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 […] IHRA Campus Administrators Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Blog
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 […] Events (blog) 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 […] IHRA Blog
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 […] Blog Anti-Semitism
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 […] Events (blog) 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 […] Interns Blog
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 […] Events (blog) 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 […] Events (blog) 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 […] Blog Anti-Semitism