Yale University The Brandeis Center and the Anti-Defamation League filed a complaint against Yale University for fostering a hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students and violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The complaint details instances of discrimination, including selective enforcement of policies against Jewish students, harassment during protests, and exclusion from campus events. The complainants request a federal investigation, policy changes, and enforcement actions to protect Jewish students’ rights on campus. Read More Fulton County School District The Brandeis Center, Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education, and National Jewish Advocacy Center filed a Title VI complaint with the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights against the Fulton County School District over anti-Semitic bullying and harassment against Jewish and Israeli students since October 7, in the hallways, classrooms, buses and schoolyards of elementary, middle and high schools located across the District. Read More North Carolina State University The Brandeis Center reached a settlement with North Carolina State University through the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Right’s (OCR) early mediation process. The settlement arose from a complaint filed with OCR alleging that NC State violated Title VI when it failed to address a hostile environment resulting from multiple incidents of harassment of a student based on her shared Jewish ancestry. Read More U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights LDB and JAFE filed suit against the U.S Dept. of Education OCR for failing to follow its own procedures in dismissing LDB’s November 2023 complaint against the Univ. of Penn. – for fostering an environment of anti-Semitism on campus, an abdication of its responsibility to investigate anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination occuring in potential violation of OCR’s anti-discrimination standards and the Administrative Procedure Act. Read More Association of Legal Aid Attorneys The Brandeis Center and Lieb at Law, P.C. filed a federal District Court complaint against the ALAA and individual union officials for undertaking acts to expel and discipline two Jewish and one Non-Jewish ally from the union – in retaliation for their lawsuit opposing the ALAA’s anti-Semitic discriminatory practices manifested in the now infamous ALAA resolution attacking Israel soon after the October 7 terror attacks. Read More Chapman University The Education Department is investigating a federal complaint filed by the Brandeis Center against Chapman University for its failure to properly address discrimination and threats against Jewish students by Chapman’s Students for Justice in Palestine student group and its members. Read More The Community School of Davidson The North Carolina public charter school, Community School of Davidson, entered into a resolution agreement with the Education Department to resolve a federal complaint filed by the Brandeis Center on behalf of a non-Jewish middle school student, who faced severe and persistent anti-Semitic harassment on the basis of his perceived Jewish shared ancestry. Read More Harvard University The Brandeis Center is suing Harvard University for leaving “cruel anti-Semitic bullying, harassment, and discrimination” unaddressed for years. Harvard’s permissive posture towards anti-Semitism is the opposite of its aggressive enforcement of the same anti-bullying and anti-discrimination policies to protect other minorities. Read More UC Santa Barbara The Brandeis Center filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights against UC Santa Barbara – for permitting severe and persistent anti-Semitic bullying, harassment, intimidation, and threats against its own student government president in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Read More Occidental College The Brandeis Center and ADL filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights against Occidental College – for permitting severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish students in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Read More Pomona College The Brandeis Center and ADL filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights against Pomona College – for permitting severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish students in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Read More Origins High School Brandeis Center filed a lawsuit against Origins High School, the City of New York, the New York City Department of Education, and senior officials alleging the university failed to address persistent antisemitism against teachers, leading to a hostile workplace. Read More University of Massachusetts Amherst Brandeis Center and ADL filed a complaint against UMass-Amherst on behalf of Jewish and Israeli students experiencing “severe discrimination and harassment” on campus. Read More Ohio State University Brandeis Center, ADL, and StandWithUs filed a complaint against OSU on behalf of students experiencing a “pervasive, anti-Semitic climate” on campus. Read More Berkeley Unified School District Brandeis Center and ADL filed a complaint against BUSD on behalf of parents whose children have suffered anti-Semitic harassment. Read More American University LDB and JOC, on behalf of Jewish and Israeli students allege severe and persistent anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination by professors and fellow students. Read More Wellesley College LDB and JOC, on behalf of Jewish students allege a hostile environment on campus made manifest by resident advisers’ announcement that “Zionists” have no place in the dormitory. Read More Berkeley Law LDB sued UC Regents, President, Chancellor and other officials at Berkeley in federal court for the “unchecked spread of anti-Semitism,” citing the decision of law school groups to ban “Zionists” from speaking to them on any topic, as well as harm to undergraduates that has intensified since the October 7 Hamas massacre. Read More Santa Ana Unified School District Jewish organizations alleged the Santa Ana Unified School District of violations of California’s open meetings law. Read More South Africa Rugby Union Israel’s first professional rugby team alleged it was excluded from an international competition because of national origin discrimination. Read More University of Vermont Jewish students alleged severe and persistent anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination, resulting in a still-open federal investigation. Read More SUNY New Paltz Two Jewish students and the group Jewish on Campus (JOC) alleged a hostile environment on campus that marginalizes and excludes Jewish and Israeli students, resulting in a still-open federal investigation. Read More Brooklyn College LDB on behalf of Jewish students at Brooklyn College alleges that Jewish students have been subjected to a hostile environment in the Mental Health Counseling master’s program since the beginning of the 2020-2021 academic year. Read More Ben & Jerry’s Ben & Jerry’s Israel sued Unilever for unlawfully terminating its business relationship to boycott Israel. Read More Stanford University Jewish employees experienced severe and persistent anti-Semitic harassment, resulting in a still-open federal investigation. Read More University of Southern California A Jewish student leader alleged that USC allowed a hostile environment of anti-Semitism to proliferate on its campus and failed to take prompt and effective steps to end it, resulting in a still-open federal investigation. Read More University of Illinois Jewish students alleged an anti-Semitic, hostile environment, resulting in a still-open federal investigation. Read More American Studies Association Four ASA members sued the union over its unlawful boycott of Israel. Read More University of Washington Anti-Semitism was allowed to run rampant at the University of Washington (UW) Read More Jerusalem Coffee House Jonathan Hirsch has filed a lawsuit against an Oakland café owner and the East Bay Community Space, alleging he was forcibly removed and harassed for wearing a hat with a Jewish Star. The lawsuit claims this violated California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act and seeks damages and legal relief. Read More California State Polytechnic, Humboldt A complaint filed against California State Polytechnic (Cal Poly), Humboldt by the Brandeis Center and Jewish on Campus, alleges that Jewish students have been attacked verbally and physically, excluded and forced out of areas on campus, and subjected to vicious anti-Semitism. Anti-Israel campus protestors have thrown fake blood on Jewish students; spray painted anti-Semitic graffiti; shouted anti-Semitic slurs at Jewish students; vandalized campus property, including frightening acts of violence like shattering glass doors; and harassed Jewish students celebrating a Jewish holiday by shouting anti-Semitic invectives at them through a megaphone, glorifying Hamas and chalking inflammatory anti-Semitic messages. Instead of addressing the anti-Semitism, Cal Poly’s administration has encouraged Jewish students to hide their Jewish identity to avoid being targeted. Jewish students report fearing for their safety and being denied opportunities. Some have left campus. Read More Scripps College A complaint filed by the Brandeis Center, ADL and Arnold & Porter, alleges Scripps repeatedly abandoned Jewish and Israeli students targeted by anti-Semitic harassment. A student wearing a Star of David was told to remove her Jewish necklace. The Motley Coffeehouse, the primary location for Scripps students to study together, socialize, and host events, described as the heart of the Scripps College campus, has repeatedly discriminated against and become an unwelcoming place for Scripps Jewish students. The Motley also refused to hire a “Zionist,” has been plastered with anti-Israel flyers and the Motley staff hung a Palestinian flag on its walls, yet they refused to hang an Israeli flag. Jewish students have transferred from Scripps and chosen to study abroad or graduate early to escape the hostile environment. Scripps’s failure to condemn and discipline—coupled with its active scrambling to support the anti-Semitic protesters—sends a message of support for the purveyors of anti-Semitism.” Read More Etiwanda School District A complaint filed by the Brandeis Center, ADL and StandWithUs, involves a 12-year-old girl who was subjected to repeated anti-Semitic bullying, harassment, and discrimination that continued to escalate due to inaction from the school. Outdoors on school grounds, a student struck her repeatedly with a stick and then with her bare hands and severely bullied. The school was aware of the incidents but failed to discipline the offenders or take steps to prevent further targeting. This is the first complaint brought through the Brandeis, ADL, StandWithUs K-12 helpline, a pro-bono service open to parents and students. Read More