April 12, 2016 When Does Anti-Israelism Turn Into Anti-Semitism? On Monday, March 28, Professor William Jacobson of Cornell University spoke to a room packed with law students at the University of Chicago, on the topic of “When Does Anti-Israelism Turn Into Anti-Semitism?” The lecture was sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students and the Louis D. Brandeis Center law student chapter at […] Blog
April 6, 2016 Selective, Biased and Discriminatory: The American Anthropological Association Task Force Report on Israel-Palestine AAA Working Paper This document addresses the selective, biased and discriminatory nature of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Task Force Report (TFR) in respect to Public Health, the ethics of Operation Protective Edge and the effects of cradle-to-grave incitement in Palestinian society. The working paper recommends retraction of the TFR. We assert that there is a direct […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 31, 2016 Indiana University to Hold Major Anti-Semitism Conference Starting this weekend, The Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism at Indiana University (ISCA) will host its third international scholars conference, from Saturday evening, April 3 through Wednesday, April 7, on “Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and the Dynamics of Delegitimization.” LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus will chair a panel on Tuesday, April 5, with Shimon Samuels, […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 24, 2016 UC Regents’ Condemnation of Anti-Semitism & Anti-Zionism is Timely for UC Davis By Jennie Gross, LDB Senior Staff Attorney Wednesday’s announcement from the Regents of the University of California is particularly timely for the Davis campus, where a disruptive protest temporarily halted a lecture by Israeli diplomat George Deek earlier this month. LDB’s legal staff sent a letter to UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi on Monday, […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 21, 2016 Maintaining Columbia’s Ties to Israel: A Letter Opposing Divestment In response to a recent petition signed by 69 members of the Columbia faculty calling on the university to divest from companies that do business in Israel, David M. Schizer, Dean Emeritus and the Harvey R. Miller Professor of Law and Economics at Columbia Law School, created the following letter opposing divestment. The letter, which […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 21, 2016 In Praise of Justice Alito’s Statement in Ben-Levi v. Brown The government’s relationship with religion, if anything, means that the government may not categorically subject a particular religious group to heightened requirements for religious exercise, may not endorse and codify a particular interpretation of religious doctrine, and may not limit the religious exercise of an individual because the government disagrees with the individual’s interpretation of […] Litigation
March 17, 2016 Alabama and Georgia pass new Anti-BDS Measures More and more state legislatures are passing measures to combat the Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The BDS movement seeks to delegitimize the State of Israel, and BDS campaigns on campus often lead to increased incidents of anti-Semitism. In mid-February, Alabama passed a bill condemning the BDS movement, becoming the fifth state […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 15, 2016 LDB Holds Third Annual National Law Student Leadership Conference On February 21-22, the Louis D. Brandeis Center hosted its third annual National Law Student Leadership Conference in Berkeley, California. The conference brought together 26 law student leaders from 14 law schools across the country, and educated these students on topics including civil rights law; international law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict; international anti-Semitism and the European […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 14, 2016 Borders and Borderlands: Attempting Again to Delegitmize Israel National borders have been a fundamental issue in the Middle East for a century. The year marks the hundredth anniversary of the secret British-French Sykes-Picot agreement which carved up Middle Eastern parts of Ottoman Empire in anticipation of a Turkish defeat in World War I.[i] As with most Asian and African territories, twentieth century Middle […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 14, 2016 “Never Again” Conference Announcement: Jewish Cultural Heritage. Projects, Methods, Inspirations This Warsaw conference may be of interest to practitioners, especially in Europe. This one is from the “‘Never Again’ Association”: Conference: Jewish Cultural Heritage. Projects, Methods, Inspirations From the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association We invite all practitioners, museum professionals, educators, artists, and people working on a Jewish cultural heritage project to participate in the conference. We especially […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 10, 2016 Call for Papers Our friends at the the International Consortium for Research on Anti-Semitism