April 30, 2013 “Wake Up to the Anti-Semitism, You Complacent British Middle Classes” In today’s Ha’aretz, Britain’s’s former Minister for Europe, Denis MacShane, pens a trenchant critique of English anti-Semitism, bitingly entitled: “Wake up to the anti-Semitism, you complacent British middle classes.” MacShane has seen hard times recently, but today’s intervention demonstrates that he is still a vital voice on the global scene. In this new piece, MacShane […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
April 30, 2013 Jews and Genocide An archetypal joke of the second half of the twentieth century is that Germans (or Europeans) will never forgive the Jews—for the Holocaust. When I think about the historiography of modern anti-Semitism, I think of two odd bookends: the historian Martin Jay—whose claim to fame is a book on the Horkheimer-Adorno Frankfurt School, but whose […] Anti-Semitism Blog
April 28, 2013 Sign-up for the Brandeis Brief Sign up now for the May issue of the Brandeis Brief to stay current on the campaign against campus anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism. The Louis D. Brandeis Center’s electronic newsletter provides original analysis on campus anti-Semitism, the campaign to restore higher education civility, and the Brandeis Center’s latest activities. While you are at it, subscribe to […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
April 23, 2013 The Re-emergence of Anti-Semitism in Post-Communist Europe I should like to draw attention to the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism’s special issue, “Eastern European Antisemitism” (Vol. 4, Issue # 2, 2012), which is now available on line at http://www.jsanitsemitism.org/pdf/jsa_4-2.pdf Guest edited by Andras Kovacs, Professor of Sociology at the Central European University, Budapest, and specialist in the subject of anti-Semitism in […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
April 22, 2013 Blaming the Victim for Anti-Semitism LDB Board Member Richard Cravatts (Simmons/SPME) has co-authored this important op ed about the abuse which has lately been heaped upon two of the most outspoken critics of campus anti-Semitism. The piece features LDB Academic Advisor Tammi Rossman Benjamin and British mathematics lecturer Ronnie Fraser, the subject of Brandeis Blog postings here and here and […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
April 15, 2013 North Carolina Professor Uses Holocaust Image to Falsify Blog on Deir Yassin A University of North Carolina professor, Omid Safi, has reportedly falsified a blog posting on Israel’s 1948 treatment of Palestinians at Deir Yassin by illustrating it with a photograph that was in fact taken of Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust. The Elder of Zioyon blog, among others, reports that Safi has used this Holocaust […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
April 14, 2013 Albany Superintendent Apologizes for Nazi Writing Assignment Last week, the Brandeis Center was in touch with the Albany, New York, Superintendent of Schools, after an Albany High School teacher had assigned her class to write persuasively that Jews are evil. The Superintendent has now apologized to Albany families for the teacher’s misconduct. The Albany Times Union describes the assignment: Think like a […] Anti-Semitism Blog
April 14, 2013 Manitoba Bars Anti-Israel Group for Human Rights Violations In a major decision of international signfiicance, the University of Manitoba’s student union has stripped the Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) of official recognition. The Manitoba student’s union is the first such group to bar this anti-Israel campus group based on the anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination that take place each year during Israel Apartheid Week. […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
April 10, 2013 Petition Against Anti-Israel Bullying and Bigotry on Campus A group called “Students Against Bigotry” is circulating this petition against “anti-Israel bullying and bigotry on campus.” The campaign for a boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel often degenerates into hatred and smears. We oppose harassment, bigotry and bullying against any group. The petition may be found here, and its text is shown below. STUDENTS […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
April 8, 2013 Nora Gold Addresses Anti-Semitism for ISGAP at McGill University Author Nora Gold will speak tomorrow at McGill University on “‘I Don’t Know Why They Hate Us – I Don’t Think We Did Anything Bad To Hurt Them’: Jewish Girls (Aged 10-12) Reflect on Their Experiences of Antisemitism.” The talk is part of the the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy’s lecture […] Anti-Semitism Blog