Stanford University Student Steps Down As RA After Criticism Generated By Anti-Semitic Post

On August 1, the Brandeis Center’s President Alyza Lewin and Director of Legal Initiatives Aviva Vogelstein sent a letter to Stanford University President, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, urging him to address a threatening, anti-Semitic Facebook post by a current Stanford student who is scheduled to be a Resident Assistant (RA) this upcoming year.

By |2024-03-01T14:21:42-05:00August 8, 2018|Anti-Semitism, Blog|0 Comments

Austrian Freedom Party Proposes Jewish Registries for Kosher Food

The far-right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) proposed a plan that would require Jews to add their name to a government registry in order to be allowed to purchase kosher meat. The same rules would apply to Muslims who intend to purchase halal meat.

By |2023-06-09T21:36:35-04:00July 26, 2018|Anti-Semitism, Blog|0 Comments

Labour Anti-Semitism Affecting Jewish Students in the United Kingdom

Jewish students in the United Kingdom are blaming the British Labour Party’s recent spate of anti-Semitic statements and actions on the rise in campus anti-Jewish discrimination in the England.

By |2023-06-09T21:36:34-04:00July 19, 2018|Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Blog|0 Comments

University of Oregon Students Pass BDS Resolution Despite Wide Opposition

After several BDS fails this semester on campuses like the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Texas A&M University, and the University of Arkansas, the Associated Students of the University of Oregon (ASUO) Senate passed a BDS resolution on Wednesday, May 23rd.

By |2023-06-09T21:36:31-04:00June 14, 2018|Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Blog|0 Comments

Columbia Professor Provokes Controversy with Anti-Semitic Statements

Professor Hamid Dabashi, a tenured professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, recently posted anti-Semitic statements on his public Facebook page. These egregious statements prompted Columbia faculty, alumni, and students to send a letter to the university urging it to take action.

By |2024-03-01T14:38:03-05:00June 11, 2018|Anti-Semitism, Blog|0 Comments

King’s College London Adopts International Definition of Anti-Semitism

King’s College London unanimously adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism, becoming one of the first British universities to do so. The decision follows a number of instances of harassment of Jewish students at the university.

By |2024-03-01T14:40:47-05:00June 8, 2018|Anti-Semitism, Blog|0 Comments
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