October 23, 2015 France Upholds Ruling That BDS Is Discrimination On Tuesday, the French Court of Cassation, the highest appeals court in France, upheld a lower court decision in which promoters of a boycott against Israel were found guilty of inciting hate or discrimination and fined a collective $14,500. The Court of Cassation’s ruling affirmed criminal convictions from the Colmar Court of Appeals of 12 […] Anti-Zionism Blog
October 14, 2015 Palestinian Bar Association Honors Oct. 4th Terrorist Stabber, IAJLJ Urges EU Response Yesterday, the The International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (IAJLJ), a UN-accredited NGO, wrote a letter to the EU’s Ambassador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen, calling upon the EU to cease funding the Palestinian Bar Association (PBA) after its decision to honor the terrorist who stabbed to death two Israelis in the Old City on […] Anti-Zionism Blog
October 9, 2015 UC Berkeley Student explains why UC Regents should adopt Department of State’s definition of anti-Semitism The adoption of the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism is a cause that LDB has been activity advocating for, particularly in university campuses across the nation. As LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus stated, “University administrators need a uniform definition of anti-Semitism in order to make clear what the boundaries are between hateful actions and […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
September 28, 2015 “Deciphering the New Antisemitism” Reviews Alvin Rosenfeld’s latest book “Deciphering the New Antisemitism”, is due for release early next year. The book is comprised of 18 essays written by an international group of scholars, including LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus, that discuss a wide-range of topics about the increasing occurrences of anti-Semitism around the world. This analyzes the various […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 28, 2015 USHMM: Call for Applications The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is holding two seminars in early January, applications are due in October: Seminar for Advanced Undergraduate, MA, and Early PhD Students A Research Introduction to the Holocaust in the Soviet Union January 4–8, 2016 Applications due October 11 The Mandel Center invites applications for a seminar designed to […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 24, 2015 UC Regents Reject Weak Intolerance Statement On September 16th UC regents decided to reject the proposed statement of principles against intolerance because it inadequately addressed the problem of anti-Semitism on UC campuses, the reason for which it was first proposed. The proposed statement has been heavily criticized as being too broad and ambiguous, simplistically defining intolerance as “unwelcome conduct motivated by […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 10, 2015 The mighty stream and the Jewish trickle LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus is publishing this op-ed in Washington Jewish Week discussing the increased need for a better definition of anti-Semitism, as well as further protection in the face of rising levels of anti-Semitic incidents on college campuses: _________________________________________ This summer, the Jewish community was rightly focused on the existential threat posed by […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
September 10, 2015 EndBDS Hotline LDB is partnering with several other groups on EndBDS, a new hotline aiming to help those being harassed or targeted by the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement. EndBDS is able to aid anyone facing the extremism and anti-Semitism that follows the anti-Israel movement. If you or someone you know are being targeted […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
August 14, 2015 Conflict Resolution, the Arab-Israel Conflict, and Campus Anti-Semitism: An Interview with Dr. Peter Weinberger of the Institute of Peace Peter Weinberger is a senior program officer at the U.S. Institute of Peace who has interesting ideas about how conflict analysis tools can be applied not only to the Arab-Israel conflict but also to the resurgent problem of campus anti-Semitism. Dr. Weinberger works with the Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding. His primary focus at […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 7, 2015 Jews, Israel, and the War of a Million Cuts Review: Manfred Gerstenfeld, The War of a Million Cuts: The Struggle against the Delegitimization of Israel and the Jews [New York: RVP Publishers Inc., 2015], [501 pgs.], $27.37. In The War of a Million Cuts, Manfred Gerstenfeld describes the growth of anti-Semitism in the world and how it is often hidden behind anti-Israel comments. […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog