December 8, 2020 December 2020 – Brandeis Brief Good news: This month the Brandeis Center’s legal case at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) enjoyed two successes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) agreed to open an investigation, while the University issued an important joint statement with LDB and allied organizations. Meanwhile, Scholars for Peace in the […] 2020 Brandeis Brief
December 8, 2020 December’s Brandeis Brief Good news: This month the Brandeis Center’s legal case at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) enjoyed two successes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) agreed to open an investigation, while the University issued an important joint statement with LDB and allied organizations. Meanwhile, Scholars for Peace in the […] 2020 Brandeis Brief
November 9, 2020 November 2020 – Brandeis Brief The Brandeis Center’s legal complaint against the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign supports Jewish students who have faced an unrelenting campaign of anti-Semitic harassment. Meanwhile, in Washington, a historic State Department decision culminated a years-long campaign led by Brandeis Center President Alyza Lewin. Also this month, LDB participated in the first-ever government-sponsored conference on combatting virtual anti-Semitism and provided insightful legal analysis […] 2020 Brandeis Brief
October 13, 2020 October 2020 – Brandeis Brief October 2020 Brandeis Brief ~ Due to a resurgence of anti-Semitism throughout the country, the Brandeis Center is expanding scope and staff to increase our efforts. We have been hard at work this month on numerous initiatives in the ongoing fight against anti-Semitism across the nation. OCR’s recent resolution of Title VI anti-Semitism claims at […] 2020 Brandeis Brief
October 5, 2020 September 2020 – Brandeis Brief June saw exciting changes for the Louis D. Brandeis Center, with the naming of Alyza D. Lewin as the Brandeis Center’s newest President. Ms. Lewin’s appointment follows the confirmation of her predecessor and LDB Founder, Kenneth Marcus, to the position of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the Department of Education. 2020 Brandeis Brief