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April 23, 2013 The Re-emergence of Anti-Semitism in Post-Communist Europe

I should like to draw attention to the Journal for the Study of Antisemitism’s special issue, “Eastern European Antisemitism” (Vol. 4, Issue # 2, 2012), which is now available on line at http://www.jsanitsemitism.org/pdf/jsa_4-2.pdf Guest edited by Andras Kovacs, Professor of Sociology at the Central European University, Budapest, and specialist in the subject of anti-Semitism in […]
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April 22, 2013 Blaming the Victim for Anti-Semitism

  LDB Board Member Richard Cravatts (Simmons/SPME)  has co-authored this important op ed about the abuse which has lately been heaped upon two of the most outspoken critics of campus anti-Semitism. The piece features LDB Academic Advisor Tammi Rossman Benjamin  and British mathematics lecturer Ronnie Fraser, the subject of Brandeis Blog postings here and here  and […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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