April 4, 2014 Institute for Law & Policy Announces New Summer Program We are pleased to cooperate with our friends at the Institute for Law & Policy on an exciting new summer program for international students and attorneys at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Alumni of LDB’s 2013 inaugural national law student leadership conference will remember Institute Chairman Richard Heideman for his memorable presentations. For more information on […] Blog
March 25, 2014 Vassar And The BDS War On Campus The anti-Zionist – and sometimes also anti-Semitic – website Mondoweiss recently published a lengthy report by the site’s founder Philip Weiss about a meeting that took place at Vassar in early March. According to Weiss, the meeting had been scheduled by the school’s Committee on Inclusion and Excellence in order to discuss guidelines for activism […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 18, 2014 LDB in Boston, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. This week will provide opportunities to see Brandeis Center lawyers in action in Boston, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. At noon today, LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus will address “The New Anti-Semitism” at St. Louis University School of Law. This event, in which Marcus will discuss legal approaches to contemporary Jew-hatred, kicks off a particularly busy […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 15, 2014 WHY THE JEWS DID NOT ALWAYS LOVE ST. PATRICK’S DAY The “You Don’t Have to be Jewish to Love Levy’s Real Jewish Rye” ad debuted 50 years ago this year. Of course, you also don’t have to be Irish to march at the front of the official St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Unlike David Dinkins in 1993 and Bill de Blasio this year, New York’s Jewish […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 14, 2014 Launch of Northeastern Law School Chapter – March 19, 2014 The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is happy to announce the launch of its Northeastern law student chapter, located in Boston. Danit Sibovits, LDB Staff Attorney heading the legal advocacy initiative, will be speaking at the launch. The law school chapter initiative is the newest phase in the Brandeis Center’s campaign […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
March 10, 2014 Brandeis Center Welcomes Brooklyn College Administration’s Apology for its Handling of 2013 Anti-Israel Event: Jewish Pro-Israel Students Vindicated by Apology, Further Action to Protect Civil Rights Will Be Pursued The Brandeis Center welcomes some good news for three of our clients. On Friday, Brooklyn College President Karen Gould publicly apologized for the school’s forcible ejection of four Jewish pro-Israel students from a 2013 anti-Israel event sponsored in part by the school. The Brandeis Center, which represents three of the students removed from the lecture, […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
March 7, 2014 BDS Supporters Worry About Freedom of Speech Judith Butler and Rashid Khalidi, both well-known academics and high-profile supporters of the BDS movement campaigning for “boycotts, divestment and sanctions” against Israel, have issued a statement that was originally circulated under the dramatic title “Support Freedom of Expression! Oppose Intimidation!” They claim that there are “accelerating efforts to curtail speech, to exercise censorship, and […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 4, 2014 Rethink 2014: Tweeting Against International Hate Week Rethink2014 is a clever movement to oppose Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) on Twitter. Specifically, the group’s Twitter feed last week consisted of photos of young people holding up signs that explain why they are against the annual anti-Israel hate week which is put on in different parts of the world throughout the months of February in […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 3, 2014 HOLLYWOOD’S BELATED FOCUS ON SLAVERY AND HUMAN RIGHTS “12 Years a Slave,” based on Solomon Northrup’s narrative of his journey from freedom to slavery (he was kidnapped) and back to freedom, won this year’s Academy Award for “Best Picture.” According to the buzz, this fine film was sure to win because Hollywood liberals love to feel guilty—and to make amends. Certainly, America and […] Blog
February 27, 2014 LDB Law Students at UCLA Help the Divestment Vote Fail This week, yet another divestment vote took place on an American university campus, this time at UCLA. However, the divestment failed, partly thanks to efforts by members of UCLA’s law school chapter of the Louis D. Brandeis Center. Members of the LDB law student chapter at UCLA law school attended the strategy session this past […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog