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
August 16, 2013 Don’t Look at the Sphinx—or the Muslim Brotherhood—Through Rose-Colored Glasses While we all recoil from the death toll in innocent lives in Egypt—including unreported numbers of Coptic Christians killed while defending their spiritual patrimony from arsonists who burned down 52 churches in one day—there are some hard facts that need to be addressed and questions that need to be answered by those who seem to […] Blog
August 7, 2013 Brandeis Center Congratulates Catherine Lhamon on Confirmation as OCR Chief Today, the Brandeis Center congratulated Catherine Lhamon on being confirmed as the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education. The U.S. Senate confirmed Ms. Lhamon after President Obama nominated her earlier this year. Ms. Lhamon has a very extensive background in civil rights. Most recently, she served as the Director of […] Blog
August 5, 2013 Brandeis Center Appoints Todd Braunstein to Legal Advisory Board Today, the Brandeis Center announced the appointment of Todd F. Braunstein to the Brandeis Center’s Legal Advisory Board. As a member of the board, Braunstein will advise the Center regarding legal aspects of the Center’s fight against campus anti-Semitism. A former federal prosecutor, Braunstein has years of experience in all phases of the investigative process, […] Blog