June 15, 2016 New York’s Landmark Executive Order and the Battle Against BDS On June 5, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Executive Order No. 157, directing state agencies and authorities to divest public funds from supporting BDS campaigns against Israel. Governor Cuomo announced the order in a speech to an audience including local Jewish leaders and lawmakers and sent a very strong message. In his […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 10, 2016 AAA Boycott Fails; LDB Lawsuit Credited The Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement against Israel took a big blow earlier this week when the American Anthropological Association (AAA) narrowly rejected a resolution calling for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions (2,423 against; 2,384 in favor). This BDS failure was remarkable in light of the overwhelming support that it had enjoyed just […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
June 1, 2016 Upcoming Scholarly Periodical – Antisemitism Studies We have more exciting news for our readers! The Canadian Institute for the Study of Anti-Semitism (CISA) and Indiana University Press has announced that they are releasing a new scholarly periodical Antisemitism Studies in April 2017. Antisemitism Studies will join The Journal for the Study of Anti-Semitism and the Journal of Contemporary European Antisemitism in rounding out the field […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 1, 2016 IHRA Adopts Definition of Anti-Semitism Last week, on May 26, 2016, the 31 member nations of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), under Romanian Chairmanship, officially adopted the “IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism.” This important decision has made the IHRA the first international body to formally adopt such a definition. Anti-Semitism is on the rise not only in Europe or the […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
May 31, 2016 Invitation to ‘Protecting and Offending Jews: Speech, Law and Policy’ Symposium in London Our friends at the Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism – Birkbeck, in partnership with the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism, will host a symposium entitled ‘Protecting and Offending Jews: Speech, Law and Policy’ on June 28. The event take place from noon to 4 pm in the Jubilee Room, Westminster Hall, House of Commons, London. The symposium […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
May 31, 2016 Farhud: Never Forget The “Farhud,” Arabic for “violent dispossession,” was a pro-Nazi massacre against Baghdad Jewry that took place from June 1-2, 1941 – coinciding with the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. This terrible tragedy resulted in the death of hundreds of Sephardi Jews, marked the first step in ending 27 centuries of peaceful Jewish existence in Iraq and Mesopotamia, […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
May 27, 2016 Call for Papers for the Journal of Contemporary European Antisemitism Our colleagues at the Academic Studies Press have recently announced a Call For Papers for the new issue of The Journal of Contemporary European Antisemitism (JCEA), set to publish in spring 2017. Lesley Klaff, senior lecturer of law at Sheffield Hallam University, serves as an editor for JCEA and is also a member of LDB’s Academic […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
May 23, 2016 Upcoming Conference in Berlin on Anti-Semitism in Europe Today Our friends at Indiana University have alerted us to a conference on “The New Unease: Antisemitism in Europe Today – Variations, Impact, Counter-Strategies,” which will be held in Berlin, Germany on July 7. The event is sponsored in cooperation with The Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (ISCA) at Indiana University, Indiana University Europe Gateway, the Moses Mendelssohn Center (MMZ) […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
May 23, 2016 The Institute for Law and Policy Summer Program for Lawyers and Law Students LDB is pleased to once again partner with our friends at The Israel Forever Foundation in co-sponsoring the upcoming Institute for Law and Policy Summer Program for International Students and Attorneys, hosted by The Hebrew University at Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem. The program will span three weeks from June 27 to July 14, and will offer timely and informative […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
May 18, 2016 Methodist Church Rejects Israel Divestment Resolutions The United Methodist Church took a stand this weekend against the anti-Israel and arguably anti-Semitic Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. At their quadrennial 10-day policy making conference, beginning May 10, the church rejected four resolutions that sought to sanction Israel and companies that do business with Israel. These four resolutions were brought by the […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog