July 10, 2013 Europe’s Toxic Anti-Semitism Problem Manfred Gerstenfeld, author the new book, “Demonizing Israel and the Jews,” and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Robert Wistrich, probably the world’s leading authority on the history of anti-Semitism, are like diagnosticians who agree on the grim prognosis for European Jewry, but disagree on the probable cause of death. Gerstenfeld has attracted a headline in […] Anti-Semitism Blog
July 4, 2013 Jewish NGOs Add Their Voices Against the World’s Last Totalitarian Gulag According to North Korean defectors, President Kim Jong-un recently “issued an order for the Third Reich to be studied in depth” for “practical applications be drawn from it.” Another source reports him as saying that North Korea’s secret police should be restructured—“similar to the Gestapo.” Whether or not the twenty-something tyrant is really passing out […] Blog
July 2, 2013 Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Ceremony to be Broadcast in English Our friends at Yad Vashem are announcing this English language broadcast of the 2013 Erev Yom HaShoah (Holocaust memorial) service: The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) network http://nrb.org/ in partnership with the Christian Friends of Yad Vashem http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/about/friends/christian/index.asp will for the first time ever be broadcasting the Erev Yom HaShoah (Eve of the Holocaust Memorial Day) state ceremony from Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. The event […] Anti-Semitism Blog
July 2, 2013 Today’s German Question Mark Winston Churchill famously quipped of Russia: “It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” Twenty-first century Germany is, instead, a question mark—especially regarding its relationship to the present and future of anti-Israel, anti-Jewish hatreds. Simon Wiesenthal Center Associate Dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper cites a new cartoon (belatedly apologized for) in Germany’s largest […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
July 1, 2013 Manfred Gerstenfeld Interviews Kenneth L. Marcus on Campus Anti-Semitism (German) Our German-reading friends will be interested to know that Manfred Gerstenfeld’s recent interview with LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus is now available here online in German. In this interview, Marcus discusses the application of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to fight anti-Semitism in American higher education. Anti-Semitism Blog
June 28, 2013 Seminar: The UCU, Antisemitism and the Boycott Campaigns Against Israel The Louis D. Brandeis Center was recently made aware of an upcoming conference which readers may find interesting. One of the main topics of discussion will be the recent Fraser v. UCU court case, a very important case which several contributors to the Brandeis Center’s blog have analyzed throughout the past few weeks. Thu 11 […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 27, 2013 Kenneth L. Marcus on Campus Anti-Semitism LDB President Kenneth Marcus recently went on The Edwin Black Show to discuss the anti-Israeli de-legitimization, or BDS (boycott, divest, and sanction) movement. Mr. Marcus, in particular, was able to address what is happening on college campuses in regards to this BDS movement. According to Mr. Marcus, this problem is something repeatedly presenting itself on America’s college campuses […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 25, 2013 U.S. Supreme Court Reaches Encouraging Decision in Fisher Yesterday, June 24, 2013, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin where it considered the University’s use of race in undergraduate admissions decisions. In an encouraging decision the Court held, by a 7-1 majority, that “because the Fifth Circuit did not hold the University to the […] Blog
June 24, 2013 Speech from Tammi Rossman-Benjamin will Highlight Campus Anti-Semitism On June 30th, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin will deliver a talk at the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, California. Entitled “Campus and the New Anti-Semitism”, the talk will focus on “the hostile, anti-Israel climate which university students across the country are facing and the challenges of addressing campus anti-Semitism.” Rossman-Benjamin, a Brandeis Center […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 18, 2013 The Massive Blind Spot of LGBT Activists Who See Mideast Through BDS Lenses Of course, degrees of acceptance for gays are relative, and the LGBT community in Israel has complaints. A same-sex civil unions bill hasn’t yet passed the Knesset. Still—compared to many other places—the Jewish state would seem to be paradise. What’s the worst place on earth for gays? Probably Uganda, but—with the exception of Morocco and […] Blog