International Consortium for Research on Antisemitism and Racism’s June 2013 international conference on “Boycotts - Past and Present" June 20, 2013
LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus will appear at the International Consortium for Research on Antisemitism and Racism’s June 2013 international conference on “Boycotts - Past and Present,” hosted by the Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism at Birkbeck College, University of London.
The Conundrum of Race: Civil Rights, Law & Jewish Identity January 29, 2013
LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus will deliver an invited lecture at Kalamazoo College on the complex, challenging and intellectually provocative questions that arise at the intersection of civil rights and Jewish identity.
TALK SPONSORED BY THE JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM & THE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
Campus Anti-Semitism and Legal Efforts to Combat It January 28, 2013
ONLINE REGISTRATION REQUIRED AT: www.decaloguesociety.com
For more information: 312.981.0105
Kosher Lunch Available for Purchase in Advance for $10
One hour of MCLE credit is available.
THE DECALOGUE SOCIETY & SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER present
CAMPUS ANTI-SEMITISM AND LEGAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT IT
KENNETH L. MARCUS President and General Counsel
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
Kenneth L. Marcus is the author of Jewish Identity and Civil Rights in America (Cambridge University Press 2010). He is known for pioneering the use of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to protect Jewish college students.
INTRODUCTION BY RABBI ARON HIER, DIRECTOR, CAMPUS OUTREACH, SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER.
Monday, January 28
12 noon
MILLER CANFIELD
225 WEST WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60606
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a global Jewish human rights organization that confronts anti- Semitism, hate and terrorism, promotes human rights and dignity, stands with Israel, defends the safety of Jews worldwide, and teaches the lessons of the Holocaust. With over 400,000 households in the U.S., it is accredited as an NGO at the U.N. and many other governmental organizations.
Campus Anti-Semitism and Civil Rights Law December 13, 2012
MCLE Lecture by Kenneth L. Marcus of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
December 13, 2012
Noon — 1:30 PM
Location: Office of Garvey, Schubert Barer Law Firm
1191 Second Avenue
6th Floor Conference Room
Seattle, WA 98101
Cost: $25 per person covers kosher box lunch, beverages, and printed materials
Sponsored by StandWithUs Northwest
Cosponsored by the Cardozo Society of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) briefing November 9, 2012
Kenneth Marcus will be presenting at Briefing of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - on “Federal Civil Rights Engagement with Arab and Muslim American Communities Post 9/11"
Location :
Commission headquarters
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 1150,
Washington, DC 20425
99th Anniversary Convention of Alpha Epsilon Pi August 10, 2012
On Thursday, August 10, LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus will address the 99th Anniversary Convention of Alpha Epsilon Pi at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix Arizona. Marcus will speak on civic leadership to this national assembly of Jewish fraternity leaders.
Anti-Israelism in American Higher Education June 28, 2012
LDB President Kenneth L. Marcuswill participate in a panel discussion on "Anti-Israelism in American Higher Education" at Tel Aviv University at 10:30 a.m. on June 28, 2012. He will be joined by LDB Director Richard Cravatts (Simmons) and LDB Advisor Tammi Rossman-Benjamin
Anti-Israelism in Higher Education June 25-27, 2012
Location : University of Haifa, Senate Hall, 29th Hall Time : 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus and LDB Advisors Richard Cravatts (Simmons) and Tammi Rossman-Benjamin(UC Santa Cruz) will participate in a roundtable discussion on Anti-Israelism in Higher Education at the University of Haifa during the 28th Annual Meeting of the Association for Israel Studies.
Ralph Nader hosts a debate between LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus and James Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute, on anti-Semitism and anti-Arab discrimination, at 12 noon on June 21.
Location: Busboys and Poets, 2012 14th Street NW, Washington, DC.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Patrick Sloyan will moderate.
Jack Shaheen, author of "Reel Bad Arabs" will join the debate on Zogby's side.
Tammi Rossman Benjamin Tammi Rossman-Benjamin is Lecturer in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University of California Santa Cruz. She is also President and co-founder of the Investigative Taskforce on Campus Antisemitism and a member of the board of directors of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.
