September 18, 2014 Poor Andrew Andrew Sullivan, the premier logger, who’s a Brit transplant, is currently suffering a disillusionment more like poor unBritish Candide as the philosophy he was weaned on—Dr. Pangloss’ “It is the best of all possible worlds”—is mugged by reality. First, he had to abandon he’s pro-Israel politics when he discovered, much to his chagrin, that Israeli […] Blog
September 17, 2014 JOINT STATEMENT ON THE MISUSE OF FEDERAL FUNDS UNDER TITLE VI Today a coalition of national organizations, including the Louis D. Brandeis Center, issued the following statement concerning the issue of biased and highly politicized Middle East Studies programs funded under HEA Title VI. The statement addresses the history, current problems, and proposed solutions ameliorate the bias programs of Title VI recipients. We, the undersigned, are […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 17, 2014 Bagpipes and Bigots For more on the anti-Israel and anti-Semitic connections of Scottish Nationalism, see: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/09/16/why-scots-leader-compares-israel-to-isis/ http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Scottish-Jewish-community-leader-Independence-would-not-be-favorable-for-policy-toward-Israel-375558 Blog
September 16, 2014 The LDB Lauds ESA Research Network 31 on New Anti-Boycott Resolution The LDB commended the European Sociological Association Network 31 after the Network passed the first pro-active anti-boycott resolution by a professional European academic association late last week. Kenneth L. Marcus, President of the Louis D. Brandeis Center commented, “This is a very important development, because it signals that some academics understand the problematic nature of […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 15, 2014 Blame It on Robespierre Obama’s belated anti-ISIS/ISIL Coalition is being called a “coalition of the unwilling,” compared to George W. Bush’s against Saddam Hussein which actually evoked authentic if narrow enthusiasm. It also has aspects of an arranged marriage forced upon unwilling parties. Anyway, this may be the indigenous rationale that Secretary of State Kerry is using to try […] Blog
September 15, 2014 The Perfect Model of Our Times for “Identity Politics” The Nineteenth Century—Darwin’s Century—was The Age of Evolution. The Twenty-First Century may turn out to be The Age of Devolution. Take the Scots—you can have them! Once the model of British industriousness, their aging population now enjoys among Europe’s highest dependency rates, keeping their standard of living afloat with subsidies from the hated South which […] Blog
September 15, 2014 Phoney War/Phantom War 1940’s “Phoney War” bears some resemblance to 2014’s “Phantom War.” True, today there is no Hitler around planning to Blitzkrieg France in six months. But the Mideast is not lacking in “mini-me” Hitlers. Some argue that the threat posed by ISIS/ISIL is being overblown. Maybe that “Islamic State”—with 31,000 soldiers and billions in oil revenues—remains […] Blog
September 14, 2014 Hitler as Management Guru “Nazism has disappeared, but [not] the obsession it represents for the contemporary imagination. . . . Is such attention fixed on the past only a gratuitous reverie, the attraction of spectacle, exorcism, or the result of a need to understand; or is it again and still, an expression of profound fears and, on the part […] Blog
September 12, 2014 Brandeis Center Welcomes Guest Blogger Mike Gonzalez LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus is pleased to announce the appearance of foreign policy analyst Mike Gonzalez as new guest blogger on the Brandeis Center Blog for a two-week period beginning September 15. Mr. Gonzalez’s appearance underscores the immediate need to address Title VI funding to universities under the Higher Education Act. Mr. Gonzalez’ appearance comes as […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 11, 2014 Obama’s Speech We will fight ISIS/ISIL with bloodless drones and other people’s boot’s on the ground until hell freezes over—or Islam, that quintessential “religion of peace,” embraces the Sermon on the Mount. As has been said elsewhere, reentering the Syria-Iraq fray, we require the leadership of a Michael Corleone. Instead, we have his feckless brother, Fredo, at […] Blog
September 11, 2014 LDB Commends ESA Network 31 on New Anti-Boycott Resolution This afternoon, the Brandeis Center commended the European Sociological Association (ESA)Network 31, after the Network passed the first pro-active anti-boycott resolution by a professional European academic association late last week. Blog
