March 27, 2013 WHY THE DEBATE OVER THE BOYCOTT/DIVESTMENT/SANCTIONS (BDS) MOVEMENT MATTERS WHY THE DEBATE OVER THE BOYCOTT/DIVESTMENT/SANCTIONS (BDS) MOVEMENT MATTERS Voltaire said: “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” A difficult standard not always lived up to by Voltaire—who often used invective (including anti-Semitic invective) to try to silence his own critics. […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 26, 2013 UCU cleared of harassment in landmark tribunal An Employment Tribunal has found in favour of UCU on all ten complaints of harassment brought by a UCU member who opposed the union’s policy on Palestine. The claimant had been supported in his claim by leading lawyer Anthony Julius. In giving their reasoning the Tribunal stated that ‘the proceedings are dismissed in their totality’ […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 25, 2013 The Shame of the Netherlands: A Young Muslim Must Go Into Hiding for Fighting Anti-Semitism Post by Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Harold Brackman: Passover. This week, Jews will eat more matzo then we ever thought possible, hear more commentary about the Haggadah and its multiple messages for our time, and sit back in awe and (hopefully) love at the site at of our […] Anti-Semitism Anti-Zionism Blog
March 25, 2013 Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Mehmet Sahin As the first night of Passover approaches, we are delighted that Rabbi Abraham Cooper has joined guest blogger Harold Brackman in appealing for solidarity with Mehmet Sahin, a young Muslim man who is now in hiding over death threats because he has take a stand against anti-Semitism. Rabbi Cooper, who serves as Associate Dean of […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 25, 2013 New Editions Planned for Alvin Rosenfeld’s Landmark Holocaust Volume The End of the Holocaust will soon be available to readers in Israel. LDB Academic Advisor Alvin Rosenfeld (Indiana University), a leading scholar of Holocaust literature, will shortly publish his landmark volume in Hebrew, by the Magnes Press of Jerusalem and Yad Vashem. The End of the Holocaust is also scheduled to appear next year in German, […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 23, 2013 Historian Harold Brackman to Guest Blog on BDS and Other Topics On Thursday, I blogged very briefly about the Simon Wiesenthal’s interesting new report on the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. SWC’s report really deserves more attention, so I am pleased to announce that its author, Dr. Harold Brackman, has agreed to join us as a guest blogger over the next couple of weeks. Dr. Brackman will […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 23, 2013 Legal Scholar Lesley Klaff to Join Brandeis Blog We’re delighted to welcome English legal scholar Lesley Klaff to the Louis D. Brandeis Center Blog. Klaff, who is also a member of the Louis D. Brandeis Center’s Legal Advisory Board, will give an international perspective to the Blog, which thus far has featured bloggers from the United States and Canada. Klaff’s expertise ranges from legal […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 22, 2013 Obama Says That Israel Does Not Exist Because of Holocaust Touring Yad Vashem, President Obama has just argued that Israel does not owe its existence to the Holocaust, but that it prevents another Holocaust from occurring: Because after you walk through these halls, after you pass through the darkness, there is light — a glorious view of the Jerusalem Forest, with the sun shining over […] Blog
March 22, 2013 If you can’t Recognize Hate Speech, the sunlight can’t penetrate This week the Online Hate Prevention Institute (OHPI), an Australian Charity which I have the privilege of leading as its CEO, released my major new report into Hate Speech on Facebook. OHPI seeks to facilitate a change in online culture so that hate in all its forms becomes as socially unacceptable online as it is in “real […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 22, 2013 Where Was The President When He Was Supposedly In Israel? What a week it has been for Jerusalem. The President of the United States arrived, transformed the King David Hotel into his (and his entourage’s) home away from home, and then began a series of meetings and visits – to the official residences of President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, to […] Blog