July 3, 2015 CA State Assembly Passes Important Anti-Semitism Resolution Last week, the Higher Education Committee of the California State Assembly approved State Senator Jeff Stone’s resolution (SCR-35) condemning anti-Semitism at California college campuses, by a vote of 8-0. This resolution was previously passed by the CA State Senate. It will now go to the CA State General Assembly for a final vote. The resolution […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
July 2, 2015 UC Stakeholders: Sign Petition to Board of Regents on State Department’s Definition The University of California’s Board of Regents is set to vote on whether it should adopt the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism at its next meeting at the end of July. The issue came to the forefront when UC President Janet Napolitano expressed her support of the definition and urged the Board of Regents […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
July 1, 2015 Summer Research Workshop Discussions The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the D.C. Holocaust is offering a panel discussion and workshop discussion. At a time where we are seeing, as the joint Brandeis Center-Trinity College report specifies, a resurgence of anti-Semitic activity, it is important that we take time to learn about the history of […] Anti-Semitism Blog
June 30, 2015 NY State Assembly Passes Anti-BDS Resolution Earlier this month, the New York State Assembly passed a resolution rejecting the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS). Assemblyman Walter Mosley (D-Brooklyn) along with 74 other members co-sponsored the bill, which “[supports] efforts to achieve a negotiated two-state solution and the right of Israelis and Palestinians to self-determination.“ Additionally, this resolution reaffirms New […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 30, 2015 New Webpage Details Students’ Testimonies of Anti-Semitism On Monday, June 22, the AMCHA initiative launched a new webpage filled with testimonies from Jewish students who have been subject to anti-Semitic acts on college campuses across the country. An article in The Algemeiner states that “students at 47 colleges and universities in 20 states” recounted these incidents for the webpage. The testimonies detail […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 29, 2015 Attorneys: Sign Petition to UC Regents on State Department’s Definition An important decision is coming up at the end of July that could be a major step forward in fighting anti-Semitism on college campuses. The University of California school system’s Board of Regents is set to vote at its next meeting, July 22-23, on whether it should adopt the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism. […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 15, 2015 Brandeis Center Receives Four Members Once again, the Brandeis Center is pleased to welcome three new members to the team and welcome back an intern from last summer. The new members are law clerks Corey Celt and Jacky Beda and communications intern Ilan Kaplan. Our returning communications intern is Steven Isaacson. Jacky Beda is currently a rising 2L at […] Blog
June 15, 2015 Controversial Course at University of Missouri Cancelled On Wednesday, June 10, the University of Missouri announced that it was canceling a controversial class planned for Fall 2015. The class was widely contested by pro-Israel organizations and students. George P. Smith, a biology professor at University of Missouri and extreme anti-Zionist was preparing to teach a course entitled “Perspectives on Zionism,” an ironic […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 12, 2015 From Murder to Museums: Recent Cases and Ethical Considerations in Nazi Looted Art New York lawyers may be interested in this upcoming Continuing Legal Education opportunity provided by the New York County Lawyers’ Association: Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 6:00 PM – 7:40 PM Member Price: $50 Non-Member Attorney Price: $75 Intended Audience: Non-attorneys (No CLE) may attend FREE. RSVP to eberezinsky@nycla.org Location: 2nd Floor Auditorium Course ID: C061615 […] Anti-Semitism Blog
June 10, 2015 New Congressional Legislation Aimed at Countering BDS The vote on the Trade Promotion Authority bill (“TPA”) is still up in the air. Having already passed through the Senate, the House will vote on the bill in the coming weeks. Hill Republicans and President Obama support the “fast track” legislation, which would help finalize a major Pacific trade accord with the Pacific rim. […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 10, 2015 Canada’s Important Resolution on Anti-Semitism Canada has just passed a resolution that defines and prioritizes combating anti-Semitism. In an article for the Jerusalem Post, Irwin Cotler, former justice minister and current MP of the Canadian parliament, discussed the importance of such a resolution. Last February, Cotler and Jason Kenney, the minister of multiculturalism, presented the resolution to Canada’s House of […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 9, 2015 Zivotofsky: A Victory for the Executive Branch In 2002, Congress passed Section 214(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, which permitted American Citizens born in Jerusalem to identify on their passport that they were born in Israel. Since the passing of the statute, the State Department has refused to enforce the law, and lists only “Jerusalem” on its passports. In a 6-3 […] Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
June 8, 2015 Divestment Resolution Passed at UC Davis After a long semester of anti-Semitism on North American college campuses, the Student Senate at UC Davis has voted overwhelmingly to pass an Israel divestment resolution, by a final vote of 10-0, with two abstentions. This is not the first resolution that the students of UC Davis have passed, however. Earlier in the semester, on […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 8, 2015 LDB Makes Higher Education Act Case to Congressional Staffers Washington, D.C., (June 8, 2015) – On Wednesday, Brandeis Center President Kenneth L. Marcus and Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) President Sarah Stern educated congressional staff and others on the history, current status, and problems of Title VI of the Higher Education Opportunities Act. This year, the failed government program, which funds many controversial […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 1, 2015 BDS Defeated at Washington Supreme Court In a major setback to the BDS campaign, the Washington State Supreme court reversed a lower court’s ruling yesterday and struck down the state’s anti-SLAPP statute as unconstitutional. The Olympia Food Co-op, based in Olympia, Washington, provides “wholesome foods and other goods and services . . . through a locally oriented, collectively managed, not-for-profit cooperative […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
May 31, 2015 Illinois State Legislature approves an Anti-BDS bill For several months now, the U.S. government has been conducting a substantial amount of necessary work on fighting anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism. At the end of March, Congress created a Bipartisan Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, based on the Department of State’s definition of anti-Semitism. The State Department’s definition, which currently is used only for international […] Blog
May 31, 2015 Napolitano Supports State Department Definition of Anti-Semitism In response to growing worries about Anti-Semitic behaviors, especially in the University of California school system, over 500 of the school’s alums sent a letter to UC President Janet Napolitano telling their alma mater that it is imperative the system implement means to restrict and inhibit acts of Anti-Semitism against students. President Napolitano agrees. According […] Anti-Semitism Blog
May 20, 2015 UC Regents to Meet at UCSF, Chance to Fight Back The UC Regents will meet at UCSF-Mission Bay this coming May 20th and 21st, where there will be time for public comments sessions, at 3pm and 8:30pm respectively. At a time where the campus climate, specifically at UC schools, is not a conducive one to success for Jewish students, this meeting presents a constructive opportunity […] Anti-Semitism Blog
May 19, 2015 At Bowdoin College, BDS Defeated Earlier this month, in glorious fashion, students at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine voted to defeat the notorious BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) movement against Israel. According to a piece in Legal Insurrection by Cornell law professor William A. Jacobson, the referendum, which called for the economic, cultural, and academic boycotts of Israel, was rejected […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
May 15, 2015 Tennessee first, then Indiana condemn BDS as anti-Semitic movement For the first time in the U.S., a state legislature condemned the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The Tennessee General Assembly approved the resolution overwhelmingly, declaring that BDS is “one of the main vehicles for spreading anti-Semitism and advocating the elimination of the Jewish state”. The resolution condemns similarly the BDS activities […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
May 7, 2015 LDB and Others Write Napolitano about Anti-Israeli class at UC Riverside The Louis D. Brandeis Center joins the AMCHA initiative and 25 other groups in writing a letter to University of California President Napolitano and Provost Dorr about an anti-Israeli class taught at UC Riverside by a SJP member Dear President Napolitano and Provost Dorr, Last Fall, after several of our organizations wrote to you expressing our […] Anti-Zionism Blog