January 9, 2017 War By Other Means: Addressing the Climate on Campus On Sunday, December 4, I had the pleasure of speaking at the CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) conference, “War by Other Means: Israel, BDS, and the Campus,” at Harvard Law School. In recent years, anti-Semitism has been on the rise throughout the country, and particularly on college campuses. Much […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
January 4, 2017 Summer and Post-Grad Job Opportunities with LDB! Applications are now open for Summer 2017 Legal Clerkships and Post-Grad Civil Rights Legal Fellowships with the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law! Want to help LDB fight against campus anti-Semitism? Apply today! Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Please send a copy of your resume to info@brandeiscenter.com. Principal duties: Depending on skills, […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
December 21, 2016 Definition of anti-Semitism Is a Threat to No One but anti-Semites This article was originally published in Ha’aretz on December 20, 2016, and is re-posted with permission from the author. Professor Dina Porat is the chief historian of Yad Vashem International Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, head of the Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry at Tel Aviv University, and a member of the Louis […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
December 20, 2016 Ohio Governor Kasich Signs Anti-BDS Law On Monday, Ohio Governor and former Republican presidential candidate John Kasich signed an anti-Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) bill into law. The anti-BDS bill prohibits Ohio state agencies from contracting “with a company that is boycotting Israel or disinvesting from Israel.” LDB Senior Staff Attorney Jennie Gross testified in front of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
December 20, 2016 LDB to MLA: Drop Ultra Vires Boycott Resolution Lawyers at the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) have cautioned the Modern Language Association (MLA) against a controversial anti-Israel resolution that some MLA members are urging upon the association. Blog
December 15, 2016 Britain to Adopt Definition of Anti-Semitism; U.S. Should Follow Suit In an effort to combat rising numbers of anti-Semitic hate crimes and incitement, Britain is about to become one the first countries in the world to adopt an international definition of anti-Semitism. On Monday, Dec. 12, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced in her keynote address at the Conservative Friends of Israel’s annual lunch, that her government […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
December 13, 2016 Author and lawyer ‘defines’ anti-Semitism After decades of an apparent diminishment of anti-Semitism following the end of World War II, prejudice against Jews has resurfaced in recent years, often intertwined with anti-Israel bias, and nowhere has it been felt more than on college campuses. Blog
December 8, 2016 Update: More Good News from Ohio The anti-Semitic Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel suffered yet another loss this week. Yesterday, LDB Senior Staff Attorney Jennie Gross testified in front of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee in support of Ohio’s anti-BDS bill, H.B. No. 476, “to prohibit a state agency from contracting with a company that […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
December 7, 2016 LDB Testifies Before Ohio Assembly in Support of anti-BDS Legislation On Tuesday, December 6, I testified in front of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee in support of Ohio’s anti-BDS bill, H.B. No. 476, “to prohibit a state agency from contracting with a company that is boycotting Israel or disinvesting from Israel.” The bill is a very important response to the anti-Semitic Boycotts, […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
December 6, 2016 Defining anti-Semitism Author Kenneth L. Marcus will share details from his latest book, The Definition of Anti-Semitism, in which he elaborates on the link between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, and how this is impacting the critiques of Israel on university campuses at a Beyond the Book Festival event. Blog
November 30, 2016 Good News From Ohio Earlier this afternoon, the Ohio House passed an anti-BDS bill with a vote of 83-11. This important victory marks yet another blow to the anti-Semitic Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. The Bill, HB 476, “to enact section 9.75 of the Revised Code to prohibit a state agency from contracting with a company that is boycotting […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
November 29, 2016 US Intifada: A fire-storm of lies is setting US campuses ablaze Have you ever escaped a raging fire? I have–twice, and one never, ever forgets the heat, the smell, the bright red-and-orange flames, the horror, the near-brush with death, the loss of one’s possessions or of one’s home–and the overwhelming gratitude that one’s life has been spared. Blog
November 21, 2016 Two New Blows to BDS Tuesday, November 15, 2016 ushered in two significant failures of the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. The first blow came from an overwhelming defeat of a divestment resolution at the University of Michigan, which we blogged about earlier this week. This was the fifth failed divestment resolution in the past eleven years at […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
November 21, 2016 Federal Legislation Strengthens Anti-BDS Movement Throughout 2016 we have seen several state legislatures successfully introduce and pass anti- Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) legislation. Reaching beyond state law, several United States congressmen, in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, have introduced federal anti-BDS legislation. Specifically, on November 14, 2016 U.S. Representatives Peter J. Roskam and Juan Vargas introduced […] Anti-Zionism Blog
November 17, 2016 Anti-Semitic BDS Campaign Rejected by U of Michigan Students On Tuesday night, the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement against Israel took yet another blow: the University Michigan Student Government voted down a BDS resolution by a wide margin of 34 against, 13 in favor, and 3 abstentions. This marks the fifth BDS campaign at the University in the past 11 years that has sought […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
November 10, 2016 Victory Against U.K. Campus Anti-Semitism Defining anti-Semitism has again proven its importance – this time, in the UK. Last week, the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA), the UK’s leading universities regulator, ruled in favor of a disabled Jewish student’s complaint of campus anti-Semitism. The decision cited the European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia’s Working Definition of Anti-Semitism (“Working […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
November 8, 2016 Update: Pennsylvania anti-BDS Bill Signed Into Law Mere days after Bill HB 2107 passed the Pennsylvania State Senate, Governor Tom Wolfe has signed it into law. The legislation, which ensures that companies contracted by the state are barred from becoming involved in any form of boycott specifically in relation to Israeli companies or individuals. This officially makes Pennsylvania the 16th state to […] Anti-Zionism Blog
November 2, 2016 Human Rights Law, Fashion, and the Middle East, with Jeffrey Robbins Jeffrey Robbins will address students at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis on Human Rights Law, Fashion, and the Middle East. Blog
November 2, 2016 Pennsylvania Senate Passes Anti-BDS Bill 2016 has state legislatures taking a firm stand against the Boycotts, Disinvestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. This summer alone, the Brandeis Center reported that California, New Jersey, Rhode Island and New York all enacted various laws establishing themselves against this invidious form of discrimination. Now, less than a month after California Governor Jerry Brown signed […] Anti-Zionism Blog
October 31, 2016 ISGAP’s Fall International Antisemitism Seminar Series LDB is pleased to share ISGAP’s (Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy) 2016 International Seminar Series, entitled “Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective.” Please find the Fall schedule below. ISGAP’s seminars are open to students, faculty and the general public. For more information, contact Ira Guberman at 212-230-1840 or info@isgap.org Columbia University Location: William and […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
October 25, 2016 Vandalism at University of Minnesota Law School Prior to LDB Presentation Last week, I visited the University of Minnesota Law School to deliver a lunch lecture on anti-Semitism in higher education. It was one of a few campus visits I made this fall, and until now, the law students have been gracious hosts. This was different. The flyers announcing my lecture were torn down, apparently by […] Anti-Semitism Blog