Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin speaks about contemporary anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses — much of it centering on denying the integral part of Jewish identity known as Zionism. This video premiered at the Hadassah event: 'Hadassah Shir Shalom: Antisemitism: On Our Campuses.'

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Avi Zinger commends Brandeis Center-helmed settlement announced yesterday. The settlement ended the lawsuit the Brandeis Center brought against Unilever in March 2022 – which prevented an unlawful boycott of Israel. Thanks, Avi, but the privilege of representing such a hero and successfully beating back the BDS bullies is all ours. What a defeat for ant-Semitic discrimination and victory for human rights everywhere.

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Brandeis Center President Alyza Lewin explains that anti-Israel activity on campus is not debate and dialogue — but part of a concerted effort to shun, ostracize and marginalize Jewish students *unless* they shed the part of their identity that defines them as part of the Jewish people — with a connection to the land of Israel.

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September 13, 2023 — The Brandeis Center hosted its first nonpartisan briefing on the rise in anti-Semitism in America.

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz hosted the program at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.

Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus and Director of Corporate Initiatives and Senior Counsel Rory Lancman presented on the legal challenges used to combat civil rights violations on college campuses and in the workplace. Congressional staffers from both political parties attended to collect educational resources for their offices.

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The day after the momentous judicial reform vote that grabbed international attention, the Knesset pivoted to address U.S. campus anti-Semitism. The committee on immigration, absorption, and diaspora affairs met — with Israel’s parliament otherwise largely closed to the public — to hear from Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus, President Alyza D. Lewin, and two LDB clients, Conference of Presidents' William Daroff, and Hillel International’s Mark Rotenberg, on the changing face of campus anti-Semitism.

During the hearing titled "Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and Civil Rights: Exploring the Integral Role of Zionism in Jewish-American identity," Marcus and Lewin discussed the surging forms of campus anti-Semitism and explained what the Jewish world — in Israel as well as North America — needs to know about the relationship between Zionism, anti-Semitism, and Jewish identity.

To watch Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus's speech, click: https://youtu.be/JjKtNk7K1RU . To watch Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin’s speech, click: https://youtu.be/853Y0vwqtV8

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The day after the momentous judicial reform vote that grabbed international attention, the Knesset pivoted to address U.S. campus anti-Semitism. The committee on immigration, absorption, and diaspora affairs met — with Israel’s parliament otherwise largely closed to the public — to hear from Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus, President Alyza D. Lewin, and two LDB clients, Conference of Presidents' William Daroff, and Hillel International’s Mark Rotenberg, on the changing face of campus anti-Semitism.

During the hearing titled "Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and Civil Rights: Exploring the Integral Role of Zionism in Jewish-American identity," Marcus and Lewin discussed the surging forms of campus anti-Semitism and explained what the Jewish world — in Israel as well as North America — needs to know about the relationship between Zionism, anti-Semitism, and Jewish identity.

To watch Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin's speech, click: https://youtu.be/853Y0vwqtV8. To watch the full Knesset hearing, click: https://youtu.be/7vuyPinMhhY

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See how, in this era of intellectual decadence, MEF takes the fight to Middle East and Islamic studies.

Kenneth Marcus is the former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education for Civil Rights.
Victoria Coates is the former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor. Winfield Myers is the managing editor of the Middle East Forum and the director of Campus Watch.

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Antisemitism is the world’s most enduring form of hatred, insidiously reinventing itself over the millennia. Recent years have seen a dangerous resurgence of this hatred worldwide, threatening Jewish communities and undermining social cohesion. To effectively combat this phenomenon, there must first be a commonly agreed upon understanding of what it is.

Learn more: ihra.combatantisemitism.org

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On August 8, 2023, Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin and novelist and People Love Dead Jews author Dara Horn discussed campus anti-Semitism, Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs and other issues relevant to Jewish students in the ICC National Leadership Summit’s “Unmasking Antisemitism” dialogue session.

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The day after the momentous judicial reform vote that grabbed international attention, the Knesset pivoted to address U.S. campus anti-Semitism. The committee on immigration, absorption, and diaspora affairs met — with Israel’s parliament otherwise largely closed to the public — to hear from Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus, President Alyza D. Lewin, and two LDB clients, Conference of Presidents' William Daroff, and Hillel International’s Mark Rotenberg, on the changing face of campus anti-Semitism.

During the hearing titled "Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and Civil Rights: Exploring the Integral Role of Zionism in Jewish-American identity," Marcus and Lewin discussed the surging forms of campus anti-Semitism and explained what the Jewish world — in Israel as well as North America — needs to know about the relationship between Zionism, anti-Semitism, and Jewish identity.

To watch Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus's speech, click: https://youtu.be/JjKtNk7K1RU . To watch Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin’s speech, click: https://youtu.be/853Y0vwqtV8

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The day after the momentous judicial reform vote that grabbed international attention, the Knesset pivoted to address U.S. campus anti-Semitism. The committee on immigration, absorption, and diaspora affairs met — with Israel’s parliament otherwise largely closed to the public — to hear from Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus, President Alyza D. Lewin, and two LDB clients, Conference of Presidents' William Daroff, and Hillel International’s Mark Rotenberg, on the changing face of campus anti-Semitism.

During the hearing titled "Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and Civil Rights: Exploring the Integral Role of Zionism in Jewish-American identity," Marcus and Lewin discussed the surging forms of campus anti-Semitism and explained what the Jewish world — in Israel as well as North America — needs to know about the relationship between Zionism, anti-Semitism, and Jewish identity.

To watch Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus's speech, click: youtu.be/JjKtNk7K1RU. To watch the full Knesset hearing, click: https://youtu.be/7vuyPinMhhY

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Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin spoke April 27, 2023 as part of CAM's panel: "Understanding Threats to Jewish-American Life: Data & Security Challenges of Antisemitism Today."

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During the NYCC Committee on Higher Education hearing, Brandeis Center Alyza D. Lewin delivered powerful testimony and answered questions about the impact of BDS campaigns on Jewish students.

According to Lewin, “The reason anti-Semitism is increasing and not decreasing on campus is because university administrators are mis-diagnosing the problem. They are treating this as a speech issue rather than recognizing the marginalization, harassment and discrimination that is taking place.”

CUNY Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez did not attend the rescheduled hearing, despite it being rescheduled to accommodate him.

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Alyza Lewin, president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, said, “With increasing frequency, Jews who believe that Israel has a right to exist are being shunned, marginalized and excluded from student clubs, support groups, social justice advocacy spaces and even student government. They are being labeled as racist Zionists, and they’re being treated as pariahs.”

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Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin speaks about contemporary anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses — much of it centering on denying the integral part of Jewish identity known as Zionism. This video premiered at the Hadassah event: 'Hadassah Shir Shalom: Antisemitism: On Our Campuses.'

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Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin presented during the 'Know Your Rights' legal panel at Israel on Campus Coalition's 2022 National Leadership Summit (8/02/22).

This video captures her explanation why Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is one of the most powerful tools to protect Jewish students on college campuses from anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination.

To combat anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination on campus, college administrators must first be able to recognize it. For that to happen, students must be able to articulate what is happening to them on campus as such — rather than a political debate.

Lewin also answers some Q&A from the audience.

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Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin spoke on the Israel on Campus Field Retreat panel 'Standing Up To Hate: Civil Rights and the Law' panel on 7/13/22.

For the first time on video, she spoke about the negotiated agreement with Unilever — led by the Brandeis Center — that reversed Ben & Jerry's anti-Semitic boycott against Israel.

She explained: (1) the history between Brandeis Center client and Ben & Jerry's Israel owner Avi Zinger and Ben & Jerry's, (2) how anti-Israel boycott activists pressured Ben & Jerry's, (3) her father, attorney Nathan Lewin's development of the successful legal strategy that prevailed, (4) and how parent company Unilever went from being Avi Zinger's foe in the legal case to his arm-in-arm partner — having adopted the Brandeis Center's legal argument as its own, in a new legal fight against Ben & Jerry's.

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This webinar explores the specific anti-Semitism issues arising in the workplace since the October 7th terrorist attack in Israel and ensuing surge in anti-Semitism in America and across the world, why it's important that both employers and their Jewish employees understand the relevant antidiscrimination laws protecting Jewish employees, and how employers can effectively combat anti-Semitism.

Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin moderates, and panelists include Brandeis Center Director of Corporate Initiatives, Hon. Rory Lancman; Asst. Prof., Business Management Division, Columbia Business School, Shai Davidai; Partner at Duane Morris LLP and Managing Principal of the Duane Morris Institute, Jonathan Segal; and Partner, Montoya, Lucero & Pastor, P.A., and AAJLJ Member, Stephen Montoya.

Employers can demonstrate their support and stand up for their Jewish employees by joining this year’s Shine a Light campaign. (http://shinealighton.com)

In response to the national group Students for Justice in Palestine calling for a "national day of resistance" across campuses on 10/12/23, student groups at Harvard, NYU and other campuses publishing statements siding with Hamas terrorists, and anti-Semitic violence already erupting on Columbia and other campuses, our webinar features Brandeis Center attorneys discussing the legal obligations college administrators have to keep Jewish students safe.

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For Holocaust Remembrance Day, our webinar explored Holocaust denial and distortion, other forms of erasive anti-Semitism, and related legal issues.

Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus and President Alyza D. Lewin serve as moderators. Our panelists are:

Yfat Barak-Cheney, World Jewish Congress, Director, International Affairs and Human Rights

Ben M. Freeman, Educator and Author of Reclaiming Our Story: The Pursuit of Jewish Pride

Arthur R. Traldi, Brandeis Center Senior Counsel

This webinar is part of the Brandeis Center's support for the #ShineALight campaign.

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This webinar explores the types of anti-Semitism employees face at work and best practices for companies that want to combat anti-Semitism, as well as anti-discrimination legal protections for employees and pertinent issues for government contractors.

Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus serves as moderator. Our panelists are:

Holly Huffnagle, American Jewish Committee U.S. Director for Combating Antisemitism

Jonathan A. Segal, Partner at Duane Morris LLP and Managing Principal at the Duane Morris Institute

Craig E. Leen, Partner at K&L Gates LLP and former director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)

Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin also participates in the Q&A section.

This webinar is part of the Brandeis Center's corporate initiative and also part of our support for the #ShineALight campaign.

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This webinar explores Jewish identity and anti-Semitism in America today, why it's important that employers ensure Jewish employees feel included in the workplace, and how they can do so.

Brandeis Center Senior Counsel Arthur Traldi, Esq. serves as moderator. Our panelists are:

Oren Jacobson, Project Shema Co-Founder and Executive Director

Hen Mazzig, Speaker, Educator, and Digital Influencer

Alyza D. Lewin, Esq., Brandeis Center President

This webinar is part of the Brandeis Center's corporate initiative and also part of our support for the #ShineALight campaign.

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This webinar explores America's tradition of religious inclusion, the law used to protect religious accommodations at work, and the trend among U.S. regulators and courts to strengthen these protections.

Hon. Andrea R. Lucas, Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, serves as moderator. Our panelists are:

Richard Foltin, Esq., Fellow for Religious Freedom, Freedom Forum

Etzion Neuer, ADL Director of Regional Operations

Arthur R. Traldi, Esq., Brandeis Center Senior Counsel

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The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law held a detailed policy briefing on the Israel-Gaza war on March 27, 2024, including how Hamas propaganda is being perpetuated on college campuses.

Panelists included Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus and Senior Counsel Mark Goldfeder, as well as John Spencer — an award-winning scholar, professor, author, combat veteran, national security and military analyst, and internationally recognized expert and advisor on urban warfare, military strategy, tactics, and other related topics. Considered one of the world's leading expert on urban warfare, Mr. Spencer served as an advisor to the top four-star general and other senior leaders in the U.S. Army as part of strategic research groups from the Pentagon to the United States Military Academy.

On January 30th, the Brandeis Center, Jewish Federations of North America, and the Combat Antisemitism Movement hosted a bipartisan briefing on Capitol Hill, discussing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17) and Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) provided opening remarks, while Eric Fingerhut moderated a panel between LDB President Alyza Lewin and former Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr.

Recently, much needed attention has been focused on the role of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs in the failure of universities to adequately address anti-Semitism on campus. Corporate DEI programs require similar attention.

On 12/20/23, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law held a nonpartisan briefing on America's corporate DEI programs that addressed employers' legal obligation to protect employees from anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination and outlined best practices for supporting Jewish employees. LDB was pleased to be joined by the Hon. Andrea R. Lucas, Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

This briefing was part of the Brandeis Center's efforts to support Shine A Light (http://shinealighton.com) – the unprecedented coalition of more than 100 North American Jewish and non-Jewish organizations, 110 corporations, and dozens of U.S. state governors to shine a light for organizations, companies, institutions, and individuals on anti-Semitism in all its modern forms.

On October 27, 2023, the Brandeis Center hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on the rise of anti-Semitism in America after Hamas’ deadly October 7thattack on Israel, and the dire need for universal adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism.

U.S. Representative and Co-Chair of the House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism Brian Fitzpatrick served as the event’s honorary host. Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus delivered opening remarks, while Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin moderated a panel discussion with Director of the National Jewish Advocacy Center Director Mark Goldfeder, Director of StandWithUs Center for Combatting Antisemitism Carly F. Gammill, and B’nai B’rith International Director of Legislative Affairs Rabbi Eric Fusfield.

Speakers discussed the consensus surrounding the exclusive adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and the rejection of all watered-down substitutes. The IHRA working definition provides examples of how anti-Zionism is used as a cover for anti-Semitism, including holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel or drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis. Representing their respective major Jewish organizations, speakers also provided Capitol Hill staffers with examples of anti-Semitic incidents occurring across the country, with most being reported by Jewish university students. These incidents included physical, verbal, and online harassment.

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September 13, 2023 — The Brandeis Center hosted its first nonpartisan briefing on the rise in anti-Semitism in America.

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz hosted the program at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C.

Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus and Director of Corporate Initiatives and Senior Counsel Rory Lancman presented on the legal challenges used to combat civil rights violations on college campuses and in the workplace. Congressional staffers from both political parties attended to collect educational resources for their offices.

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Hadassah Magazine Discussion presents: Safeguarding Jewish Students on Campus.

Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein convenes a virtual roundtable about the antisemitic, anti-Israel abuse Jewish university students are experiencing—and what can be done to protect them.

Panelists include Rabbi Gabe Greenberg, executive director at Penn Hillel; Elizabeth Rand, founder of the Facebook group Mothers Against College Antisemitism; attorney Alyza Lewin, president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law; and University of California, Berkeley, graduate business student Hannah Schlacter, who is part of a recent lawsuit charging Berkeley with not doing enough to protect Jewish students from harassment and antisemitism.

The incidence of antisemitism in America has reached heights not seen in well over half a century. In the past year, antisemitic incidents have spiked by more than 400%, a level that FBI director Christopher Wray calls “historic.” This panel discusses how we have reached this point as a nation, how to recognize antisemitism when we see it, and how to combat it. The program discusses ways to empower individuals and communities that experience or observe antisemitism to oppose it, including through education, allyship, legislation, and litigation. Importantly, there is a discussion as to how to combat antisemitism in a fashion consistent with the protections afforded other groups, and respecting the protections afforded by the first amendment.

Attendees are encouraged to visit the Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice's "21-Day Practice on Combating Antisemitism," (https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/projects-and-initiatives/21-day-practice-on-combating-antisemitism/) which includes accessible sources and resources that provide a broad understanding of many facets of antisemitism. Attendees are also directed to ABA Resolution and Report 514M23 (https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/directories/policy/midyear-2023/514-midyear-2023.pdf), adopted by the ABA in February 2023, which condemns, and calls for action to oppose, antisemitism.

Keynote Address:
– Aaron Keyak – Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, U.S. Department of State

Speakers:
– Tyler Gregory – Chief Executive Officer, Jewish Community Relations Council, Bay Area
– Alexandra T. Herzog, PhD – Deputy Director, William Petschek Contemporary Jewish Life Department, American Jewish Committee (AJC)
– Alyza D. Lewin – President, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (“LDB”); Co-founder and Partner, Lewin & Lewin, LLP
– Nadine Strossen – John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita, New York Law School; Author, HATE: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship and Free Speech: What Everyone Needs to Know

Moderator:
– Mark I. Schickman – Delegate, ABA Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice; Principal, SchickmanLaw

On November 30, Notre Dame Law School Professors Avishalom Tor and Stephanie Barclay will host the event, "The Rising Tide of Antisemitism on American Campuses and Beyond" at the McCartan Courtroom in Eck Hall of Law.

The panel discussion includes a keynote address delivered by Professor Ruth Wisse, Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Comparative Literature Emerita at Harvard University.

The panelists include:

– Ken Marcus, Esq., Chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
– Most Reverend Robert J. McClory, Bishop of the Diocese of Gary
– Professor Jeffrey Veidlinger, Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan

The event will begin with an introduction from Professor Avishalom Tor, Professor of Law and Director of the Notre Dame Program on Law and Market Behavior (ND LAMB) at Notre Dame Law School.

The opening remarks will be delivered by Dean G. Marcus Cole, Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School.

The panel discussion will be moderated by Professor Stephanie Barclay, Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School and Faculty Director of the Notre Dame Religious Liberty Initiative.

This webinar is generously sponsored by Lorraine Pelosof

While pervasive antisemitism on America’s college campuses is nothing new, the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th unleashed a storm of Jew-hatred not seen since Germany in the 1920s and 30s. The aggressive and violent encounters by Jewish students and faculty members on campuses across the country, most of which have been met with apathy, willful blindness, and callous indignation on the part of administrators who hide behind claims that free speech protects hate speech when directed at Jews (while ignoring that every other “marginalized” group of students must be protected in safe spaces and the like), have led to Jewish members of these campus communities feeling frightened, ostracized, and alone. The pathetic and embarrassing Congressional testimony of the presidents of MIT, UPenn, and Harvard only represent the tip of the iceberg but is there hope that perhaps the breaking of the dam will lead to significant and long overdue changes? Will pushback against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion bureaucracies – now endemic across America’s universities (and K-12 programs) – continue, and will the national attention to what it has wrought for Jews on campus lead to a safer and more welcoming environment for them? Or will it require legal action from both individual civil lawsuits and federal investigations to finally effectuate the necessary changes that will lead to Jews being treated with the same respect, dignity, and security that is afforded every other student group? Please join us for an enlightening and informative conversation with Ken Marcus and Asaf Romirowsky to learn more about what’s happening to address antisemitism in the academy.

Join the School of Public Policy for a thought-provoking webinar that explores Antisemitism and Speech on American higher education institutions.

The Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians on October 7th will be remembered not only as a watershed moment in world history, but also in the history of American higher education. Like no other sector of American civil society, academia has shown itself to be both ideologically rigid and, in many instances, antisemitic. In this webinar, experts in religious liberty, antisemitism, law and public policy, join to discuss the events of this last month, and what it may portend for the future.

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– Pete Peterson, Dean of Pepperdine School of Public Policy

Panel:
-Moderator: Michael Helland, Brendan Mann Chair Law & Religion Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
-Alyza D. Lewin, President at Brandeis Center for Human Rights
-Yehuda Kurtzer, President at Shalom Hartman Institute.

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A Webinar with Denise Katz-Prober, Director of Legal Initiatives at The Brandeis Center

Wednesday, November 8th (Noon EST, 11AM CST, 9AM PST)

Brandeis Center Director of Legal Initiatives Denise Katz-Prober will discuss the escalation of existing campus antisemitism following the 10/7 Hamas massacre, the law available to protect students from a hostile environment, and the steps that can be taken to protect students’ rights. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination by universities and grade schools that receive federal funds. Jewish students are protected under our civil rights laws from harassment and discrimination and cannot be denied access to educational opportunities on the basis of their shared Jewish ancestry and ethnicity. The Brandeis Center, a civil rights legal advocacy organization, supports students on campus by using legal tools to address anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination, including filing Title VI complaints with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). OCR can then investigate and impose corrective actions on schools that fail to address hostile environments and other forms of discrimination.

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On August 31, 2023, AEN organized a webinar about the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, which was released earlier this year. Five distinguished faculty members and organizational leaders shared their perspectives on the national strategy, and discussed the ways in which it intersects with and may impact the work they do on campus and within the academy.

Panelists included:
Sara Coodin, Director of Academic Affairs at the American Jewish Committee
Miriam Elman, Executive Director of the Academic Engagement Network
Richard Herman, Senior Counselor for the Jewish United Fund/Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and formerly the Chancellor of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
KC Johnson, Professor of History at Brooklyn College
Alyza Lewin, President of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law

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The U.S. Department of Education recently announced a milestone Resolution Agreement with the University of Vermont in a case involving anti-Semitic harassment. It was alleged that the University failed to respond adequately to anti-Zionist harassment and discrimination. The agreement requires the University to recognize and address anti-Zionist harassment as a form of national origin discrimination based on shared ancestry.

Alyza D. Lewin, president of The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, the organization that filed the University of Vermont complaint, will discuss how the case can serve as a model for global efforts to protect Jews from "new antisemitism".

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Kenneth Marcus, Founder and Chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, discusses a recent poll among college students with a strong sense of Jewish identity, indicating Jews feel unsafe on campus. With Shahar Azani.

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LDB Law School Chapter's Inaugural Webinar – Career Panel. Featuring LDB's Director of Legal Initiatives, Denise Katz-Prober, and JIGSAW Coordinator, Rachel Frommer.

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4/14/24; Marcus: “This is not pro-Palestinian, this is pro-hate.”

3/20/24: 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 this case here: https://brandeiscenter.com/legal-claims-against-berkeley-unified-school-district/

Includes interviews with Jewish students from Berkeley Unified School District schools, who experienced anti-Semitic discrimination and harassment.

To learn more about the Brandeis Center's complaint against BUSD filed with the U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), visit: https://brandeiscenter.com/legal-claims-against-berkeley-unified-school-district/

Wilson Walker reports on the Anti-Defamation League filing a complaint over the treatment of Jewish students in Berkeley schools.

On Friday's "American Agenda," American University student Lauren Cayle and Brandeis Center lawyer Denna Margolies detail the horrifying rise of antisemitism on college campuses after Hamas attacked Israel.

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Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education (JAFE) member and UC Berkeley grad student Hannah Schlacter also featured. 12/17/23

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The guest on Commentary Magazine Podcast’s July 19, 2023 episode, presidential historian,
former Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, and current Brandeis Center
Board Member Tevi Troy, referenced Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus’s
insights on the importance of exclusively using the IHRA Definition to define anti-Semitism.

Host John Podhoretz mentioned that any enshrined definition of anti-Semitism allows
anti-Semitic individuals to successfully discriminate against Jews by maneuvering around the definition. In response, guest Tevi Troy noted that: “From a philosophical perspective, that makes sense. But our friend Ken Marcus has written about this issue, and he’s worked at the [U.S.] Department of Education, and he says [that] without a definition, the bureaucrats at the Department of Education, the people that enforce the laws against discrimination, they cannot pursue cases of discrimination.They just let it lie there, because they say the don’t know how to address it. So if you want to have the federal government go after people who are anti-Semitic or have the federal government stop spending money on anti-Semitic programs, of if you want to have the federal government say that there are things that are forbidden, you need to have some kind of definition. And if you’re going to have definitions, I’d rather have the IHRA Definition…over this very mealy-mouthed, wishy-washy Nexus definition.”

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This week, Julia sits down with Alyza Lewin, the president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center and lawyer who has argued before the Supreme Court. The two discuss the legal case against antisemitis, including Alyza's contribution to legal precedent.