October 27, 2022 Welcome, Brandeis Center Fall Law Clerks and Interns The Brandeis Center is pleased to welcome our new law clerk and interns for the fall. . Civil Rights Law Clerk Samantha Crane is a first-year law student at UW-Madison, where she also received a B.A. in political science and journalism and certificate in Jewish Studies. While an undergraduate, she served as an editor on […] Blog
October 26, 2022 Alyza Lewin Speaks to Hadassah about Campus Anti-Semitism The Hadassah Shir Shalom event, ‘Antisemitism: On Our Campuses,’ premiered a new video featuring Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin. . In her video address, President Lewin speaks about contemporary anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses — much of which centers on denying the integral part of Jewish identity known as Zionism. Visit the Brandeis Center’s […] Anti-Zionism Blog
September 29, 2022 Kenneth Marcus: Berkeley Develops Jewish-Free Zones (Jewish Journal) Op-ed authored by Kenneth L. Marcus in Jewish Journal; published September 28, 2022. If it wasn’t so frightening, one might be able to recognize the irony in the sight of campus progressives trying so hard to signal progressive virtue that they fall victim to a deeper moral shame. Nine different law student groups […] Blog
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 […] Anti-Semitism Blog
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 […] Anti-Semitism Blog
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 […] Anti-Semitism Blog
September 14, 2022 Video Playlist: Highlights from the Brandeis Center’s Video Library These important videos exemplify the work of The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law. The videos, which also provide contemporary examples of anti-Semitism, can be used as excellent resources to educate and combat anti-Semitism occurring across campuses nationwide. . Classic 2014 Overview . . In this classic documentary-style video produced by the […] Blog
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, […] Anti-Semitism Blog
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 […] Anti-Semitism Blog
July 25, 2022 L. Rachel Lerman Named to Appellate Judicial Evaluation Committee Earlier this month, Brandeis Center General Counsel L. Rachel Lerman, a nationally prominent appellate litigator, was asked to join the prestigious State Appellate Judicial Evaluation Committee (SAJEC) of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA). . The LACBA is a voluntary bar association founded in 1878, and it is one of the largest in […] Blog