October 31, 2024 November 2024 Brandeis Brief . This month, we marked the one-year anniversary of October 7, the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. In the past year, the Brandeis Center received more calls than ever from Jewish students experiencing harassment and discrimination on college campuses, which has not slowed down with the new school year underway. In our continued […] 2024 Brandeis Brief
October 1, 2024 The Brandeis Brief: October 2024 . With students returning to campus, displays of anti-Semitism remain at all-time highs; this month’s Brief looks at what we, universities, and government officials can do to change course and protect Jewish students and people from harassment and discrimination. In September, the Brandeis Center reached a historic agreement to protect Jewish students at the University […] 2024
July 25, 2024 The Brandeis Brief: August 2024 Summer has not slowed the Brandeis Center (LDB) down. In August, LDB sued the U.S. Department of Education for unlawfully dismissing LDB’s Title VI complaint against the University of Pennsylvania only weeks after opening an anti-Semitism investigation. LDB also sued the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA) Union for retaliating against Jewish and Non-Jewish members opposing its anti-Semitic practices. […] 2024 Brandeis Brief
June 26, 2024 July 2024 Brandeis Brief The U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened an investigation into campus anti-Semitism at Chapman University in response to a Brandeis Center complaint. LDB Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus testified again before a high-profile Congressional committee about surging campus anti-Semitism. The City University of New York entered into a resolution agreement with OCR to resolve nine discrimination complaints […] 2024 Brandeis Brief
June 7, 2024 June 2024 Brandeis Brief Did the Brandeis Center just have its most extraordinary month ever? It certainly looks that way. We announced we are suing Harvard University for leaving “cruel anti-Semitic bullying, harassment, and discrimination unaddressed for years.” We also announced an anti-Semitism lawsuit against Origins High School in New York City. We filed new Title VI complaints with the U.S. Dept. of […] 2024 Brandeis Brief
April 30, 2024 May 2024 Brandeis Brief The Brandeis Center and our partners at StandWithUs and ADL jointly filed a federal complaint against Ohio State University (OSU), alleging a pervasive anti-Semitic climate for Jewish students. Pratt Institute removed a BDS resolution from its Academic Senate agenda after receiving a letter from LDB warning that passage “would trigger [New York State] to divest all state funding from […] 2024
March 31, 2024 April 2024 Brandeis Brief Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus was featured in a New York Times cover story on “The Man Who Helped Redefine Campus Anti-Semitism.” The Brandeis Center’s K-12 anti-Semitism complaint against the Berkeley Unified School District continues to generate intense interest from national news media. And Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin shared the stage with New York Attorney General Letitia James and other […] 2024 Brandeis Brief
March 1, 2024 March 2024 Brandeis Brief This month, the Brandeis Center and ADL filed a federal antidiscrimination complaint with the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights against the Berkeley Unified School District, over its failure to address rampant anti-Semitic bullying and harassment of Jewish students after October 7 at schools throughout the District. In partnership with the ADL and law firms Covington […] 2024
February 8, 2024 February 2024 Brandeis Brief The Brandeis Center and Jewish on Campus filed a complaint with the U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights against American University on behalf of numerous Jewish students who have been assaulted, threatened, and intimidated on campus because of their Jewish identity. Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin was the subject of a magazine cover story. And Facebook’s parent company Meta accepted LDB’s recommendation on Holocaust […] 2024 Brandeis Brief
January 2, 2024 January 2024 Brandeis Brief In December, the Brandeis Center announced it was suing the University of California for the “longstanding, unchecked spread of anti-Semitism” on UC Berkeley’s campus. Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus was all over cable news, framing not only LDB’s lawsuit, but also the egregious double standards on display when university presidents from Harvard, Penn, and MIT testified before Congress about campus anti-Semitism. And LDB launched two […] 2024 Brandeis Brief