and Racism (ICRAR) have recently shared with us a Call for Papers for their upcoming Fourth Annual Conference. We thought that this announcement would be of interest to our readers, and would like to share to share more information with you below: The Classification of Humanity: Defining and Dividing […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 4, 2016 Israel: Not Fiction but Fact Israel exists —no kudos to people who think acknowledging its existence is a major concession. Few question the legitimacy of the ten new countries created in the last 20 years or the tens of countries created in the decades before. That Israel is a Jewish state is bizarrely controversial when 30 countries proclaim Islam as […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 3, 2016 BDS and the First Amendment As part of its public relations campaign to lure unwitting American citizens into supporting unlawful activity, the BDS movement, through affiliated groups, has published a number of quasi-legal memoranda that wrongfully portray BDS support as being absolutely protected by the First Amendment. In a recently published analysis, The Lawfare Project effectively exposed the flawed and misleading […] Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
February 25, 2016 The Institute for Law and Policy at Hebrew University The Institute for Law and Policy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law has recently announced their Summer Program for international Students and Attorneys. The program, to take place during June 27-July 14, 2016, is co-sponsored by the Brandeis Center along with several other groups such as StandWithUs and the Jewish Federations of North America. Fulltext […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
February 24, 2016 Counter-BDS Movement Has a Good Month Last week the British government issued guidance banning local government and public sector Boycott Divestment and Sanction (BDS) actions toward any country not blacklisted by the Foreign Office. The Canadian Parliament passed a motion calling on the Canadian government to “condemn any and all attempts by Canadian organizations, groups or individuals to promote the BDS […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
February 18, 2016 An Oberlin Student’s Message to Student Zionists The following essay was written by a current student at Oberlin College who wishes to remain anonymous. This student has requested anonymity due to “the polarizing nature/lack of discussion” about Israel/Palestine on the Oberlin campus and concerns about being “ostracized by many people involved in the Israel/Palestine conversation.” I am publishing this essay on the […] Anti-Zionism Blog
February 17, 2016 Inaugural Cornell LDB Trip to Israel By Kate Sapirstein It was probably one of the stranger moments in my life, sitting on a plane to Israel. Well, that part was not so strange, I’d been several times before, but the kicker was that I was leading a Cornell Law School trip to Israel, the Jewish homeland, and almost everyone on the […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
February 12, 2016 Bi-Partisan Anti-BDS Bill Introduced to Congress This past Wednesday, Congressman from both sides of the aisle introduced new legislation to fight the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement against Israel. Sponsored by Mark Kirk (R-IL) and co-sponsored by Joe Manchin (D-WV) in the Senate, and sponsored by Bob Dold (R-IL) and co-sponsored by Juan Vargas (D-CA) in the House– the Combating BDS Act of 2016 (S. 2531/H.R. 4514) “would authorize state and local […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
February 8, 2016 Harold Brackman Reports on Campus Anti-Semitism In a recent report, “Anti-Semitism on Campus: A Clear-and-Present Danger,” Dr. Harold Brackman, of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, examines the continuing issues of discriminatory cases of anti-Semitism occurring on many college campuses across the nation. The Brackman Report traces the history of the treatment of Jewish American students on college campuses and sheds light on […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
February 8, 2016 Marcus to Address StandWithUs Anti-BDS Conference LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus will be speaking at the StandWithUs International Anti-BDS Conference for the second year in a row. StandWithUs, an international non-profit organization dedicated to informing the public about Israel and combating anti-Semitism, will host this conference from April 9-11 in Los Angeles, California. At the conference, internationally renowned experts will discuss […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
February 4, 2016 Lawfare Project Refutes BDS Legal Arguments The Lawfare Project has just published a legal analysis paper it believes will “demolish the claims of Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights” that the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement aimed against Israel is impervious to legal threat. The New York based non-profit legal organization is dedicated to fighting anti-Israel and anti-Semitic “lawfare,” […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation