July 17, 2014 Support for Israel by the Numbers A new Pew Research Center poll shows 51 percent American support for Israel compared to 14 percent for the Palestinians. The gap hasn’t changed much since 1978. The significant change is in the partisan gap, with 73 percent of Republicans supportive of Israel, compared to 44 percent of Democrats and 45 percent of Independents. The […] Blog
July 17, 2014 The Mideast Gospel According to David Horowitz On a talk radio show, David Horowitz, editor of “Front Page” Magazine, claimed: “Hamas is worse than the Nazis. [Adolf] Hitler hid the Final Solution, [his] hideous plan to exterminate the Jews. “Hamas has it in its charter, and every day you hear them shouting it from the rooftops. ‘We want to kill all the […] Blog
July 17, 2014 The University of Oregon’s New “Animal House” I taught at the University of Oregon, Eugene, way back when the campus was the setting for “Animal House” (1978) starring John Belushi. Now, following the swastiska spray painting of a back door a few years ago of the Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi, the same has been done to mails boxes in front of […] Blog
July 17, 2014 LDB President to Testify on Federal Sexual Harassment Policy The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announced today that Louis D. Brandeis Center President Kenneth L. Marcus will at the Commission’s Briefing on Federal Enforcement of Title IX Sexual Harassment Law in Elementary, Secondary, and Post-secondary Schools on Friday July 25, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. Blog
July 15, 2014 The Mideast Gospel According to Andrew Sullivan The dissection of Andrew Sullivan I did a few years ago for the “Jerusalem Post” needs an update. Here is the most recent example of the vicious anti-Israel rant that has been characteristic of Andrew Sullivan for about 10 years. Defenders of Israel are guilty of distracting: “from the fact that Hamas itself did not […] Blog
July 14, 2014 The Perils of Proportionality With Israeli special forces starting operations in Gaza to complement the IDF’s surgical air campaign against the indiscriminate, increasingly long-rage terror barrage from “Hamastan,” the international community , quite predictably, is beginning to rev up its favorite mantra, i.e., that the Jewish state is guilty of “disproportionate response.” After all, Palestinian civilians—ordered by Hamas to […] Anti-Zionism Blog
July 8, 2014 The American Founding and Human Rights According to “The New Republic” “The New Republic”—whose founding editor Walter Lippmann outgrew radical “new psychology” to found a conservative “public philosophy” based on natural reason—graced the Fifth of July with a breathless review of some new books arguing that the American founding fathers were flaming “free thinkers.” The purpose of this agnostic bombast was, in the wake of the […] Anti-Semitism
July 8, 2014 The “New York Times” Perverts Poetry to Dispense Anti-Israel Propaganda “Commentary” and other outlets are condemning the “New York Times” for distorting the clear meaning of Haim Nahman Bialik’s poem, “On the Slaughter” (1903), about the Kishinev Massacre to slander Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu called—contrary to the “Times”—for foregoing revenge in the wake of the kidnap-murder of three Jewish teenagers. He quoted the […] Anti-Zionism Blog
July 7, 2014 Vendetta Claims a Victim According to Lee Smith whose beat is the Mideast, Arabs are better at feuding than making war. This is why it was not only a terrible crime, but a tragic mistake when apparently Jewish extremists—outraged by the kidnap-murder of three teenage Jewish boys, Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrach and Gil-ad Shaar—invited an Arab-Jewish blood feud by […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
July 2, 2014 From “The Hidden Persuaders” to “The Facebook Effect” Facebook has admitted tweaking the content of posts in an experiment to see if certain kinds of wording can manipulate readers’ moods—perhaps with the ultimate purpose of giving the sponsors of paid “advertorials” a new tool to manipulate the minds of consumers. Criticism of this “scientific experiment” has been wide-spread but not universal. After all, […] Blog
July 2, 2014 The Worst Campus Anti-Semitic Incidents of 2013-2014 This past academic year was a turbulent one on many college campuses, keeping the Brandeis Center’s legal advocacy initiative busy from coast-to-coast protecting Jewish students from hostile environments. Which incidents do you think were the worst? Unfortunately, there have been many to choose among. Here are a few to consider: ASA – On December 15, the American […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
July 1, 2014 July 9th Symposium: 10 Years and Counting The Brandeis Center is pleased to co-sponsor The July 9th Symposium: 10 Years and Counting…” with Heideman Nudelman Kalik and several major national organizations. The event will take place at 10:00 am at the United States Congress’ Capitol Visitors Center. Ambassador Ron Dermer and former Canadian Prime Minister Irwin Cotler will deliver keynote addresses. LDB […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 27, 2014 The More Things Change… The late Gary Tobin was often ahead of his time. Here is what he said about the Presybterian Church nine years ago: The vast majority of Presbyterians are neither anti-Semitic nor anti-Israel. Yet, a few activists were able to capture the institutional decision-making processes to pass anti-Israel resolutions. This phenomenon is widespread on campuses as […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 25, 2014 Open Letter to the People of California As a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1968, Ph.D., 1977), I would like to thank the People of California for paying for the UC System: when a semester of public education cost less than a parking space today, when professors were really expected to teach, when graduates had good job prospects, […] Blog
June 24, 2014 Aleksander Dugan: Rasputin Redux? Speculation is percolating about an emerging “new fascist international”—stretching from France (stamping ground of the Le Pens and the National Front), to Spain (whose extremist rightist figure head is Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, leader of the Catholic-monarchist Carlist movement), to Austria (where Heinz-Christian Strache heads the fascist Freedom Party), to Greece (where “Golden Dawn” […] Anti-Semitism Blog
June 24, 2014 The Presbyterian Church and the Ku Klux Klan At their General Assembly on Friday, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted to divest from three companies that supply Israel with equipment used in the West Bank and in the blockade of Gaza. Enemies of the Jewish community are rejoicing. Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke exulted, “Bravo to the Presbyterian Church for standing up to Jewish racism and supremacism!” Duke is […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 23, 2014 Brandeis Center and AMCHA Initiative Seek Answers in Potential Misuse of Taxpayer Dollars The Brandeis Center has joined the AMCHA Initiative in pressing for an investigation into San Francisco State University Ethnic Studies Professor Rabab Abdulhadi’s potential misuse of public university funds. The organizations have sent a letter asking California State Controller John Chiang to investigate “a serious and blatant misuse of University and state funds.” Documents obtained […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 22, 2014 The PCUSA General Assembly’s Latest Betrayal of Israel and the Jewish People In 2004, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) broke new ground by voting to “initiate a process of phased selective divestment in multinational corporations operating in Israel.” Though the PCUSA voted against divestment in Israel in 2012 by the thinnest of margins, the General Assembly has now again revealed its true colors such […] Anti-Zionism Blog
June 20, 2014 Mehdi Nemmouche Valuable short portrait of him by Theodore Dalrymple in the “City Journal” for June 19: http://www.city-journal.org/2014/eon0619td.html Blog
June 20, 2014 Brandeis Center Receives Three New Team Members It’s that time of year again! The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has extended warm welcomes to three new members of the team: Steven Isaacson, Mandy Jiang, and Kaitlyn Boyle. Said LDB President Kenneth Marcus, “We are very excited to introduce Steve, Mandy, and Kaitlyn to our team. They will be […] Blog
June 19, 2014 Brandeis Center Urges Temple University to Denounce Holocaust Minimization The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, a national civil rights organization, has sent Temple University President Neil Theobald a written request to respond to Holocaust minimization at his university. Blog