November 6, 2014 And You Think I’m Unkind to the Obama Administration? Lee Smith in the “Tablet”: The reason that the White House wants Iran to have a bomb is that it’s the quickest route to what it really wants—which is a larger regional accommodation with Tehran. . . . Another way to understand the upcoming new era in U.S.-Iran relations is as the age of Renfield. […] Blog
November 5, 2014 The 2014 Elections: Elephants, Donkeys, and Reptilian Mullahs The only “human rights concern” at stake in the 2014 Congressional elections was whether or not the Obama Administration would continue to enjoy U.S. Senate cover for its betrayal of Israel’s right-to-exist to soon-to-be-nuclear Iran. Fortunately, this fig leaf has been unceremoniously stripped away by a disgruntled American electorate. Now, the Obama Administration stands naked, […] Blog
November 1, 2014 Caution to Jews: Never Say the Obama Administration Has Accomplished Nothing “Jew” both as a noun and a verb (i.e., “to Jew”) has been an epithet at least since Chaucer introduced anti-Semitism into English literature. Believe it or not, there are roughly 100 like-minded slurs—probably even more than those aimed at Africans and African Americans. Here is just a partial list of nouns—some well-known, some not: […] Blog
October 31, 2014 A NEW HIGH: 3 CHAPTERS TO BE LAUNCHED IN ONE WEEK! A NEW HIGH: 3 CHAPTERS TO BE LAUNCHED IN ONE WEEK! By: Aviva Vogelstein The LDB law student chapter initiative continues to grow! The Brandeis Center is about to have its most successful law student chapter week yet — 3 chapters are scheduled to launch! On Monday, November 3, LDB attorney Aviva Vogelstein will launch […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
October 30, 2014 News Flash: Mr. Ed Eohippus Protests Treatment of his African Cousins In Maine, far from the ham-handed clutches of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, nurse Kaci Hickox is flaunting a government-ordered 21-day quarantine for exposure to Ebola. Bangor is also where, Mr. Ed—the star of that well-beloved sitcom from the 1960s, oldest living horse, and an equine whose pedigree can be traced back to the talking […] Blog
October 23, 2014 Foggy Bottom Improves on Pontius Pilate A three-month-old baby run down and murdered in Jerusalem by a Hamasnik who also injured eight others at a light rail station. In the evening, Palestinian rioters showed solidarity—with the baby killer. The U.S. State Department response: both sides should “remain calm.” Our State Department makes Pontius Pilate seem, morally, like a stand-up guy. Hollywood […] Blog
October 21, 2014 It Must Be “Better Than It Sounds” In an arguable judgment, Mark Twain said of Wagnerian opera that it must “be better than it sounds.” Michael Walsh’s scabrous, repulsive defense of “The Death of Klinghoffer,” being staged by the Met, elevates moral relativism into the Sermon on the Mount while at the same time denouncing critics of caricaturish anti-Semitism for the “dehumanization” […] Blog
October 18, 2014 Welcome to the New Generation of Educated Fools According to a new YouGov poll, among Americans, 18-29, 31 percent believe Islam is more more likely to encourage violence than other religions, 9 percent consider Islam less likely. The comparable percentages for Americans, 65 or over, are 65 percent and 1 percent. Apparently the Millennials have fully digested PC pablum served up by politicians, […] Blog
October 16, 2014 ISGAP’s Impressive Upcoming Roster ISGAP Seminar Series McGill Harvard Columbia Our friends at the Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy have an impressive roster of speakers coming up at McGill, Harvard, and Columbia: October 20th, 6PM, McGill University Dr. Dahn Hiuni, Independent Artist and Adjunct Professor of Art and Art Education, School of Visual Arts, New York […] Anti-Semitism Blog
October 15, 2014 Where the Hell Are the Hell’s Angels When We Need Them? Responding to reports that members of Dutch motorcycle gangs are going to Iraq to join the Peshmerga and fight ISIS/ISIL, public prosecutor spokesman Wim de Bruin has announced that “joining a foreign armed force was previously punishable, now it’s no longer forbidden. . . . You just can’t join a fight against the Netherlands.” Head […] Blog
