January 9, 2014 The Brandeis Center Hosts Its First National Law Student Conference The Brandeis Center held its first National Conference for Law Students in Los Angeles on January 2nd and January 3rd. This is part of the new initiative for law school chapters of the Brandeis Center. The conference focused on educating and engaging law student members of the LDB law school chapters by offering a series […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
January 9, 2014 The MLA’s Top Five BDS Blunders This Week LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus describes the Modern Language Association’s top five BDS blunders at The Algemeiner today. An excerpt appears below: The Modern Language Association (MLA) has blundered repeatedly over its treatment of Israel in the run-up to its annual conference this week. Technically the 30,000 member association is not contemplating a resolution to boycott, […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
January 8, 2014 The Purim Miracle in a Courtroom Having analyzed the decisions and judgments of Polish prosecutors and judges in cases concerning anti-Semitic and racist hate speech one may wonder what makes them so lenient and sympathetic towards the views voiced by bald and well-muscled men who are eager to extend the right arm in the air with a straightened hand and make the […] Anti-Semitism Blog Litigation
January 6, 2014 The ASA Repeatedly Chastised Over BDS Resolution The public chastisement of the American Studies Association continues. By some counts, over 100 higher education institutions have now rebuked the ASA for its controversial decision to endorse an academic boycott of Israel. But even this enumeration may substantially undercount the number of institutions that have treated the ASA like an unruly child for its […] Anti-Zionism Blog
January 2, 2014 Fifth College Cuts Ties to Controversial American Studies Association According to Inside Higher Ed, a fifth institution has cut ties with the embattled American Studies Association. Over sixty universities have lambasted the ASA’s controversial anti-boycott resolution, in addition numerous scholars, commentators, Jewish groups, and the American Association of University Professors. To their credit, four institutions went beyond statement-making and actually dropped their membership in […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
December 27, 2013 Five Takeaways from the ASA Debacle What should we learn from the American Studies Association’s lopsided December 15 vote to endorse the anti-Israel boycott? Here are five takeaways: The Jewish Community Got Beat There is no question about it. The American Studies Association’s anti-Israel boycott resolution is a defeat for everyone who is concerned about anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism in higher […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
December 23, 2013 LDB President Publishes New Essay on Global Anti-Semitism LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus is publishing an important new paper on “The Definition of Antisemitism” in a new volume on contemporary global anti-Semitism, Global Antisemitism: A Crisis of Modernity. The paper provides a timely intervention into a lively public debate over the meaning of “anti-Semitism” at a time when hostility towards Jews is often […] Anti-Semitism Blog
December 13, 2013 Judd Serotta Elected to Brandeis Center Board The Brandeis Center has just announced the election of Philadelphia litigator Judd Serotta to its board of directors. Mr. Serotta is a distinguished litigator, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ New Jersey Advisory Committee, and an active member of the Jewish community. The press release announce his election appears below: Philadelphia Litigator […] Anti-Semitism Blog
December 6, 2013 Brandeis Center Responds to the Journal of Academic Freedom In its 2013 publication, the Journal of Academic Freedom discussed the topic of academic boycotts, primarily focusing on the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). In her introduction, the Journal’s editor, Ashley Dawson, wrote that the “reviewers of the submitted articles. . . felt [the articles] could have the salutary […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
December 5, 2013 “Knockout Attacks” Don’t Bode Well for African Americans, Jews, or Anybody Else The lid has finally blown off the simmering cauldron. For about a month, there have been reports of “knockout attacks,” mostly in Northeastern cities. These reports have not looked too closely at the ethnicity of the attackers while generally characterizing the attacks as “random” and lacking the specificity of “hate crime” targeting. But now Brooklyn’s […] Anti-Semitism Blog
December 4, 2013 National Law Student Conference Gains Star Power The Brandeis Center just announced two superstar additions to the faculty of our inaugural national law student leadership conference: international lawyers Richard Heideman and Abraham (Avi) Bell. The LDB national law student conference, to be held in Los Angeles, California on January 2-3, 2014, marks the launch of the Brandeis Center’s law student chapter program. […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
December 2, 2013 Call For Papers: Summer Institute for Law and Policy Our friends at the Summer Institute for Law and Policy at Hebrew University have issued this call or applications: Hebrew University in Jerusalem Faculty of Law invites applications for its three week Summer Institute for Law and Policy, June 1-20, 2014. ABOUT HU: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) is the first and leading university […] Anti-Zionism Blog
December 1, 2013 LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus to Speak at Harvard Law School LDB President, Kenneth L. Marcus will address campus anti-Semitism next Tuesday, December 3, 2013, during an invited lecture at Harvard Law School. Marcus’ Harvard Law School appearance is hosted by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP). Entitled “Anti-Semitism, Higher Education, and the Law,” the event will be held in the […] Anti-Semitism Blog
November 27, 2013 Academic Boycotts Are Anathema to Academic Freedom All too often, professors proclaim their allegiance to the principles of academic freedom and then take action that violates those very principles. Sadly, this is often the case when it comes to academia’s attitude toward the State of Israel and its institutions of higher learning. The American Studies Association (ASA), which claims to be “the […] Anti-Zionism Blog
November 25, 2013 US Legal Tools to Fight Anti-Jewish Discrimination Earlier today, Arutz Sheva published the English-language version of Manfred Gerstenfeld’s interview with Kenneth L. Marcus, President of the Louis Brandeis Center. The German-language version of this interview appeared several months ago. Dr. Gerstenfeld has been a long-term adviser on strategy issues to the boards of several major multinational corporations in Europe and North America. […] Anti-Semitism Blog
November 24, 2013 LDB Announces Inaugural National Law Student Conference The Brandeis Center announced today that it will conduct an inaugural national law student leadership training conference in Los Angeles, California on January 2-3, 2014. This inaugural national law student conference coincides with the launch of the Center’s new Law Student Chapter Initiative. The conference will draw law student leaders together to exchange lessons on […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
November 22, 2013 Addressing BDS at Fordham School of Law On November 20, 2013, the Louis Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, presented a mini-conference on the subjects of BDS, Israel, and Academic Freedom. The Fordham Law School Jewish Students Association hosted the event. The event was also co-hosted by the Louis Brandeis Center, the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, and the […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
November 20, 2013 As Assassination Remembered The fiftieth anniversary of 11/22/63 has been marked by Jewish and Israel recollections of the day that JFK died, including Chemi Shalev in “Haaretz” recalling how his fellow students at a West Los Angeles public school convinced themselves that “Lyndon Johnson has sent emissaries to kill all the Jews,” and a report that Golda Meir […] Blog
November 16, 2013 Brandeis Center will present a conference at Fordham University Law School The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is excited to present a Fordham Law School mini-conference on “Israel, BDS, Academic Freedom and the Law,” next week. The event will take place next Wednesday, November 20, 2013 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. It will be held in room 207 at Fordham University […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
November 11, 2013 UCLA Law School Chapter to Host LDB President for Anti-Semitism Talk Very recently, the Brandeis Center introduced a new and exciting law school initiative in which law schools across the nations can create law school student chapters to fight campus anti-Semitism. We recently welcomed the University of California, Los Angeles law school chapter. Soon, the President and general counsel of LDB, Kenneth L. Marcus will address the chapter […] Blog