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
September 29, 2016 Wrong-Headed Initiative Dr. Diane B. Kunz, Esq. Wrong-Headed Initiative Equal treatment before United States law and government. That is a foundational American principle. Its aspirational neutrality, usually achieved, is one reason why people from so many nations with different ethnicities and differing religious beliefs have thrived in this country. Now J Street would challenge this basic principle […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 27, 2016 International Conference on Zionism and Anti-Semitism The Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism in Birkbeck, University of London has just announced their upcoming May 30 – June 1, 2017 conference on anti-Semitism and Zionism and is calling for the submission of papers to be presented: This timely conference will examine the interaction between Zionism and antisemitism as it has developed from the […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 26, 2016 California Governor Signs Anti-BDS Bill This weekend brings more good news from the Sunshine State. A month ago, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 2844 – an anti-BDS bill – requiring public entities and state agencies to certify that they have not created policies that discriminate against any sovereign nation by violating state civil rights under the Unruh Civil Rights […] Anti-BDS Laws Blog
September 19, 2016 U.S. Department of Education to Track Religious Harassment For several years, the Brandeis Center has urged changes in how the Department of Education (ED) collects data that would help to protect religious groups from discrimination. ED has finally agreed to do so. Commenting on the new development, LDB’s Kenneth L. Marcus said, “We commend ED for adopting this new policy, in line with the Brandeis […] Blog
September 13, 2016 U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum supports IHRA definitions on anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial This past week the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C united with scores of institutions and nations in taking up the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definitions of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. The announcement of support came after a High Level Forum on Global Antisemitism hosted by the United Nations. The […] Anti-Semitism Blog
September 2, 2016 The Brandeis Center Responds to Departure of UCLA Graduate Student Leader Earlier this week, UCLA law student and former Graduate Student Association (GSA) President Milan Chatterjee announced his intention to leave UCLA and finish his studies at New York University School of Law. This announcement came after Chatterjee had been subjected to nearly 10 months of harassment by anti-Israel activists in the Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) […] Anti-Zionism Blog
September 1, 2016 UCLA: No place for Jews? UCLA Chancellor Block’s assertion that BDS ‘isn’t going to be sustained’ on this campus’ has never appeared to be anything but lip service as UCLA succumbs to a virulent form of anti-Semitism that has a Hindu in its cross-hairs. Blog
September 1, 2016 German Students Take a Stand Against BDS This historic resolution came into effect following a speech by Professor Lori Allen, of the University of London. Promoting her book, ‘The Rise and Fall of Human Rights: Cynicism and Politics in Occupied Palestine,’ as Benjamin Weinthal of Jpost reports , pronounced support for a boycott of Israel and minimized the impact of terrorism on […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 31, 2016 All the Brandeis Center information in 140 characters or less The Louis D. Brandeis Center is excited to announce that we have a brand new Twitter account! Find us at @brandeiscenter, where there will be links to our blogs and publications, and up to the minute communications on all the latest in litigation and campus activity in the fight against anti-Semitism. Our new account supplements […] Blog
August 31, 2016 Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict & the Movement to Boycott Israel Cary Nelson has published his latest book Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict & the Movement to Boycott Israel. Nelson is a professor of English at University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign and has published a wide array of works, Dreams Deferred marking his second book after The Case Against Academic Boycotts of […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 29, 2016 New Jersey and California Join the Fight Against BDS With Governor Chris Christie’s signature last week, New Jersey became at least the 12th state to embrace anti-BDS legislation. The bill passed with an overwhelming majority in the state’s General Assembly at the end of July (69-3, with two abstentions) and had unanimously passed the state Senate in May. Days later California added its own […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 25, 2016 LDB Responds to UC Irvine’s SJP Decision and Calls for Stronger Action On Friday, the UC Irvine Office of Student Conduct announced that it had concluded a three-month investigation into an aggressive and disruptive incident on the UCI campus last May. The incident involved an anti-Israel mob that disrupted a small event held by a Jewish student group on campus. The angry mob of about 50 students blocked the […] Blog