December 20, 2016 Ohio Governor Kasich Signs Anti-BDS Law On Monday, Ohio Governor and former Republican presidential candidate John Kasich signed an anti-Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) bill into law. The anti-BDS bill prohibits Ohio state agencies from contracting “with a company that is boycotting Israel or disinvesting from Israel.” LDB Senior Staff Attorney Jennie Gross testified in front of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight […] Blog Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism
December 15, 2016 Britain to Adopt Definition of Anti-Semitism; U.S. Should Follow Suit In an effort to combat rising numbers of anti-Semitic hate crimes and incitement, Britain is about to become one the first countries in the world to adopt an international definition of anti-Semitism. On Monday, Dec. 12, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced in her keynote address at the Conservative Friends of Israel’s annual lunch, that her government […] Blog Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism
December 8, 2016 Update: More Good News from Ohio The anti-Semitic Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel suffered yet another loss this week. Yesterday, LDB Senior Staff Attorney Jennie Gross testified in front of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee in support of Ohio’s anti-BDS bill, H.B. No. 476, “to prohibit a state agency from contracting with a company that […] Blog Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism
December 7, 2016 LDB Testifies Before Ohio Assembly in Support of anti-BDS Legislation On Tuesday, December 6, I testified in front of the Ohio Senate Government Oversight and Reform Committee in support of Ohio’s anti-BDS bill, H.B. No. 476, “to prohibit a state agency from contracting with a company that is boycotting Israel or disinvesting from Israel.” The bill is a very important response to the anti-Semitic Boycotts, […] Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism Blog
November 30, 2016 Good News From Ohio Earlier this afternoon, the Ohio House passed an anti-BDS bill with a vote of 83-11. This important victory marks yet another blow to the anti-Semitic Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. The Bill, HB 476, “to enact section 9.75 of the Revised Code to prohibit a state agency from contracting with a company that is boycotting […] Blog Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism
November 21, 2016 Two New Blows to BDS Tuesday, November 15, 2016 ushered in two significant failures of the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. The first blow came from an overwhelming defeat of a divestment resolution at the University of Michigan, which we blogged about earlier this week. This was the fifth failed divestment resolution in the past eleven years at […] Blog Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism
November 17, 2016 Anti-Semitic BDS Campaign Rejected by U of Michigan Students On Tuesday night, the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) Movement against Israel took yet another blow: the University Michigan Student Government voted down a BDS resolution by a wide margin of 34 against, 13 in favor, and 3 abstentions. This marks the fifth BDS campaign at the University in the past 11 years that has sought […] Blog Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism
November 10, 2016 Victory Against U.K. Campus Anti-Semitism Defining anti-Semitism has again proven its importance – this time, in the UK. Last week, the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA), the UK’s leading universities regulator, ruled in favor of a disabled Jewish student’s complaint of campus anti-Semitism. The decision cited the European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia’s Working Definition of Anti-Semitism (“Working […] Blog Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism
October 31, 2016 ISGAP’s Fall International Antisemitism Seminar Series LDB is pleased to share ISGAP’s (Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy) 2016 International Seminar Series, entitled “Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective.” Please find the Fall schedule below. ISGAP’s seminars are open to students, faculty and the general public. For more information, contact Ira Guberman at 212-230-1840 or info@isgap.org Columbia University Location: William and […] Anti-Semitism Blog Anti-Zionism
October 25, 2016 Vandalism at University of Minnesota Law School Prior to LDB Presentation Last week, I visited the University of Minnesota Law School to deliver a lunch lecture on anti-Semitism in higher education. It was one of a few campus visits I made this fall, and until now, the law students have been gracious hosts. This was different. The flyers announcing my lecture were torn down, apparently by […] Blog Anti-Semitism