May 2, 2014 Ali Abunimah’s Orwellian Definition of Anti-Semitism Veteran anti-Israel activist Ali Abunimah is currently touring US campuses to hawk his recently published book “The Battle for Justice in Palestine.” As anyone even vaguely familiar with Abunimah’s prolific writings at his Electronic Intifada blog will know, his idea of “justice in Palestine” requires doing away with the world’s only Jewish state, and the […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
May 2, 2014 The Brandeis Center and The Lawfare Project Urge NYU to Discipline Students Who Shoved Inflammatory Fliers into Students’ Dorm Rooms This morning, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights under Law and The Lawfare Project urged New York University President John Sexton and his administration to “firmly and forcefully” discipline the students who shoved inflammatory materials into students’ private rooms at two New York University dormitories on April 24. The two independent national civil rights organizations had been […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
April 24, 2014 Anti-Semitism: From Ukraine to the U.S. LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus has just published this piece with The Algemeiner online: Few recent news articles captured more attention than reports that Jews in Ukraine were being ordered to register. Then it turned out that the pamphlets ordering Jews to register might be something of a hoax or a political stunt. Either way, […] Anti-Semitism Blog
April 23, 2014 MLA Vote: Will Bias Beat Scholarship? Jeff Robbins has just published the following excellent article at the Times of Israel blog: There is a scene in Guys and Dolls, the Damon Runyan-inspired tale about entertaining mobsters, in which a thug nicknamed Big Julie From Chicago lays down the law: he will not be shooting craps unless the outcome is safely rigged in […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
April 22, 2014 Brandeis Center President Publishes Article on Stanley Fish and Academic Freedom The Brandeis Center’s Founder and President, Kenneth L. Marcus, has just published a short but important article on academic freedom in the current issue of the Florida International University Law Review. Marcus’ article, entitled “The Doctrine of Balance,” argues that academic freedom should not extend to the dissemination of unbalanced propaganda in the classroom. The […] Anti-Zionism Blog
April 21, 2014 Welcome Stephen A. Cohen and Aviva J. Vogelstein The Louis D. Brandeis Center is pleased to welcome two new civil rights legal fellows, Stephen A. Cohen and Aviva J. Vogelstein. Cohen and Vogelstein’s appointments marks the Brandeis Center’s continued expansion, as the Washington, D.C.-based civil rights group grows to face the resurgent problem of anti-Semitism on American University campuses. Stephen Cohen (Steve), who […] Anti-Semitism Blog
April 11, 2014 Call for Papers on Anti-Semitism in the Shadow of the Holcoaust The European Sociological Association’s section on Ethnic Relations, Racism and Antisemitism is now one of the most important sources of research on contemporary anti-Semitism. In advance of their mid-term conference this September in Vienna, the section has issued an interesting new call for papers on “Contemporary Anti-Semitism and Racism in the Shadow of the Holocaust”: […] Anti-Semitism Blog
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