July 8, 2021 LDB Signs Letter to University Presidents Requesting Adoption of IHRA The Brandeis Center recently joined thirty Jewish and civil rights organizations in signing a letter encouraging 350 different university presidents to formally adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism. The letter, led by the Zionist Organization of America, addresses the spike in anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic acts—particularly in Europe and the United […] Blog
July 8, 2021 Bret Stephens’ NYT Column Discusses LDB Case ICYMI: New York Times opinion columnist Bret Stephens’ recent article “discusses the Brandeis Center’s case against Stanford University as a prominent example of the folly in using a “new racism” to solve an “old racism.” The new version of “equity,” he argues, has developed an “antiracist discrimination” to remedy older forms of racial discrimination, only […] Blog
June 30, 2021 The International Legal Forum Discusses Ancient Jew-Hatred in Modern Times Last week, Brandeis Center President Alyza Lewin appeared on an expert panel hosted by the International Legal Forum (ILF) to speak on the modern-day mutations of anti-Semitism in a webinar entitled “Ancient Hatred Modern Times.” Moderated by ILF lawyer Russell Shalev, the event explored present-day forms of anti-Semitism as “society’s oldest… but least understood hatred.” […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 30, 2021 LDB Summer Speaker Series featured Professor Oren Gross On June 23, as part of its Summer Speaker Series, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) hosted Professor Oren Gross, the Irving Younger Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School and LDB Academic Advisory Board member. Professor Gross explained his recent resignation from the University’s Center for […] Blog
June 30, 2021 Alyza Lewin Speaks at SSI Conference on the Importance of IHRA and its Examples Students Supporting Israel (SSI) hosted Louis D. Brandeis Center For Human Rights Under Law President Alyza Lewin, alongside Rabbi Andrew Baker, the Director of International Jewish Affairs at the American Jewish Congress (AJC), at its Define it to Fight it online conference in a talk about the importance of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism. Since […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
June 30, 2021 LDB Welcomes Four Summer Interns! Washington, D.C.: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (the Brandeis Center) is pleased to welcome four summer interns: Nathaniel Berman, Samantha Crane, Joni Rosenberg, and Chloe Shrager. The Brandeis Center continues to lead a robust and strategic legal response to the alarming increase in anti-Semitism on college and university campuses; from […] Blog
June 28, 2021 Top Hillel Lawyer Explains How Anti-Zionist Professors Violate Academic Freedom On June 9th, Hillel International Vice President Mark Rotenberg headlined the LDB Summer Speaker Series with remarks on “Academic Freedom and the Fight Against Anti-Semitism.” Rotenberg described the unprecedented rise of hostile environments for Jewish students, detailing efforts to connect the United States racial injustice narrative with the Palestinian struggle against Israel and the recent […] Blog
June 21, 2021 Recognizing Anti-Zionist Anti-Semitism by Russell Shalev Recognizing Anti-Zionist Anti-Semitism by Russell Shalev ~ The recent global wave of anti-Semitic attacks that accompanied the May 2021 conflict between Israel and Hamas has torn the mask off the disingenuous claim that anti-Zionism is unrelated to, not motivated by and wholly distinct from hostility towards Jews. The Anti-Defamation League recorded a 75% increase in […] Blog
June 18, 2021 A Chance to Right a Wrong Decision by Diane B. Kunz June 18, 2021 ~ A Chance to Right a Wrong Decision by Diane B. Kunz ~ The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Judicial Circuit has granted a rehearing en banc of the 8th Circuit Court’s decision in Arkansas Times LP v. Waldrip, (No. 19-1378, 8th Cir. 2021), which partly struck down Arkansas’ anti-Boycott Divestment […] Blog
June 9, 2021 A Victory for Campus Freedom by Diane B. Kunz A Victory for Campus Freedom ~ June 9, 2021 ~ by Diane B. Kunz The decision is now final. After a five-year battle, the New York courts have upheld Fordham University’s ability to deny Students for Justice in Palestine (“SJP”) the right to register as a recognized student organization (Matter of Awad v. Fordham Univ., […] Blog