Brandeis Center Blog

Welcome to the new Louis D. Brandeis Center Blog.  We hope that this new feature will facilitate communication about the issues that we are concerned about, including anti-Semitism, religious freedom, academic freedom and the freedom of speech.  We plan to include both entries from Brandeis Center people and also guest blogs from distinguished visitors.  Guest […]

At their General Assembly on Friday, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted to divest from three companies that supply Israel with equipment used in the West Bank and in the blockade of Gaza. Enemies of the Jewish community are rejoicing.  Former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke  exulted, “Bravo to the Presbyterian Church for standing up to […]

The United States Senate passed a bipartisan resolution Thursday, denouncing all forms of antisemitism and highlighting the rise in hate crimes against American Jews.

The Brandeis Center is pleased to welcome our new law clerk and interns for the fall. .  

The Brandeis Center is pleased to welcome our new law clerk and interns for the fall. . Civil Rights Law Clerk Samantha Crane is a first-year law student at UW-Madison, where she also received a B.A. in political science and journalism and certificate in Jewish Studies. While an undergraduate, she served as an editor on […]

Today Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) issued an excellent “Statement Condemning Current Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Against Israel.”  The Brandeis Center specifically applauds the SPME’s principled condemnation of anti-Semitic elements within the in BDS movement.   LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus commented, “SPME is taking a courageous stand against […]

Earlier this month, the AMCHA Initiative released its “Report on Campus Anti-Semitism” for the year of 2017. The report contains data and analysis, all of which noted a dramatic upswing in anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses. The AMCHA Initiative is a non-profit organization dedicated to investigating, documenting, educating about, and combating antisemitism at institutions of higher education […]

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  Earlier today, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) issued an excellent “Statement Condemning Current Calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Against Israel.”  LDB has just issued a press release applauding the SPME statement for “taking a courageous stand against anti-Semitic and anti-Israel bigotry.”  Marcus is a former member of SPME’s board of […]

The new AMCHA Initiative report, “Report on Campus Anti-Semitism 2017” noted a dramatic upswing in anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses.

Washington, D.C. Jesse Witten is a partner in Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, where his practice focuses on health care fraud and abuse matters, including defending government investigations and False Claims Act litigation, compliance advisory work, and internal investigations. He previously served as Deputy Associate Attorney General and Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the […]

Today, the Brandeis Center is announcing the appointment of our first Senior Civil Rights Legal Fellow, Joshua Sol Brewster, Esq.  This appointment continues the Center’s steady growth, especially in the area of legal advocacy. Mr. Brewster is a highly experienced civil rights attorney, who recently completed ten years of service at the Indiana Civil Rights […]

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