March 18, 2022 Anti-Israel Hate Week ‘22 turbocharged by recent anti-Israel events Beginning at the University of Toronto in 2005, the Anti-Israel Hate Week, also deceitfully known as “Israel Apartheid Week,” is an annual event held in March and April on campuses across 55 countries. In the United States, this hateful event will be held this year from March 21 to March 28. It is an anti-Israel […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 7, 2022 IHRA Working Definition of Anti-Semitism Remains Strong in the Face of Criticism In recent webinar lectures with Indiana University and the United Kingdom Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) Charitable Trust, Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada – and current LDB Academic Advisory Board member – discussed his beliefs of the importance of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of anti-Semitism. “The IHRA […] Anti-Semitism Blog
February 23, 2022 Professor Abraham Bell Challenges Amnesty International UK Report That Claims Israel is an “Apartheid” State On February 3, the UK Lawyers For Israel (UKLFI) Charitable Trust hosted a webinar titled “Amnesty International’s Latest Attack on Israel.” Professor Abraham Bell explained that Amnesty International UK’s recent report alleging Israel is responsible for apartheid has been dismissed outright by the Biden administration and others as “absurd”. He identified flaws in the report’s […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
February 14, 2022 LDB submits comments to proposed Dept. of Education regulations On Friday, February 11, 2022, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (“LDB”) submitted comments in response to the proposed regulations governing Civil Rights Data Collection (“CRDC”) issued by the Department of Education (“ED”). Read the submission here: Brandeis Center Comments on CRDC Blog
February 11, 2022 Members of Congress Send Letter to Office For Civil Rights Urging Action on Campus anti-Semitism On February 4, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and a group of 39 bipartisan Members of Congress sent a letter to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), urging it to take concrete steps to support Jewish students and address the rising threat of anti-Semitism on campus. Members asked the Department of […] Anti-Semitism Blog
February 7, 2022 Call for Papers for Conference on “21st Century Antisemitism” The London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism has issued a call for papers and panels for its upcoming conference on “21st Century Antisemitism: A Global Conference with a UK Focus.” The conference will be held at Queen Mary, University of London, Lincoln’s Inn Fields on September 11-13, 2022. The deadline to submit panel […] Blog
December 7, 2021 Our laws cannot allow public schools to shield sexual predators | Opinion (The Hill) The Hill December 6, 2021 by Kenneth L. Marcus and Kimberly M. Richey, Opinion Contributors — The Biden administration recently announced its new proposed Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), providing numerous revisions to the most authoritative repository of information on civil rights in public schools. Predictably, the Biden proposal seeks new data on coronavirus responses and LGBTQ issues, including the addition […] Blog
November 1, 2021 The Worst Place for a Jew to Be, by Diane B. Kunz The Worst Place for a Jew to Be What is the worst place to be a Jew in America in 2021? According to Professor Günther Jikeli of Indiana University, it is on a college campus. His statement is substantiated by three new surveys of American college students and other Jewish Americans, all reported within the […] Blog
October 4, 2021 LDB Welcomes First Scholar-in-Residence The Louis D. Brandeis Center Welcomes Diane Kunz as Scholar-in-Residence Washington, D.C., October 1, 2021: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is pleased to announce the inaugural appointment of Diane Kunz to the newly created role of Scholar-in-Residence. Dr. Kunz is a distinguished historian and legal scholar who most recently served as Senior […] Blog
September 30, 2021 Professor Orde Kittrie debunks the charge that Israel is an “apartheid” nation and sounds the alarm on a newly established UN Commission On September 14, the UK Lawyers For Israel (UKLFI) Charitable Trust hosted a webinar titled “The Accusation of Israel as an Apartheid State,” featuring a presentation by Arizona State University Law Professor Orde Kittrie on the mandate of the new United Nations Commission of Inquiry (COI) created by the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Among […] Anti-Zionism Blog