April 14, 2016 California LDB Law Students Stand Up Against Injustice West Coast LDB law students have been influential in fighting against anti-Semitism and standing up against injustice this past month. At the University of California Los Angeles this past Wednesday, LDB law students sent a letter in support of Graduate Student Association (GSA) President Milan Chatterjee, who had been the subject of a wrongful impeachment […] Anti-Zionism Blog
April 12, 2016 When Does Anti-Israelism Turn Into Anti-Semitism? On Monday, March 28, Professor William Jacobson of Cornell University spoke to a room packed with law students at the University of Chicago, on the topic of “When Does Anti-Israelism Turn Into Anti-Semitism?” The lecture was sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students and the Louis D. Brandeis Center law student chapter at […] Blog
April 6, 2016 Selective, Biased and Discriminatory: The American Anthropological Association Task Force Report on Israel-Palestine AAA Working Paper This document addresses the selective, biased and discriminatory nature of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Task Force Report (TFR) in respect to Public Health, the ethics of Operation Protective Edge and the effects of cradle-to-grave incitement in Palestinian society. The working paper recommends retraction of the TFR. We assert that there is a direct […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 31, 2016 Indiana University to Hold Major Anti-Semitism Conference Starting this weekend, The Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism at Indiana University (ISCA) will host its third international scholars conference, from Saturday evening, April 3 through Wednesday, April 7, on “Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and the Dynamics of Delegitimization.” LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus will chair a panel on Tuesday, April 5, with Shimon Samuels, […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 24, 2016 UC Regents’ Condemnation of Anti-Semitism & Anti-Zionism is Timely for UC Davis By Jennie Gross, LDB Senior Staff Attorney Wednesday’s announcement from the Regents of the University of California is particularly timely for the Davis campus, where a disruptive protest temporarily halted a lecture by Israeli diplomat George Deek earlier this month. LDB’s legal staff sent a letter to UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi on Monday, […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 21, 2016 Maintaining Columbia’s Ties to Israel: A Letter Opposing Divestment In response to a recent petition signed by 69 members of the Columbia faculty calling on the university to divest from companies that do business in Israel, David M. Schizer, Dean Emeritus and the Harvey R. Miller Professor of Law and Economics at Columbia Law School, created the following letter opposing divestment. The letter, which […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 21, 2016 In Praise of Justice Alito’s Statement in Ben-Levi v. Brown The government’s relationship with religion, if anything, means that the government may not categorically subject a particular religious group to heightened requirements for religious exercise, may not endorse and codify a particular interpretation of religious doctrine, and may not limit the religious exercise of an individual because the government disagrees with the individual’s interpretation of […] Litigation
March 17, 2016 Alabama and Georgia pass new Anti-BDS Measures More and more state legislatures are passing measures to combat the Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The BDS movement seeks to delegitimize the State of Israel, and BDS campaigns on campus often lead to increased incidents of anti-Semitism. In mid-February, Alabama passed a bill condemning the BDS movement, becoming the fifth state […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 15, 2016 LDB Holds Third Annual National Law Student Leadership Conference On February 21-22, the Louis D. Brandeis Center hosted its third annual National Law Student Leadership Conference in Berkeley, California. The conference brought together 26 law student leaders from 14 law schools across the country, and educated these students on topics including civil rights law; international law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict; international anti-Semitism and the European […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 14, 2016 Borders and Borderlands: Attempting Again to Delegitmize Israel National borders have been a fundamental issue in the Middle East for a century. The year marks the hundredth anniversary of the secret British-French Sykes-Picot agreement which carved up Middle Eastern parts of Ottoman Empire in anticipation of a Turkish defeat in World War I.[i] As with most Asian and African territories, twentieth century Middle […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog