July 26, 2018 Austrian Freedom Party Proposes Jewish Registries for Kosher Food The far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) proposed a plan that would require Jews to add their name to a government registry in order to be allowed to purchase kosher meat. The same rules would apply to Muslims who intend to purchase halal meat. Anti-Semitism Blog
July 26, 2018 Congress Introduces Bill Banning Boycotts of Countries Friendly to U.S. On June 13, a bill banning the boycotting of countries friendly to the United States was introduced in the House of Representatives. The Export Administration Anti-Discrimination Act (EAADA), or H.R. 6095, was introduced by Ron Desantis (FL-06) and co-sponsored with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (VA-06). Anti-Zionism Blog
July 26, 2018 Israel Passes Jewish Nation-State Law On Thursday, July 19th, the Knesset, Israel’s Parliament, passed a law declaring Israel to be a Jewish nation-state. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition praised the move as “historic”, but it has also garnered significant controversy. Blog
July 26, 2018 Congress Introduces Bill to Review Palestinian Educational Material In June, members of the House of Representatives introduced a bill to review Palestinian textbooks. The bipartisan bill, known as the Palestinian Authority Educational Curriculum Transparency Act, was introduced by Rep. David Young (R-Iowa), and co-sponsored by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL), and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA). Blog
July 19, 2018 UK Government Investigation Allows Allegation that Top Accounting Firm Ignored Palestinian Authority Terrorist Payments to Proceed A United Kingdom (UK) government investigation has allowed a complaint to proceed that alleges top accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) ignored payments to terrorists when it audited the Palestinian Authority (PA). Major donors, like the United States, United Kingdom, and World Bank, rely on such audits to ensure millions of taxpayer dollars are not diverted […] Blog
July 19, 2018 Labour Anti-Semitism Affecting Jewish Students in the United Kingdom Jewish students in the United Kingdom are blaming the British Labour Party’s recent spate of anti-Semitic statements and actions on the rise in campus anti-Jewish discrimination in the England. Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
July 19, 2018 South Carolina Governor Signs Anti-Semitism Definition Bill Into Law On July 6th, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed an anti-Semitism definition bill into law, making South Carolina the first state to do so. Anti-Semitism Blog
June 28, 2018 German Bank Draws Criticism for Enabling BDS A new report, published by Action Forum Israel (Aktionsforum Israel) in Germany, questions the German Bank for Social Economy (BfS)’s decision to give a bank account to Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East, which Action Forum Israel maintains is affiliated with the international BDS movement. Anti-Zionism Blog
June 19, 2018 Call for Papers: The Future of Holocaust Testimonies The following Call for Papers on Holocaust testimonies, recently received by the Louis D. Brandeis Center, may be of interest to some of our readers: The Holocaust Studies Program of Western Galilee College, the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, University of Southern California, and the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies, […] Anti-Semitism Blog
June 18, 2018 Letter to President of Florida State University Last week, the Brandeis Center’s Director of Legal Initiatives Aviva Vogelstein sent a letter to Florida State University (FSU) President John Thrasher, urging his administration to address numerous hateful social media postings by FSU students, targeting those who are Jewish, Israeli, or simply pro-Israel. These students, who were affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog