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 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 25, 2013 AAAS Urges Israel Boycott, Faces Condemnation from SPME In a general membership vote that has been condemned as “abhorrent,” the Association for Asian-American Studies has unanimously approved a resolution to boycott Israeli universities, becoming the first American scholarly association to do so. Inside Higher Ed describes the AAAS vote, which was startling in its unanimity: About 10 percent of the association’s membership was […] 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 19, 2013 Berkeley Chancellor Repudiates Student Senate’s Anti-Israel Divestment Resolution Outgoing University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau has rejected the anti-Israel divestment resolution that the Berkeley student senate passed just yesterday. The Daily Californian has published Birgenau’s statement, which emphasizes that the student senate has no influence on the university’s investment policies. In a pointed repudiation of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and […] Anti-Zionism Blog
April 18, 2013 UC Berkeley Student Senate Passes Anti-Israel Boycott Motion The Daily Californian and J Weekly are reporting that the University of California at Berkeley student senate passed a resolution this morning calling for divestment from Israel. The debate had reportedly been “heated” and lasted over ten hours, with the final vote taken just before 5:30 a.m. this morning. Supporters reportedly reacted to the news with “cheering, […] Anti-Zionism Blog
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 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 11, 2013 BDS Fail at University of California at Santa Barbara After an epic battle, pro-Israel students have just scored an upset victory against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, defeating a hard-fought anti-Israel divestment resolution at the University of California at Santa Barbara. These battles are now much closer than they were just a few years ago, as the BDS movement had recently scored victories […] Anti-Zionism Blog