October 23, 2024 Brandeis Center Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing Highlighting Rising Anti-Semitism at Schools Last month, the Brandeis Center hosted a Capitol Hill briefing titled “Back to School: Protests, Harassment, and the Law.” The panel discussion was moderated by Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin, and featured Senior Attorney Robin N. Pick, as well as George Mason University Professor David E. Bernstein and Hillel International General Counsel Mark Rotenberg. […] Blog Events (blog) Uncategorized
October 10, 2024 The Ethics of War and Peace On September 26, 2024, Brandeis Center President Alyza Lewin delivered the keynote address at the 18th Annual Jewish Law Symposium in Whippany, NJ. Her full remarks are below and published on JNS. Our topic tonight is “The Ethics of War and Peace.” A year ago, a program on this topic would have been an abstract philosophical discussion. Today, […] Blog
October 9, 2024 U.S. House Committee Substantiates Brandeis Center Clients’ Claims of Anti-Semitism in their Union The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce issued its long-awaited report on anti-Semitism in unions last month, following a recent hearing held by the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee where a Brandeis Center client testified. Indeed, the Congressional Report is almost entirely about the experience of our clients, attorneys at Nassau County […] Anti-Semitism Blog Uncategorized
August 9, 2024 Kenneth L. Marcus Explains How to Use the Law to Counter Anti-Semitism American Jewish University President Dr. Jeffrey Herbst invited Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus to join him in a conversation on August 1, 2024, about anti-Semitism on college campuses. On the AJU webinar “Using Law to Fight Antisemitism,” Marcus explained that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the single most important […] Blog Campus Administrators Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) IHRA
July 24, 2024 Brandeis Center Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing Highlighting Retaliation Intended to Silence Jewish Voices The Brandeis Center hosted a Capitol Hill policy briefing on July 10, 2024, titled “Retaliation Against Jewish Students and Parents: How Counter-complaints and Baseless Accusations are Being Weaponized to Silence Jewish Voices on Campus.” The event highlighted disturbing accounts of anti-Semitism alongside troubling investigations into Jewish parents and students by campus administrators. Brandeis Center Board […] Blog Events (blog)
July 23, 2024 Thirty Nations Adopt Global Guidelines for Countering Anti-Semitism Amid solemn reflection on the 30th anniversary of the AIMA bombing— July 18, 1994, the deadliest terrorist attack in Argentine history—diplomats, leaders from the United States Congress, and Jewish communities gathered to honor the victims and reinforce their commitment to combatting anti-Semitism. From Buenos Aires, U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Deborah Lipstadt […] Blog IHRA
July 22, 2024 Brandeis Center Client Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Anti-Semitism in Labor Unions Brandeis Center Client Ilana Kopmar, a Nassau County Legal Aid attorney and member of UAW Local 2325, the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA), testified in front of Congress on July 9, 2024, at a hearing on anti-Semitism faced by labor union members held by the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee. Ms. Kopmar recounted […] Anti-Semitism Blog
July 2, 2024 Brandeis Center Client Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Anti-Semitism Affecting College Faculty Brandeis Center client Dafna Golden, a professor of Geography at Mt. San Antonio College in California, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives last week at a hearing examining the impact on faculty of unchecked anti-Semitism on college campuses. “I am here today to share the distressing experiences I have endured at Mt. SAC as […] Blog Events (blog)
June 25, 2024 Kenneth L. Marcus Delivers Powerful Testimony to U.S. House Ways & Means Committee about ‘Perfect Storm’ Threatening the Safety of Jewish Students The House Ways and Means Committee invited Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus to testify at its hearing: “Crisis on Campus: Antisemitism, Radical Faculty, and the Failure of University Leadership,” which took place June 13, 2024. The hearing’s other witnesses included recently-graduated Cornell student Talia Dror, Columbia Professor Shai Davidai, American Jewish Committee CEO and […] Blog Events (blog)
June 11, 2024 Welcome, Summer Clerks and Interns The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is pleased to introduce two new law clerks and three new interns for the summer of 2024. Law Clerk Sarah Simon is a J.D. Candidate at Columbia Law School, where she currently serves as the President of the Jewish Law Students’ Association and the Vice […] Blog Interns