October 6, 2011 Italian parliamentary report on anti-Semitism – 10/6/11 The Italian parliamentary report on anti-Semitism, included here because it continues the series of national multi-party reports begun in London and Ottawa, is especially important because it is an official document of the Italian parliament, rather than an unofficial report of select parliamentarians. Government Documents
September 30, 2011 U.S. Civil Rights Commission 2011 annual report – Sept 2011 The Civil Rights Commission explored harassment of religious minorities, including Jewish students, in American educational institutions in its 2011 annual report (relying in part on testimony by LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus), which revealed an important gap in U.S. human rights law: to this day, the U.S. Congress has not prohibited religious harassment in federally […] Government Documents
August 22, 2011 SPME Legal Task Force Statement on Principles of Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech – 8/22/11 The Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Legal Task Force, chaired by LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus, issued a Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and the Freedom of Speech, which elucidates the application of these important principles with special attention to disputes involving the Middle East and/or the rights of Jewish students. Government Documents
July 7, 2011 Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism multi-party report – 7/7/11 The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism demonstrated in this multi-party report, which relied in part on the testimony of LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus, both the persistence of anti-Semitism in Canada and more generally the problem of the new anti-Semitism globally. Government Documents
January 1, 2011 Tel Aviv University – Antisemitism Worldwide 2010 LDB Advisor Dr. Dina Porat and fellow Tel Aviv Professor Roni Stauber provide the best available annual account of anti-Semitic incidents worldwide during the prior year, formerly under the aegis of the Stephen Roth Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism and Racism. Government Documents
November 9, 2010 The Ottawa Protocol on Combating Antisemitism – Nov. 2010 The Ottawa Protocol On Combating Anti-Semitism, which relied in part on the testimony of LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus, expands upon the London Declaration, for example, by describing how colleges and universities should utilize the EUMC Working Definition and has been officially adopted by the government of its host country, Canada. Government Documents
September 8, 2010 U.S. Justice Dept. Letter – 9/8/10 The U.S. Department of Justice reviewed and affirmed the legality of OCR’s 2004 guidance letter in this 2010 Obama Administration legal opinion. Government Documents
August 6, 2010 SPME Endorses CASHE Statement – 2010 The CASHE Statement provides the report of an internationally scholarly workshop on Contemporary Antisemitism in Higher Education co- convened at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum by LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus. Government Documents
June 8, 2010 Fact Sheet – Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism – 6/8/10 Government Documents