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
May 7, 2024 Brandeis Center Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing Highlighting the Spread of Anti-Semitism in K-12 Schools On May 3, 2024, the Brandeis Center hosted a Capitol Hill briefing titled “Fighting Antisemitism in K-12 School.” The panel discussion was moderated by Brandeis Center Director of Legal Initiatives Denise Katz-Prober and featured Senior Education Counsel Marci L. Lerner and Senior Counsel Rabbi Mark Goldfeder. The Brandeis Center experts discussed the laws governing K-12 […] Blog Events (blog)
March 28, 2024 Brandeis Center Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing Highlighting the Dangerous Impact of Hamas Propaganda on College Campuses On March 26, the Brandeis Center hosted a Capitol Hill briefing titled “The Israel-Gaza War: How Hamas Propaganda Impacts American Students.” Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus delivered opening remarks, while LDB Senior Counsel Mark Goldfeder interviewed urban warfare expert John W. Spencer. Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin provided final remarks. Spencer is an award-winning […] Blog Events (blog)
February 21, 2024 Reviewing Annalise E. Glauz-Todrank’s new book on Judging Jewish Identity in the United States In her new volume on Judging Jewish Identity in the United States, Annalise E. Glauz-Todrank devotes ample space to the 1987 case of Shaare Tefila v. Cobb. Shaare Tefila is critical in that it established that ethno-religious group members, such as Jews and Sikhs, could avail themselves of civil rights protections that were established in Nineteenth […] Anti-Semitism Blog
January 31, 2024 LDB Signs AMCHA Coalition Letter to Combat Anti-Semitism at UC Santa Cruz The Brandeis Center joined an AMCHA-led coalition letter on January 18 to the University of California Regents, President, and California Attorney General expressing concerns regarding anti-Zionist activities in the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) department at UC Santa Cruz. The Brandeis Center and the AMCHA Initiative were joined by 118 other education, civil rights, […] Anti-Zionism Blog
January 25, 2024 Welcome, New Spring Law Clerks and Interns The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is pleased to introduce a new group of interns and law clerks for the spring of 2024. Civil Rights Law Clerk, Elana Shapiro, is a fourth-year student at Georgetown Law. Mrs. Shapiro works as the Program Manager of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution while […] Interns
January 24, 2024 LDB Theater Benefit: ‘Jewish in an Hour’ Here’s something light you may want to see. On January 19th, the Brandeis Center was the beneficiary of the entertaining theatrical fundraiser, “Jewish in an Hour.” The performance was written and performed by Carl Kissin and produced by the theater company, Little Red Light Theatre. “Jewish in an Hour” aims to educate people on important Jewish holidays and […] Events (blog)
December 18, 2023 Yale Podcast Discusses ‘Unprecedented Antisemitism on Campus with Kenneth Marcus’ On November 20, 2023, Yale’s Buckley Institute podcast “Pod and Man at Yale” interviewed Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus, who discussed the record levels of campus anti-Semitism – even before the October 7 Hamas massacre. Regarding the weeks following the attacks, Chairman Marcus states: “Certainly, the volume of intake [for legal help requests to the Brandeis Center […] Blog