Anti-Semitism - Brandeis Center

November 22, 2022 Brandeis Center Issues New Fact Sheet on Religious Accommodations in the Corporate Workplace

To coincide with the Thanksgiving holiday – and its emphasis on practicing one’s faith freely – the Brandeis Center has issued an important new fact sheet – explaining corporate employees’ legal rights to have their religious practices accommodated at work. . The Pilgrims’ escape from religious persecution in England established a deep-rooted American tradition of religious inclusion. […]

November 11, 2022 Brandeis Center Joins Coalition Urging Law Firms to Drop Support for Anti-Semitic Berkeley Student Groups

Following Kenneth L. Marcus’s widely-read op-ed on the revelation that two dozen major law firms continue to sponsor Berkeley Law student groups, which adopted exclusionary, anti-Semitic bylaws, the Brandeis Center joined a 35-group coalition to end BigLaw’s support for campus anti-Semitism. . The organizations sent letters to the firms, expressing concerns regarding the financial support […]

November 10, 2022 Quartet of Major Localities Adopt IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism

Recently, four North American jurisdictions have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism, joining a growing number of governments and non-governmental organizations that are embracing this approach. . On Tuesday, November 1, both the Montgomery County Council in Maryland and the Los Angeles City Council in California adopted the IHRA Working Definition […]

November 10, 2022 Marcus Agrees to Review ADL Anti-Bias Programs

Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus has agreed to review anti-bias programs and curricular materials from the Anti-Defamation League, as recently reported by eJewish Philanthropy. . Marcus will independently review ADL’s anti-bias and bullying-prevention materials, as will diversity consultant Carol Fulp, Common Ground USA Executive Director Nealin Parker, and psychology scholar and academic […]

September 22, 2022 Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism – The Beinner Family Speaker Series

Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus will lead a Beinner Family Speakers Series webinar for the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism at Indiana University Bloomington on Sunday, October 23, at 12:00 EDT. His session is titled ‘The Wayward Healer: latrogenic Antisemitism and the Perils of Intervention,’ and registration for the event […]

September 19, 2022 Lufthansa Becomes First Airline to Adopt IHRA Working Definition of Anti-Semitism

The German airline Lufthansa became the first airline to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism. . The move came after the airline received heavy backlash following an incident in May. To the disgust of many, over 100 Hasidic Jews were kicked off their connecting flight. In the following weeks, Lufthansa […]

September 16, 2022 Jewish orgs. respond with grave alarm to UVM Pres’ denial of antisemitism allegations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2022 . We, the undersigned Jewish organizations, are alarmed, disappointed and troubled by the response issued yesterday by the President of the University of Vermont to the Title VI complaint filed on behalf of a number of UVM students by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law […]

August 9, 2022 Alyza D. Lewin and Courageous Students Testify Before New York City Council About Campus Anti-Semitism

On June 30, Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin testified before the New York City Council Committee on Higher Education. Lewin, along with many others, spoke before the council to demonstrate the prevalence of anti-Semitism on college campuses and the threat that it poses to Jewish students all over the country. In addition to Lewin, […]

August 4, 2022 Kenneth L. Marcus Published in Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism

Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus authored a new review for the Spring 2022 edition of the Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism. Editor-in-chief and law school professor Lesley Klaff serves on the Brandeis Center’s academic advisory board. . Marcus’s article is a book review of ‘Key Concepts in the Study of Antisemitism,’ published […]

June 24, 2022 Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Testifies at the Virginia Commission to Combat Anti-Semitism

On June 21, 2022, Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus presented at the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Commission to Combat anti-Semitism. He was the only person outside of the commission who presented in this meeting. . Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin formed this commission under Executive Order 8 in January 2022 to “study antisemitism in […]