March 17, 2013 Welcome New Bloggers The Louis D. Brandeis Center Blog welcomes two guest bloggers and two new regular bloggers this week: Alyza Lewin, Andre Oboler, Richard Cravatts, and Danit Sibovits. All four reflect the Brandeis Center’s commitment to combatting global and campus anti-Semitism, while protecting free speech and academic freedom, and promoting justice for all people. Anti-Semitism Blog
March 15, 2013 The Apartheid Slur: An Intellectual Affront and Obstacle to Peace Spring is here. And just as it portends the melting of snow and the budding of flowers, on campuses worldwide for the last few years spring has also brought a flurry of absurd anti-Israel activities inaccurately comparing Israel to the old South Africa with its reprehensible racist apartheid regime. We need to fight this modern […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 14, 2013 The Evil Overlap: Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism In my first Blog post, I described Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s heroic fight against the UN’s infamous Zionism is racism resolution in 1975 – and how Americans responded, joining a chorus of righteous indignation. This post, with material directly excerpted from Moynihan’s Moment: America’s Fight Against Zionism as Racism, published by Oxford University Press, 2013, all rights reserved, […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 13, 2013 Moynihan’s Moment: An All American Hero Fighting Anti-Semitism Whoever you are, wherever you stand politically, we are all affected by living in an age when Israel is traumatized – and anyone who is Jewish or cares about the Jewish state is traumatized, to one extent or another. You can see this trauma in the defensiveness of Israel’s defenders and the viciousness of Israel’s […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 13, 2013 Deadline Approaches for ISCA Call for Papers Reminder for Anti-Semitism Scholars: This Friday is the deadline for response to the Call for Papers for Prof. Alvin Rosenfeld‘s 2014 international conference on “Deciphering the ‘New’ Antisemitism” at Indiana University. Rosenfeld serves on the Louis D. Brandeis Center‘s academic advisory board as well as heading IU’s Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism (ISCA’s). […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 12, 2013 Kudos to SPME Earlier today, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) issued an excellent “Statement Condemning Current Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Against Israel.” LDB has just issued a press release applauding the SPME statement for “taking a courageous stand against anti-Semitic and anti-Israel bigotry.” By way of disclosure, I am a former member of […] Anti-Semitism Blog
March 12, 2013 Introducing Gil Troy We are delighted to welcome historian Gil Troy of McGill University as our first guest blogger this week. Troy is a distinguished scholar of American presidential history as well as a widely read columnist on issues relating to the Middle East. He has combined his passions for American history and Middle East policy with an […] Blog
March 7, 2013 Welcome to the new Louis D. Brandeis Center Blog Welcome to the new Louis D. Brandeis Center Blog. We hope that this new feature will facilitate communication about the issues that we are concerned about, including anti-Semitism, religious freedom, academic freedom and the freedom of speech. We plan to include both entries from Brandeis Center people and also guest blogs from distinguished visitors. Guest […] Blog
March 1, 2013 LDB Commends Minister Jason Kenney for Hate Week Statement WASHINGTON, DC, — The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, an American civil rights organization, today commended the Honourable Jason Kenney for his forceful statement condemning international Hate Week. search engine optimize . The Brandeis Center observed that Kenney, the Canadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, had once again set an […] Anti-Semitism Blog
January 1, 1970 The Presbyterian Church and the Ku Klux Klan At their General Assembly on Friday, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted to divest from three companies that supply Israel with equipment used in the West Bank and in the blockade of Gaza. Enemies of the Jewish community are rejoicing. Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke exulted, “Bravo to the Presbyterian Church for standing up to […] Blog