January 28, 2015 UN Human Rights Expert addresses LDB students at the UN By: Kenny Liebowitz In the week leading up to the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, the Louis D. Brandeis Center sought to expose and educate undergraduate and law students about the juncture between human rights and the Jewish people, within the United Nations. LDB arranged the unique opportunity […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
January 28, 2015 UK Report on Anti-Semitism Highlights Rising Tide and Government’s Strides By Dilia Zwart and Kenny Liebowitz The UK Home Secretary Theresa May recently proclaimed, “We must all redouble our efforts to wipe out anti-Semitism.” Her call to action came during a memorial service in London to remember those killed in the terror attacks in France this month, including four people in a kosher supermarket. May […] Anti-Semitism Blog
January 23, 2015 CFP: “Music as Resistance to Genocide” International Workshop — 26 October 2015, Los Angeles We have received the following CALL FOR PAPERS which may interest our readers: International Workshop “Music as Resistance to Genocide” Organized by the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research in collaboration with the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 26 October 2015, Los Angeles, CA The Center for Advanced Genocide Research at the USC […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
January 20, 2015 University of Chicago and Free Speech on Campus Earlier this month, the University of Chicago released a praiseworthy update to its policy on freedom of speech. The policy protects free academic discourse and speakers’ rights to address controversial topics, while also setting forth principles about students’ responsibilities to respect guest speakers and fellow students, and about the University’s need to prevent disruptions to […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Free Speech and Academic Freedom
January 18, 2015 The French-Jewish Exodus From Scott Ott, “Exodus Chart: Shocking Graph Shows French Jews Fleeing to Israel in Historic Numbers” in PJ Media. Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
January 16, 2015 Brandeis Center Launches Winternship Program with Harvard This month, the Brandeis Center launched a new Harvard Winternship (or winter internship) Program based on a new model for January internships developed by Harvard College and the Harvard Club of Washington. In its inaugural year, LDB welcomes two Harvard students, David Leeds and Dilia Zwart, who will spend their winter break working for the […] Anti-Semitism Blog
January 16, 2015 LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus to Address The StandWithUS Anti-BDS Conference In response to readers’ questions, you may register for the event at this page of the StandWithUs website. Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
January 12, 2015 Brandeis University, Daniel Mael, and Freedom of Speech As the Washington Free Beacon reports, and as others have reported here and here, Brandeis University issued a “No Contact Order” (NCO) to student journalist and outspoken Israel-supporter Daniel Mael last week, which would have restricted his movements on campus. This order, which was immediately revoked this past Friday following an intense media outcry, comes […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
January 9, 2015 The NYT Publishes “All the News That’s Fit to Print” Except That Which Offends a Muslim Family in Brooklyn French President Hollande has just finished his address to the nation on the tragic finale of the new terrorist attacks expressing condolences to the hostage victims at the Parish kosher butcher shop, condemning anti-Semitism, and of course declaring that France’s latest national horror had “nothing to do with Islam.” In fact, there is no evidence […] Anti-Semitism Blog
January 8, 2015 ISGAP Summer Institute The ISGAP Summer Institute at Hertford College, Oxford, for the Development of Curriculum in Critical Antisemitism Studies Summer 2015 The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), an interdisciplinary research center headquartered in New York, is seeking applicants for a two-week intensive workshop-based curriculum development program for professors with full time positions at recognized universities. […] Anti-Semitism Blog