September 4, 2014 Something’s Not Kosher in Siberia In a politically suspicious expulsion, an Israeli citizen, Rabbi Asher Krichevsky, his wife, and their six children were told they 15 days to leave Russia. His punishment comes after Krichevsky was fined 2,000 rubles, or about $50, for selling kosher wine from the Chabad House without a liquor license. Optimists in the Obama State Department […] Blog
September 3, 2014 LDB Joins AMCHA and Others Urging University of California to Monitor SJP Actions at So-Called “International Day of Action” Earlier today, fifteen national organizations urged Chancellor Dirks of the University of California at Berkeley to monitor the behavior of Students for Justice for Palestine (SJP) and other student organizations involved in the so-called September 23 “Day of Action.” Blog
September 2, 2014 Groups Urge University of California to Monitor SJP Actions at So-Called “International Day of Action” Earlier today, fifteen national organizations urged Chancellor Dirks of the University of California at Berkeley to monitor the behavior of Students for Justice for Palestine (SJP) and other student organizations involved in the so-called September 23 “Day of Action.” The 15 organizations, representing hundreds of thousands of members and supporters nationwide, expressed deep concern about the safety […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 1, 2014 Obama’s Secret Weapon According to a commentary in the “Washington Post,” the right-wing nationalist cauldron in the Russian Federation is boiling over. Perfervid ideas include ethnically cleansing the Ukrainian “idiots” and a tactical nuclear weapon exploded over Warsaw: to show all Europe that NATO is “a paper tiger.” But Vladimir Putin may not have given sufficient weight to […] Blog
August 29, 2014 Ali Abunimah Advocates Solidarity With Hamas For many years, Ali Abunimah has been a prominent proponent of “pro-Palestinian” solidarity activism, and he is often invited to speak on US campuses. As a veteran professional activist, he usually delivers smooth presentations that tend to obscure the fact that his often invoked demands for “justice in Palestine” require the injustice of doing away […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 28, 2014 Breaking News: American “Boots on the Ground” in Syria No, not U.S. troops but at least 15 Somali jihadis from the Twin Cities, one of whom left behind nine children for taxpayers to support while he pursued his higher calling. No comment from Representative Keith Ellison (Dem-Minn), the chief Congressional apologist and cover up artist for the Minneapolis-Somalia and now Syria terror network. Blog
August 27, 2014 Is the U.S. Next? While everyday anti-Semitism has become part of the fabric of Western European life in a way it has not been since the 1930s, the situation in the U.S. is also becoming troubling. I would compare American manifestations of anti-Semitism to ugly boils on the body politic whose poisons have not yet entered the bloodstream. Here […] Anti-Semitism Blog
August 26, 2014 The Future Is Now In Ashkelon, 24 injured, some critically, by a “new missile” attack on an apartment house. Score one for the ayatollahs to whom the Obama Administration is providing c. $10 billion in “sanctions relief.” Clausewitz said that war is an extension of politics by other means. In the Middle East, war is an extension of anti-Semitism […] Blog
August 25, 2014 Brandeis Center Introduces Resource Guide for Identifying Anti-Semitic Behavior on U.S. College Campuses As the fall semester begins, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today introduced a resource guide to help promote civil discourse and prevent hateful and anti-Semitic activity on campuses. The LDB “Fact Sheet on the Elements of Anti-Semitic Discourse” was compiled in response to requests from U.S. university administrators who are seeking guidance […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 24, 2014 Hollywood Belatedly Stands Up For Israel Hollywood—once a bastion of pro-Israel support—is now honeycombed with “anti-Zionist,” boycott advocacy front groups like Artists Against Apartheid and Artists Without Borders. It’s nice to announce that the Creative Community For Peace—featuring some prominent personalities like Arnold Scharzenegger, actors Seth Rogan and Sylvester Stallone, comedians Bill Maher and Sarah Silverman, and director Ivan Reitman—have collected […] Blog