January 30, 2025 The Brandeis Brief: February 2025 Only one month into the new year, we are already attacking anti-Semitism with renewed energy: holding one of the most prestigious universities accountable and thereby setting a new standard for other institutions to follow; ensuring other professional sectors, like financial services and legal aid, eliminate bias against Jews and Zionists; and defending the language we […] Brandeis Brief 2025
January 14, 2025 The Brandeis Brief: January 2025 . In the final weeks of 2024, as people slow down, semesters conclude, and families celebrate holidays together, the Brandeis Center has been busier than ever — anti-Semitism does not take a winter break. This month, we reached a settlement with Occidental College and sounded the alarm over rising anti-Semitism in healthcare on Capitol Hill. […] Brandeis Brief 2025
January 14, 2025 The Brandeis Brief: December 2024 . As Thanksgiving approaches, we are grateful for your support that allows us to continue fighting to protect the civil rights of the Jewish people and promote justice for all. We could not continue this critical work without you, and we wish you a meaningful holiday with your family and loved ones. The Brandeis Center […] Brandeis Brief 2024
October 31, 2024 November 2024 Brandeis Brief . This month, we marked the one-year anniversary of October 7, the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust. In the past year, the Brandeis Center received more calls than ever from Jewish students experiencing harassment and discrimination on college campuses, which has not slowed down with the new school year underway. In our continued […] 2024 Brandeis Brief
October 1, 2024 The Brandeis Brief: October 2024 . With students returning to campus, displays of anti-Semitism remain at all-time highs; this month’s Brief looks at what we, universities, and government officials can do to change course and protect Jewish students and people from harassment and discrimination. In September, the Brandeis Center reached a historic agreement to protect Jewish students at the University […] 2024
July 25, 2024 The Brandeis Brief: August 2024 Summer has not slowed the Brandeis Center (LDB) down. In August, LDB sued the U.S. Department of Education for unlawfully dismissing LDB’s Title VI complaint against the University of Pennsylvania only weeks after opening an anti-Semitism investigation. LDB also sued the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA) Union for retaliating against Jewish and Non-Jewish members opposing its anti-Semitic practices. […] Brandeis Brief 2024
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 […] Brandeis Brief 2024
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 […] Brandeis Brief 2024
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 […] Brandeis Brief 2024