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 […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
November 8, 2016 Update: Pennsylvania anti-BDS Bill Signed Into Law Mere days after Bill HB 2107 passed the Pennsylvania State Senate, Governor Tom Wolfe has signed it into law. The legislation, which ensures that companies contracted by the state are barred from becoming involved in any form of boycott specifically in relation to Israeli companies or individuals. This officially makes Pennsylvania the 16th state to […] Anti-Zionism Blog
November 2, 2016 Pennsylvania Senate Passes Anti-BDS Bill 2016 has state legislatures taking a firm stand against the Boycotts, Disinvestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. This summer alone, the Brandeis Center reported that California, New Jersey, Rhode Island and New York all enacted various laws establishing themselves against this invidious form of discrimination. Now, less than a month after California Governor Jerry Brown signed […] Anti-Zionism Blog
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 Anti-Zionism Blog
September 29, 2016 Wrong-Headed Initiative Dr. Diane B. Kunz, Esq. Wrong-Headed Initiative Equal treatment before United States law and government. That is a foundational American principle. Its aspirational neutrality, usually achieved, is one reason why people from so many nations with different ethnicities and differing religious beliefs have thrived in this country. Now J Street would challenge this basic principle […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 27, 2016 International Conference on Zionism and Anti-Semitism The Pears Institute for the study of Antisemitism in Birkbeck, University of London has just announced their upcoming May 30 – June 1, 2017 conference on anti-Semitism and Zionism and is calling for the submission of papers to be presented: This timely conference will examine the interaction between Zionism and antisemitism as it has developed from the […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
September 2, 2016 The Brandeis Center Responds to Departure of UCLA Graduate Student Leader Earlier this week, UCLA law student and former Graduate Student Association (GSA) President Milan Chatterjee announced his intention to leave UCLA and finish his studies at New York University School of Law. This announcement came after Chatterjee had been subjected to nearly 10 months of harassment by anti-Israel activists in the Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) […] Anti-Zionism Blog
September 1, 2016 German Students Take a Stand Against BDS This historic resolution came into effect following a speech by Professor Lori Allen, of the University of London. Promoting her book, ‘The Rise and Fall of Human Rights: Cynicism and Politics in Occupied Palestine,’ as Benjamin Weinthal of Jpost reports , pronounced support for a boycott of Israel and minimized the impact of terrorism on […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 31, 2016 Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict & the Movement to Boycott Israel Cary Nelson has published his latest book Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict & the Movement to Boycott Israel. Nelson is a professor of English at University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign and has published a wide array of works, Dreams Deferred marking his second book after The Case Against Academic Boycotts of […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 29, 2016 New Jersey and California Join the Fight Against BDS With Governor Chris Christie’s signature last week, New Jersey became at least the 12th state to embrace anti-BDS legislation. The bill passed with an overwhelming majority in the state’s General Assembly at the end of July (69-3, with two abstentions) and had unanimously passed the state Senate in May. Days later California added its own […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog