in Legal Insurrection by Cornell law professor William A. Jacobson, the referendum, which called for the economic, cultural, and academic boycotts of Israel, was rejected […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
May 15, 2015 Tennessee first, then Indiana condemn BDS as anti-Semitic movement For the first time in the U.S., a state legislature condemned the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The Tennessee General Assembly approved the resolution overwhelmingly, declaring that BDS is “one of the main vehicles for spreading anti-Semitism and advocating the elimination of the Jewish state”. The resolution condemns similarly the BDS activities […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
May 7, 2015 LDB and Others Write Napolitano about Anti-Israeli class at UC Riverside The Louis D. Brandeis Center joins the AMCHA initiative and 25 other groups in writing a letter to University of California President Napolitano and Provost Dorr about an anti-Israeli class taught at UC Riverside by a SJP member Dear President Napolitano and Provost Dorr, Last Fall, after several of our organizations wrote to you expressing our […] Anti-Zionism Blog
May 4, 2015 Anti-Zionism Week at UC Irvine The Louis D. Brandeis Center joins the AMCHA Initiative and twenty other groups in writing a letter to UCI Chancellor and Vice Chancellor about the “Anti-Zionist Week 2015” at UC Irvine. May 1, 2015 UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman UCI Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Thomas Parham Dear Chancellor Gillman and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Parham: […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
April 30, 2015 Concern about University of California’s definition of anti-Semitism The Louis D. Brandeis Center joins the AMCHA Initiative and twenty other groups in writing a letter to Senator Stone on urgent concerns about SCR-35. Dear Senator Stone, We are 22 organizations representing hundreds of thousands of supporters and members who are deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of Jewish students at the University […] Anti-Semitism Blog