June 14, 2018 University of Oregon Students Pass BDS Resolution Despite Wide Opposition After several BDS fails this semester on campuses like the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Texas A&M University, and the University of Arkansas, the Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) Senate passed a BDS resolution on Wednesday, May 23rd. Blog Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism
June 13, 2018 Mourning the Loss of Professor Robert Fine (1945-2018) The Brandeis Center mourns the loss of Professor Robert Fine, who passed away just a few days ago. A Professor Emeritus at Warwick University and leading scholar on the history of social and political thought, Professor Fine’s scholarship frequently forced critical thinkers to re-examine their assumptions and ideas as they confronted new philosophies. Blog
June 11, 2018 Columbia Professor Provokes Controversy with Anti-Semitic Statements Professor Hamid Dabashi, a tenured professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, recently posted anti-Semitic statements on his public Facebook page. These egregious statements prompted Columbia faculty, alumni, and students to send a letter to the university urging it to take action. Blog Anti-Semitism
June 10, 2018 LDB Welcomes New Law Clerks and Interns The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is proud to announce its new summer law clerks and interns for 2018: Emma Enig, Hannah Stanhill, and Julian Yigal Krtiz. Blog
June 8, 2018 King’s College London Adopts International Definition of Anti-Semitism King’s College London unanimously adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, becoming one of the first British universities to do so. The decision follows a number of instances of harassment of Jewish students at the university. Anti-Semitism Blog
June 7, 2018 Anti-Semitic Cartoon to be Removed from Textbooks in Belgium An overtly anti-Semitic and anti-Israel comic featured in Belgian geography textbooks, to which the International Legal Forum first brought attention to, will now be removed from subsequent editions of the textbook. Blog Anti-Semitism
June 6, 2018 German Intelligence Agency Classifies BDS as Anti-Semitism The German domestic intelligence agency, the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, has recently labeled the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement as anti-Semitic. Blog Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism
June 6, 2018 Trial Date Set for Lawfare Project Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against SFSU A trial date of March 4, 2019 has been set for a lawsuit brought against San Francisco State University (SFSU) by two Jewish students. This lawsuit, which was originally filed in June of last year and re-filed on January 30, 2018, alleges that SFSU was complicit in the “intentional and discriminatory exclusion of Hillel and its members from the ‘Know Your Rights’ fair.” Litigation Blog
June 1, 2018 American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists Speaker Series with Richard D. Heideman Our colleagues at the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (AAJLJ) are hosting Richard D. Heideman, Senior Counsel of Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, P.C., on June 11th as part of their speakers’ series. Blog
June 1, 2018 Rachel Lerman Explains the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act in Newsweek The Louis D. Brandeis Center’s Vice President, L. Rachel Lerman, Esq., published an op-ed yesterday in Newsweek, supporting the newly introduced Anti-Semitism Awareness Act. Blog Anti-Semitism