October 13, 2014 Understanding Migration For a masterful, though I fear too optimistic, review essay about studies of migration, immigration, and rights debates, see Roger Waldinger, “Moving Right Along,” in the “American Interest,” at http://www.the-american-interest.com/articles/2014/10/12/moving-right-along/ Blog
October 12, 2014 Who Says Atheists Don’t Believe in Anything? According to recent polls, belief in extraterrestrials varies by religion–or the lack of it: • 55 percent of Atheists • 44 percent of Muslims • 37 percent of Jews • 36 percent of Hindus • 32 percent of Christians Of course, atheists also tend to believe in the rationality and perfectibility of homo sapiens–a supreme […] Blog
October 10, 2014 Have We Moved on From Civility? And if So, What is Next? Have We Moved on from Civility? October 14, 2014LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus will deliver a public lecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Center for Professional and Applied Ethics on the question, “Have We Moved on From Civility? And If So, What is Next?” Read more. Anti-Semitism Blog
October 8, 2014 Triangulating Dutch Jewry’s Downfall The Hague’s Van Ostade Housing Project—once part of a traditional Jewish neighborhood—now belongs to a transformed Schilderswijk which the Dutch increasingly know as the “Sharia Triangle.” There aren’t enough Jews left to form a minyan. But Frabrice Shomberg, an artist born in England, stubbornly continues to make “kippah walks” and build a Sukkah as a […] Blog
October 3, 2014 LDB Joins Letter to College Presidents in Light of Recent Anti-Semitic Events Last week a coalition of 14 national organizations including the Brandeis Center sent a letter to the presidents of more than 2500 four-year U.S. colleges and universities, urging them to protect Jewish students in light of the alarming rise in anti-Semitism both here and around the world. The letter, authored by the Zionist Organization of […] Blog
October 2, 2014 Ebola Prevention: Sharia Leads the Way According to the (London) “Guardian,” Adel al-Faqih, Saudi health minister, said measures have been put into place to bar Muslim pilgrims from Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea to enter Saudi Arabia. In contrast, the Obama Administration is doing nothing to heighten screening measures at airports. A CDC administrator on CNN could not decide whether the […] Blog
September 30, 2014 The LDB urges Congress to end or mend Middle East Studies Funding The Brandeis Center recently issued a public policy White Paper on “The Morass of Middle East Studies: Title VI of the Higher Education Act and Federally Funded Area Studies” to address shortcomings in Title VI of the Higher Education Act. The LDB is particularly concerned about biased, politicized, anti-Israel and anti-American programming at Title VI […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 26, 2014 Heads Off as Heads Up The spate of Islamist beheadings—of hundreds of indigenous Christians and Muslims in Iraq and Syria and a handful of Westerners in those places plus London, Algeria, and now Oklahoma—has been called “do-it-yourself jihadism.” Whereas the 9/11 attacks required pilots’ licenses, these beheadings require only rudimentary butchering credentials. Of course, the impact has been electric, exceeding […] Blog
September 26, 2014 Who Still Loves the Muslim Brotherhood? The Muslim Brotherhood was unceremoniously booted from power by Egypt’s no sissy General Sissi. Yet its love affair with the West’s elites continues. No less than President Obama in his recent UN Speech touted cleric Sheikh Abdallah Bin Bayyah as a moderate voice for peace despite abundant evidence that Bin Bayh helps lead a Brotherhood […] Blog
September 24, 2014 Who Really Killed Richard III? Theodore Dalrymple has aired out the recent exhumation of the body of Richard III, the English King killed at Bosworth Field in 1485 by Henry Tudor who founded the illustrious Tudor dynasty as Henry VII. Vilified by Shakespeare as the ignominious hunchback who murdered his brother, nephews, and wife to seize the throne, Richard died […] Blog
September 18, 2014 Battling the New Anti-Semitism on Campus By Mike Gonzalez It’s bad enough to see anti-Semitism stalking our universities again; it’s even worse to discover that your tax dollars are paying for it. Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog