Our Milestones

YearEvent
2023U.S. Department of Education announced Resolution Agreement with University of Vermont – based on a Brandeis Center legal complaint filing – requiring UVM recognize and address anti-Semitic discrimination that manifests as national origin discrimination based on shared ancestry
2022Launch of the organization’s Corporate Initiative, applying its successful approach combating anti-Semitism in higher education to America’s corporate boardrooms and workplaces
2022Negotiates milestone settlement against Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever, preventing an unlawful boycott of Israel
2020Joint Statement from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Brandeis Center, Jewish United Fund Chicago, Illini Hillel, Hillel International, Arnold & Porter – following a Brandeis Center legal complaint filing – regarding UIUC’s commitment to address anti-Semitism on its campus.
2018Alyza D. Lewin joins LDB as president
2018Established JIGSAW Fellowship (Justice Initiative Guiding Student Activists Worldwide) for law students
2017Publishes white paper, “Elements of Anti-Semitic Discourse”
2016Files milestone anti-BDS lawsuit against the American Studies Association, a turning point in efforts to defeat anti-Israel boycotts
2015Oxford University Press publishes The Definition of Anti-Semitism by Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus, laying the groundwork for Executive Order 13899 on Combating Antisemitism
2014Publishes white paper, “The Morass of Middle East Studies”
2013Opens first law school chapter and holds first national law student conference
2012Launches legal advocacy initiative; hires first staff attorney
2011Organization founded