August 26, 2013 Welcome Guest Blogger Ruth Wisse The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is pleased to announce that Dr. Ruth R. Wisse, Professor of Yiddish and Comparative Literature at Harvard University, will be joining the Brandeis Center Blog team as a guest blogger. Dr. Wisse, an experienced editor, essayist, and columnist brings to the Brandeis Blog a long […] Anti-Semitism Blog
August 23, 2013 Islamic Republic of Iran: The World’s Worst Sponsor of Terror Must Be Stopped The Islamic Republic of Iran, a designated State Sponsor of Terrorism since 1984, remains the world’s “most active state sponsor of terrorism” according to the U.S. Department of State’s most recent Country Reports on Terrorism. Yet the world continues to turn a blind eye to Iran’s sponsorship of terror, ignoring the suffering of terror victims […] Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
August 23, 2013 Israeli student wins case against university Kudos to United Kingdom Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) for their recent victory against anti-Israel bias at Warwick University. In an interesting new case, UKLFI has achieved a measure of justice for an Israeli student who allegedly faced biased instruction at the English university. UKLFI’s Jonathan Turner reports on the win: The Office of the Independent Adjudicator […] Anti-Zionism Blog
August 23, 2013 Israel Lives in a Dangerous Neighborhood, Struggles Against Terrorism and is Engaged in a Battle for Justice at the United Nations Over the past sixty five years, Israel has faced and continues to face momentous challenges including wars, skirmishes, rocket attacks, terrorist murderous suicide bombings and assaults on her citizens, challenges to her legal status, boycotts, threats, accusations and demonization. In the summer of 2000, Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organization met at Camp […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
August 21, 2013 SYRIA: A STATE SPONSOR OF TERROR NOW KILLING ITS OWN PEOPLE The Syrian Arab Republic has been listed on the US Department of State List of State Sponsors of Terror since 1979 and continues today as one of the world’s worst sponsors of terror, funding and providing safe haven for Hezbollah, HAMAS and other terrorist organizations. Support takes the form of money, passage through and across […] Anti-Zionism Blog Litigation
August 20, 2013 Standing up for Victims of Terror The use of litigation in the United States Federal Court system is an essential tool in standing up for victims of terror. While governments negotiate, victims can use the federal court system to not only seek monetary damages but also to give victims and their families voice against state sponsors of terrorism. Victims have been afforded this […] Blog Litigation
August 20, 2013 Brandeis Center Urges OCR to Protect Students from Religious Harassment & Bullying Last night, the Louis D. Brandeis Center urged the Obama administration to use the Department of Education’s mandatory data-gathering program to protect religious minorities, including Jewish, Muslim and Sikh children, from harassment and bullying – just as it does for racial and ethnic minorities. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had previously floated a proposal […] Anti-Zionism
August 19, 2013 Egypt’s New Government Tweets Turkey’s Erdogan Where It Hurts: About the Armenian Genocide Turkey’s Prime Minister Recip Erdogan—whose fantasies about restoring Turkey as the hub of a Neo-Ottoman Empire have been shattered by a one-touch punch from Syria and Egypt—has now received his just desserts. Earlier this year, Erdogan unleashed his shock troops to put down peaceful mass protests in Taksim Square, declaring: “The police were there yesterday, […] Blog
August 18, 2013 Alice Walker Got What She Deserves Bravo to the University of Michigan for disinviting Alice Walker – and shame on Walker for reportedly spreading false rumors about Michigan’s reasons for doing so. The University of Michigan recently withdrew a speaking invitation to the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, who is now known not only for her literary work but […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
August 18, 2013 Richard D. Heideman to Appear on the Brandeis Center Blog We’re pleased to announce that Washington, D.C., lawyer Richard D. Heideman, a world-famous international lawyer, will appear as a guest on the Brandeis Center Blog in the coming week. Heideman, the Honorary President of B’nai B’rith International, is known as a tireless advocate for victims of terrorism around the world whose human and individual rights […] Anti-Zionism Blog