September 14, 2014 Hitler as Management Guru “Nazism has disappeared, but [not] the obsession it represents for the contemporary imagination. . . . Is such attention fixed on the past only a gratuitous reverie, the attraction of spectacle, exorcism, or the result of a need to understand; or is it again and still, an expression of profound fears and, on the part […] Blog
September 12, 2014 Brandeis Center Welcomes Guest Blogger Mike Gonzalez LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus is pleased to announce the appearance of foreign policy analyst Mike Gonzalez as new guest blogger on the Brandeis Center Blog for a two-week period beginning September 15. Mr. Gonzalez’s appearance underscores the immediate need to address Title VI funding to universities under the Higher Education Act. Mr. Gonzalez’ appearance comes as […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 11, 2014 Obama’s Speech We will fight ISIS/ISIL with bloodless drones and other people’s boot’s on the ground until hell freezes over—or Islam, that quintessential “religion of peace,” embraces the Sermon on the Mount. As has been said elsewhere, reentering the Syria-Iraq fray, we require the leadership of a Michael Corleone. Instead, we have his feckless brother, Fredo, at […] Blog
September 11, 2014 LDB Commends ESA Network 31 on New Anti-Boycott Resolution This afternoon, the Brandeis Center commended the European Sociological Association (ESA)Network 31, after the Network passed the first pro-active anti-boycott resolution by a professional European academic association late last week. Blog
September 4, 2014 Something’s Not Kosher in Siberia In a politically suspicious expulsion, an Israeli citizen, Rabbi Asher Krichevsky, his wife, and their six children were told they 15 days to leave Russia. His punishment comes after Krichevsky was fined 2,000 rubles, or about $50, for selling kosher wine from the Chabad House without a liquor license. Optimists in the Obama State Department […] Blog
September 3, 2014 LDB Joins AMCHA and Others Urging University of California to Monitor SJP Actions at So-Called “International Day of Action” Earlier today, fifteen national organizations urged Chancellor Dirks of the University of California at Berkeley to monitor the behavior of Students for Justice for Palestine (SJP) and other student organizations involved in the so-called September 23 “Day of Action.” Blog
September 2, 2014 Groups Urge University of California to Monitor SJP Actions at So-Called “International Day of Action” Earlier today, fifteen national organizations urged Chancellor Dirks of the University of California at Berkeley to monitor the behavior of Students for Justice for Palestine (SJP) and other student organizations involved in the so-called September 23 “Day of Action.” The 15 organizations, representing hundreds of thousands of members and supporters nationwide, expressed deep concern about the safety […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 1, 2014 Obama’s Secret Weapon According to a commentary in the “Washington Post,” the right-wing nationalist cauldron in the Russian Federation is boiling over. Perfervid ideas include ethnically cleansing the Ukrainian “idiots” and a tactical nuclear weapon exploded over Warsaw: to show all Europe that NATO is “a paper tiger.” But Vladimir Putin may not have given sufficient weight to […] Blog
August 29, 2014 Ali Abunimah Advocates Solidarity With Hamas For many years, Ali Abunimah has been a prominent proponent of “pro-Palestinian” solidarity activism, and he is often invited to speak on US campuses. As a veteran professional activist, he usually delivers smooth presentations that tend to obscure the fact that his often invoked demands for “justice in Palestine” require the injustice of doing away […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 28, 2014 Breaking News: American “Boots on the Ground” in Syria No, not U.S. troops but at least 15 Somali jihadis from the Twin Cities, one of whom left behind nine children for taxpayers to support while he pursued his higher calling. No comment from Representative Keith Ellison (Dem-Minn), the chief Congressional apologist and cover up artist for the Minneapolis-Somalia and now Syria terror network. Blog