April 19, 2013 Internet “How to” Bomb Making for Everyone The terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon may temporarily shift the national debate from the manufacture and sale of guns and ammo to bomb making cookbooks on the Internet available to aspiring terrorist chefs of all ages. “Once upon a time this kind of information was known only to large terrorist groups and maybe to […] Blog
April 19, 2013 Berkeley Chancellor Repudiates Student Senate’s Anti-Israel Divestment Resolution Outgoing University of California at Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau has rejected the anti-Israel divestment resolution that the Berkeley student senate passed just yesterday. The Daily Californian has published Birgenau’s statement, which emphasizes that the student senate has no influence on the university’s investment policies. In a pointed repudiation of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and […] Anti-Zionism Blog
April 19, 2013 The “White Out” of Jews from Jackie Robinson’s Saga 42: The True Story of an American Legend edifies a new generation with the story Jackie Robinson’s magical first season with the Brooklyn Dodgers when he defeated Jim Crow, won National League Rookie of the Year, and led “The Bums” to the 1947 World Series, where they lost in seven games to Joe DiMaggio’s Yankees. […] Blog
April 18, 2013 UC Berkeley Student Senate Passes Anti-Israel Boycott Motion The Daily Californian and J Weekly are reporting that the University of California at Berkeley student senate passed a resolution this morning calling for divestment from Israel. The debate had reportedly been “heated” and lasted over ten hours, with the final vote taken just before 5:30 a.m. this morning. Supporters reportedly reacted to the news with “cheering, […] Anti-Zionism Blog
April 17, 2013 LDB Legal Advisor to Speak on Religious Discrimination Litigator Alyza Lewin of Lewin & Lewin, a member of the Brandeis Center’s Legal Advisory Board, will participate tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. in an American Bar Association panel on “Advocating for Equality in the Next Generation: Religious Discrimination.” Lewin has appeared as a guest of this blog, posting the popular article, “Where Was the President When He […] Events (blog)
April 17, 2013 Brandeis Center Seeks Development Interns The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is seeking Development Interns to assist with its fundraising activities. The position description is as follows: Development/Fundraising Interns Location: Washington, D.C. Telework available for Interns to work from alternative locations. Term: Internships available for Summer, Fall semester, or Spring semester. Arrangements can be made for […] Blog
April 15, 2013 North Carolina Professor Uses Holocaust Image to Falsify Blog on Deir Yassin A University of North Carolina professor, Omid Safi, has reportedly falsified a blog posting on Israel’s 1948 treatment of Palestinians at Deir Yassin by illustrating it with a photograph that was in fact taken of Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust. The Elder of Zioyon blog, among others, reports that Safi has used this Holocaust […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
April 14, 2013 Albany Superintendent Apologizes for Nazi Writing Assignment Last week, the Brandeis Center was in touch with the Albany, New York, Superintendent of Schools, after an Albany High School teacher had assigned her class to write persuasively that Jews are evil. The Superintendent has now apologized to Albany families for the teacher’s misconduct. The Albany Times Union describes the assignment: Think like a […] Anti-Semitism Blog
April 14, 2013 Manitoba Bars Anti-Israel Group for Human Rights Violations In a major decision of international signfiicance, the University of Manitoba’s student union has stripped the Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) of official recognition. The Manitoba student’s union is the first such group to bar this anti-Israel campus group based on the anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination that take place each year during Israel Apartheid Week. […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
April 11, 2013 BDS Fail at University of California at Santa Barbara After an epic battle, pro-Israel students have just scored an upset victory against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, defeating a hard-fought anti-Israel divestment resolution at the University of California at Santa Barbara. These battles are now much closer than they were just a few years ago, as the BDS movement had recently scored victories […] Anti-Zionism Blog