April 22, 2022 LDB Intern Davis Allen – Double-Award Winner for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Work Congratulations, LDB intern Davis Allen, for receiving two awards this semester for your work on Holocaust and Genocide Studies! Allen is a senior at Keene State College in New Hampshire, home to the only undergraduate program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies in the U.S. . The first award is the Charles Hildebrandt Holocaust and Genocide […] Blog
April 19, 2022 The story of Unilever’s war on the Jewish state If the capture of Unilever by antisemitic radicals is allowed to stand, we can assume that many similarly placed companies will bow to the pressure. Published in The Jerusalem Post on April 17, 2022 . As states such as North Carolina consider withdrawing public pension funds from Unilever and its subsidiaries over its de facto […] Blog
April 13, 2022 Iowa and Kansas Become 23rd and 24th States to Adopt IHRA Definition On March 23, 2022, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed two bills into law to combat anti-Semitism: “Today we express Iowa’s enduring support for the State of Israel and our categorical rejection of anti-Semitism,” said Gov. Reynolds. “Together, these bills send an important message: Iowa continues to stand shoulder to shoulder with the State of Israel, […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 18, 2022 Anti-Israel Hate Week ‘22 turbocharged by recent anti-Israel events Beginning at the University of Toronto in 2005, the Anti-Israel Hate Week, also deceitfully known as “Israel Apartheid Week,” is an annual event held in March and April on campuses across 55 countries. In the United States, this hateful event will be held this year from March 21 to March 28. It is an anti-Israel […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 7, 2022 IHRA Working Definition of Anti-Semitism Remains Strong in the Face of Criticism In recent webinar lectures with Indiana University and the United Kingdom Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) Charitable Trust, Irwin Cotler, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada – and current LDB Academic Advisory Board member – discussed his beliefs of the importance of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of anti-Semitism. “The IHRA […] Anti-Semitism Blog
February 23, 2022 Professor Abraham Bell Challenges Amnesty International UK Report That Claims Israel is an “Apartheid” State On February 3, the UK Lawyers For Israel (UKLFI) Charitable Trust hosted a webinar titled “Amnesty International’s Latest Attack on Israel.” Professor Abraham Bell explained that Amnesty International UK’s recent report alleging Israel is responsible for apartheid has been dismissed outright by the Biden administration and others as “absurd”. He identified flaws in the report’s […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
February 14, 2022 LDB submits comments to proposed Dept. of Education regulations On Friday, February 11, 2022, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (“LDB”) submitted comments in response to the proposed regulations governing Civil Rights Data Collection (“CRDC”) issued by the Department of Education (“ED”). Read the submission here: Brandeis Center Comments on CRDC Blog
February 11, 2022 Members of Congress Send Letter to Office For Civil Rights Urging Action on Campus anti-Semitism On February 4, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles County) and a group of 39 bipartisan Members of Congress sent a letter to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), urging it to take concrete steps to support Jewish students and address the rising threat of anti-Semitism on campus. Members asked the Department of […] Anti-Semitism Blog
February 7, 2022 Call for Papers for Conference on “21st Century Antisemitism” The London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism has issued a call for papers and panels for its upcoming conference on “21st Century Antisemitism: A Global Conference with a UK Focus.” The conference will be held at Queen Mary, University of London, Lincoln’s Inn Fields on September 11-13, 2022. The deadline to submit panel […] Blog
December 7, 2021 Our laws cannot allow public schools to shield sexual predators | Opinion (The Hill) The Hill December 6, 2021 by Kenneth L. Marcus and Kimberly M. Richey, Opinion Contributors — The Biden administration recently announced its new proposed Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), providing numerous revisions to the most authoritative repository of information on civil rights in public schools. Predictably, the Biden proposal seeks new data on coronavirus responses and LGBTQ issues, including the addition […] Blog