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July 24, 2015 Available for Pre-Order: Kenneth L. Marcus’s New Anti-Semitism Book

The Louis D. Brandeis Center (LDB) is pleased to announce that LDB President and General Counsel, Kenneth L. Marcus’ new book, entitled The Definition of Anti-Semitism, is now available for pre-order, published by Oxford University Press. Proceeds from this book will benefit LDB and its campaign to fight campus anti-Semitism. The expected publication date is September […]

July 24, 2015 Take This Poll on SCR-35 and State Department Definition

UCLA’s student newspaper, the Daily Bruin, is running a poll on the SCR-35 resolution and the State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism. The SCR-35 resolution was passed earlier this month by the California State Assembly urging the University of California (UC) to condemn anti-Semitism. UC President Janet Napolitano also encouraged the condemning of anti-Semitism and supported […]

July 21, 2015 California State Assembly Passes Important Resolution

The state of California has taken another important step forward in combating anti-Semitism. On Monday, July 13, the California State General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution urging the University of California to condemn anti-Semitism. The resolution, originally put forward by State Senator Jeff Stone (R- CA), passed the Higher Education Committee of the California State […]

July 13, 2015 State Anti-Boycott Laws and Free Speech, by Eugene Kontorovich

In recent months, Illinois and South Carolina have passed anti-BDS measures that protects taxpayers from indirectly supporting discriminatory boycotts against Israel. Northwestern Law Professor Eugene Kontorovich in an article in Tablet Magazine puts to rest concerns that measures to withhold public funds from companies that boycott Israel violate the First Amendment. As Professor Kontorovich notes, the First Amendment allows states to […]

July 9, 2015 Fall Internship Announcement

The Brandeis Center is pleased to announce that it is now reviewing internship applications for the upcoming fall semester. This summer, LDB welcomed in five interns: two Law Clerks and three Communications and Development interns. The Center is looking for a group of new students to continue in the fight against anti-Semitism. While the Brandeis Center […]

July 7, 2015 Episcopal Church Votes Down BDS

Following a series of political victories against BDS, the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops, at the church’s General Convention in Salt Lake City, UT refused to divest from companies that do business with Israel in the West Bank, rejecting the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. A committee of leaders from the Church proposed […]

July 3, 2015 Anti-BDS Resolution Receives Bi-Partisan Congressional Support

Last week, the House of Representatives introduced a bi-partisan resolution condemning the boycott of Israeli academic institutions or professors. Resolution 318, introduced by Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), carries support from both sides of the aisle with two Republicans, and three Democrats. The resolution recognizes that boycotting Israel, as the resolution states, “hinders the possibility of achieving […]

July 3, 2015 CA State Assembly Passes Important Anti-Semitism Resolution

Last week, the Higher Education Committee of the California State Assembly approved State Senator Jeff Stone’s resolution (SCR-35) condemning anti-Semitism at California college campuses, by a vote of 8-0. This resolution was previously passed by the CA State Senate. It will now go to the CA State General Assembly for a final vote. The resolution […]

July 2, 2015 UC Stakeholders: Sign Petition to Board of Regents on State Department’s Definition

The University of California’s Board of Regents is set to vote on whether it should adopt the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism at its next meeting at the end of July. The issue came to the forefront when UC President Janet Napolitano expressed her support of the definition and urged the Board of Regents […]

July 1, 2015 Summer Research Workshop Discussions

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the D.C. Holocaust is offering a panel discussion and workshop discussion. At a time where we are seeing, as the joint Brandeis Center-Trinity College report specifies, a resurgence of anti-Semitic activity, it is important that we take time to learn about the history of […]