June 11, 2014 Does Anti-Semitism Threaten American Jews? The following article by LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus is distributed via JNS.org. JNS.org — In a recent issue of Time magazine, Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, former president of the Union for Reform Judaism, writes that anti-Semitism is “not a threat to American Jews.” He could not be more wrong. Let us start with the obvious. Any […] Anti-Semitism Blog Anti-Zionism
June 11, 2014 Left, Right, and “What’s Good for the Jews” The resurgence, now on both sides of the Atlantic, of what is usually interpreted as extreme conservative politics—but might better be called right-wing populism—is likely to spark a new debate about present and future threats posed by political extremism to Jews. Since the Revolution of 1848—when according to a story an Orthodox rabbi with a […] Blog Anti-Semitism
June 11, 2014 Good News from Western Washington StandWithUs is reporting that the student government at Western Washington University unanimously voted yesterday not to consider boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) based on national origin. The Student government’s “Resolution Regarding International Divestment, Boycott, and Sanctions” is an extraordinary response to the BDS resolutions adopted at other schools. In a powerfully written statement, the Western Washington student […] Blog Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism
June 9, 2014 The Tikvah Fund Issues a Call for Applications and Nominations The Tikvah Fund is has invited our nominations for potential attendees to its very well-regarded Fall 2014 Tikvah Advanced Institutes. This round, Tikvah will offer institutes in both New York and Jerusalem on topics including Religious Freedom in America, Israeli National Defense, The Hebrew Bible and Jewish Excellence, The Case for Nationalism, and more. Please let us know if […] Blog
June 8, 2014 ANTI-SEMITIC PRIDE AND PREJUDICE IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CULTURE The twenty-first century is providing fertile ground for the “artistic” transmission of anti-Semitism on two levels. For mass consumption, Mel Gibson’s film, “The Passion of the Christ” (2004), modernized the medieval passion play to which the Nazis had continued to pay homage at Oberammergau. With a powerful flair for violent filmmaking in the tradition of […] Blog Anti-Zionism
June 4, 2014 Brandeis Center Legal Advisory Board Member Garners Major Title VI Victory Civil Rights Attorney, Joel H. Siegal, a member of the Louis D. Brandeis Center’s Legal Advisory Board, reports a major Title Six victory brought on behalf of a 14 year old African-American student against St. Charles Borromeo School, a private elementary school operated by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. In the case, Mugisha M. v. […] Litigation
June 3, 2014 The Horror of Holocaust Denial Over the last few weeks, the Holocaust has appeared surprisingly often in the news. In most cases, the reason has been the surprising degree of ignorance or denial that so many people have about this cataclysmic event. The most disheartening reports have addressed the role of educators in spreading misinformation. Worse, they have illustrated that […] Blog Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism
May 30, 2014 Holocaust Survivors, Too, Need to “Check Your Privilege” In a twitter exchange with MSNBC host Touré Neblett, a child of Holocaust survivors asked: “How much do I owe for what Dems did in the first half of the century, while my family was in Europe running from Nazis, or in Dachau?” In other words, Jewish victims of the Nazis don’t owe “reparations” to […] Blog Anti-Semitism
May 29, 2014 Perspectives on an “American Psycho Killer” Not everyone will agree, but I consider mass murders committed by deranged individuals motivated by “hate” ideologies as human rights violations. The UC Santa Barbara killer Elliot Rodger, who posted videos and a 141-page autobiography before killing six and wounded 13, is the current example of a psychotic who achieved temporary infamy (and also a […] Blog
May 28, 2014 Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes Prosecuted in Texas, Utah and New Mexico The U.S. Department of Justices’s Civil Rights Division focuses on anti-Jewish hate crimes in the lead article to the new May 2014, Volume 60, issue of “Religious Freedom in Focus. The following excerpt from the new issue presents the Department’s view of anti-Semitic hate crime: Three Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes Prosecuted in April in Texas, Utah […] Blog Anti-Semitism