Letter to President of Florida State University
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Last week, the Brandeis [...]
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.
Mourning the Loss of Professor Robert Fine (1945-2018)
The Brandeis Center mourns the loss of Professor Robert Fine, who passed away just a few days ago. A Professor Emeritus at Warwick University and leading scholar on the history of social and political thought, Professor Fine’s scholarship frequently forced critical thinkers to re-examine their assumptions and ideas as they confronted new philosophies.
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.
LDB Welcomes New Law Clerks and Interns
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is proud to announce its new summer law clerks and interns for 2018: Emma Enig, Hannah Stanhill, and Julian Yigal Krtiz.
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.
Anti-Semitic Cartoon to be Removed from Textbooks in Belgium
An overtly anti-Semitic and anti-Israel comic featured in Belgian geography textbooks, to which the International Legal Forum first brought attention to, will now be removed from subsequent editions of the textbook.
German Intelligence Agency Classifies BDS as Anti-Semitism
The German domestic intelligence agency, the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, has recently labeled the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement as anti-Semitic.
Trial Date Set for Lawfare Project Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against SFSU
A trial date of March 4, 2019 has been set for a lawsuit brought against San Francisco State University (SFSU) by two Jewish students. This lawsuit, which was originally filed in June of last year and re-filed on January 30, 2018, alleges that SFSU was complicit in the “intentional and discriminatory exclusion of Hillel and its members from the ‘Know Your Rights’ fair.”
American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists Speaker Series with Richard D. Heideman
Our colleagues at the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (AAJLJ) are hosting Richard D. Heideman, Senior Counsel of Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, P.C., on June 11th as part of their speakers’ series.