June 26, 2024 July 2024 Brandeis Brief The U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened an investigation into campus anti-Semitism at Chapman University in response to a Brandeis Center complaint. LDB Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus testified again before a high-profile Congressional committee about surging campus anti-Semitism. The City University of New York entered into a resolution agreement with OCR to resolve nine discrimination complaints […] 2024 Brandeis Brief
June 7, 2024 June 2024 Brandeis Brief Did the Brandeis Center just have its most extraordinary month ever? It certainly looks that way. We announced we are suing Harvard University for leaving “cruel anti-Semitic bullying, harassment, and discrimination unaddressed for years.” We also announced an anti-Semitism lawsuit against Origins High School in New York City. We filed new Title VI complaints with the U.S. Dept. of […] 2024 Brandeis Brief
April 30, 2024 May 2024 Brandeis Brief The Brandeis Center and our partners at StandWithUs and ADL jointly filed a federal complaint against Ohio State University (OSU), alleging a pervasive anti-Semitic climate for Jewish students. Pratt Institute removed a BDS resolution from its Academic Senate agenda after receiving a letter from LDB warning that passage “would trigger [New York State] to divest all state funding from […] 2024
March 31, 2024 April 2024 Brandeis Brief Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus was featured in a New York Times cover story on “The Man Who Helped Redefine Campus Anti-Semitism.” The Brandeis Center’s K-12 anti-Semitism complaint against the Berkeley Unified School District continues to generate intense interest from national news media. And Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin shared the stage with New York Attorney General Letitia James and other […] 2024 Brandeis Brief
March 1, 2024 March 2024 Brandeis Brief This month, the Brandeis Center and ADL filed a federal antidiscrimination complaint with the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights against the Berkeley Unified School District, over its failure to address rampant anti-Semitic bullying and harassment of Jewish students after October 7 at schools throughout the District. In partnership with the ADL and law firms Covington […] 2024
February 8, 2024 February 2024 Brandeis Brief The Brandeis Center and Jewish on Campus filed a complaint with the U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights against American University on behalf of numerous Jewish students who have been assaulted, threatened, and intimidated on campus because of their Jewish identity. Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin was the subject of a magazine cover story. And Facebook’s parent company Meta accepted LDB’s recommendation on Holocaust […] 2024 Brandeis Brief
January 2, 2024 January 2024 Brandeis Brief In December, the Brandeis Center announced it was suing the University of California for the “longstanding, unchecked spread of anti-Semitism” on UC Berkeley’s campus. Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus was all over cable news, framing not only LDB’s lawsuit, but also the egregious double standards on display when university presidents from Harvard, Penn, and MIT testified before Congress about campus anti-Semitism. And LDB launched two […] 2024 Brandeis Brief
November 27, 2023 December 2023 Brandeis Brief The Brandeis Brief: December 2023 This month, the U.S. Education Department announced it opened civil rights investigations at the University of Pennsylvania and Wellesley College in response to anti-Semitism complaints filed by the Brandeis Center and Jewish On Campus. Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus testified three times before Congress about the recent rise in campus anti-Semitism. And responding to the […] 2023 Brandeis Brief
October 30, 2023 November 2023 Brandeis Brief The Brandeis Center stands with the world’s Jewish community, following the horror and grief of Hamas atrocities since October 7. Demand for our services to keep Jewish students safe on college campus and K-12 environments has since escalated significantly. Brandeis Center attorneys have been continuously speaking with a large number of students and professors around […] 2023 Brandeis Brief
October 11, 2023 OCTOBER 2023 BRANDEIS BRIEF The Biden administration declared that eight federal agencies will use Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to combat anti-Semitism and other forms of ethnic or ancestral discrimination – a policy known as the “Marcus Doctrine” since LDB Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus established it at the U.S. Department of Education nearly 20 years ago. A […] 2023 Brandeis Brief