Brandeis Center General Counsel L. Rachel Lerman discusses the complaint LDB co-filed with the Anti-Defamation League to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD). The federal complaint cites BUSD for failing to take action to end nonstop bullying and harassment of Jewish students by peers and teachers since Oct. 7, 2023. According to the complaint, Berkeley administrators have ignored parent reports and knowingly allowed its K-12 schools to become hostile environments for Jewish and Israeli students. Read more about our case here. Play videoTextBlockModalTitle × Your browser does not support the video tag.