November 10, 2013 More on Counting Anti-Semites A few months ago in this Blog (in “Europe’s Toxic Anti-Semitism Problem,” July 10), I used a somewhat misleading headline debate between Manfred Gerstenfeld, author of “Demonizing Israel and the Jews,” and Robert Wistrich, in my view the world’s leading authority on the history of anti-Semitism. According to the headlines, Gerstenfeld used polling data to […] Anti-Semitism Blog
November 9, 2013 Anti-Semitism Surges in Europe Earlier today, as we begin the weekend marking the seventieth anniversary of Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 1938), the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency issued a stunning report detailing the extent of anti-Semitism in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Sweden and the United Kingdom. This is the best data that we have seen on contemporary anti-Semitism […] Anti-Semitism Blog
November 6, 2013 Brandeis Center Launches Second Law School Chapter at American University Yesterday afternoon the Brandeis Center has launched their first Law School Chapter in the East Coast, at American University’s Washington College of Law, located in Washington D.C. The law school chapter initiative is the most recent developed program, to involve future leaders who are passionate about justice in the Brandeis Center’s campaign against […] Anti-Semitism Blog
October 31, 2013 Brandeis Center Announces Formation of Law Student Chapters At the Brandeis Center we are thrilled to be launching an important, brand new initiative: law student chapters at select law schools throughout the United States. The new chapters will advance the organization’s mandate to combat campus anti-Semitism through legal means. This news is absolutely exhilarating because there are law students throughout the United States […] Anti-Semitism Blog
October 30, 2013 “Don’t Know Much About History”: Implications for Human Rights? Juxtapose two stories: • At the University of the West Indies, in Cave Hill, Barbados, African drumming, a history lecture, and a song with the chorus, “We cry for the ancestors!” were featured at a ceremony unveiling a monument inscribed with 295 names of slaves who once lived on the plantation where the university now […] Blog
October 30, 2013 Brandeis Center’s Newest Short Video The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights under Law is excited to announce the creation of a new short film called The Louis D. Brandeis Center: For Human Rights Under Law. Produced and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Gloria Greenfield, and edited by two-time Emmy Award winner Raoul Rosenberg, the film highlights the mission of […] Blog
October 19, 2013 Woody Allen May Be Seeing the Light About Israel—Sort Of Woody Allen’s recent remarks about bigoted critics of Israel re-raise the perennial question about the Jewish roots to his serio-comic gift. Born Allen Stewart Konigsberg in the Bronx in 1935, Allen was the son of Austrian and Russian-Jewish immigrants. His Orthodox family spoke German and a well as Yiddish at home, and while growing up […] Anti-Semitism Blog
October 14, 2013 Israel and Africa: Bridging Troubled Waters Israelis were not surprised by last month’s terrorist attack by Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabab on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall, killing 67 people. They had been on alert against such dangers since two attacks on Israeli targets in Mombasa in 2002. Since the Arab the downfall of Libya’s Qaddafi, East Africa especially has been awash in new terrorist recruits […] Blog
October 14, 2013 High Academic Quality Protects Students’ Freedom to Learn The efforts of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) to protect academic freedom intersect with and draw strength from our efforts to maintain high academic quality on America’s college campuses. These issues are closely related, and our Free to Teach, Free to Learn guide highlights the potential challenges universities and their trustees face […] Campus Administrators
October 11, 2013 Pope Francis: Let anti-Semitism be banished from every heart This morning, Pope Francis met with members of Rome’s Jewish community to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the Nazi deportation of Rome’s Jews. According to Radio Vatican, the pope took the occasion to express his feelings of closeness to the Jewish people. In his remarks, Pope Francis also issued a ringing denunciation of anti-Semitism: “We […] Anti-Semitism Blog