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
April 7, 2013 Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Conduct Anti-BDS Petition Drive Scholars for Peace in the Middle East SPME is circulating a faculty Petition to Condemn Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Against Israel. The timing is important, as the BDS movement has recently scored a rare string of victories in North America. Student governments have lately passed anti-Israel BDS resolutions at the University of California campuses at […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
April 7, 2013 Global Anti-Semitism Surged 30 Percent in 2012 Anti-Semitism researchers at Tel Aviv University have announced that anti-Semitic incidents surged by 30 percent last year. Tel Aviv’s Kantor Center, headed by LDB Advisor Dina Porat, issues the authoritative annual report on global anti-Semitism. This year’s report highlights a significant global surge, including last year’s Toulouse school massacre, and expresses concern about anti-Semitism in extreme right-wing political parties […] Anti-Semitism Blog
April 7, 2013 Presidents, Prejudice, and Public Policy Like much else about the 1960s, the mantra that “all politics is personal” was rather naïve compared to earlier, more pointed formulations. According to Harold D. Lasswell, who authored Psychopathology and Politics (1930) during the first wave of Freudian debunking, all politics is the displacement of private motives unto public issues, rationalized in terms of […] Anti-Semitism Blog
April 6, 2013 Historian Catherine Chatterley to Address Struggles Over Holocaust Memory Historian Catherine Chatterley, a member of the Louis D. Brandeis Center’s Academic Advisory Board, will deliver a lecture on April 11 on “Canada’s Struggle with Holocaust Memorialization: The War Museum Controversy, Ethnic Identity Politics, & the Canadian Museum for Human Rights” at the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research in Montreal. It is sadly true that the preservation […] Anti-Semitism Blog
April 5, 2013 Iran’s Incitement to Genocide Against Israel Columnist Michael Gerson has an interesting Washington Post opinion piece arguing that Iran may be culpable for incitement to genocide against Israel under international criminal law. This is not a new argument. We have made the same argument here and here and elaborated on some of the technical issues here. Mitt Romney famously endorsed the argument […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
April 3, 2013 Louis D. Brandeis Center Appoints Senior Civil Rights Legal Fellow Today, the Brandeis Center is announcing the appointment of our first Senior Civil Rights Legal Fellow, Joshua Sol Brewster, Esq. Mr. Brewster is a highly experienced civil rights attorney, who recently completed ten years of service at the Indiana Civil Rights Commission, where he worked his way up to Deputy Director and Chief Staff Counsel. […] Anti-Semitism Blog Litigation
April 3, 2013 Decision Postponed in Al Dura Case Historian Richard Landes (Boston University) announces on his Augean Stables web site that the French court has delayed its decision on the Enderlin-Karsenty trial until May 22. This case concerns the extraordinary al Dura hoax, which has been used to foment anti-Semitic antagonism throughout the world. Philippe Karsenty, a party to the case, offers the message […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
April 2, 2013 Interesting Events This Week Via The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy LDB Academic Advisor Charles A. Small (ISGAP) reports the following interesting events this week at his Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (after the jump). Impressively, this week’s events feature Israeli Justice Elyakim Rubinstein and Dr. Amichai Magen, as well as Dr. Small himself. Dr. Small, as our readers will recall, was the […] Anti-Semitism Blog