December 2, 2022 Brandeis Brief: December 2022 This month, Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus challenged the country’s leading law firms to confront anti-Semitism with his op-ed, “BigLaw’s Jewish Problem.” Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin, who was just named to the J100 list, explained why “American Jews must use both Jewish pride and the law to defeat anti-Semitism”. ⚠️ And don’t miss our webinar on Monday, December 5, at 12:00 […] 2022 Brandeis Brief
November 1, 2022 Brandeis Brief: November 2022 This month, Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus illuminated contemporary campus anti-Semitism for a global audience with his op-ed, ‘Berkeley Develops Jewish-Free Zones.’ The piece quickly went viral, was widely circulated – and instigated public responses from university officials. At the same time, the federal investigation of a Brandeis Center complaint about anti-Semitism at the University of Vermont continued […] 2022 Brandeis Brief
September 16, 2022 Brandeis Brief: August 2022 Brandeis Brief: August 2022 Most students are on Summer Break – but the Brandeis Center is going full steam ahead! We announced the U.S. government’s fourth open investigation based on a Brandeis Center complaint of campus anti-Semitism: this time, at the University of Southern California. Also in July: . The Brandeis Center published its newest […] 2022 Brandeis Brief
September 16, 2022 Brandeis Brief: September 2022 Brandeis Brief: September 2022 August was another results-packed month for the Brandeis Center. Our complaint against SUNY New Paltz was prominently covered by education, Jewish and mainstream media. CNN interviewed Brandeis Center President Alyza Lewin and our client, a SUNY New Paltz student, for its primetime special, “Rising Hate: Antisemitism in America.” Also in August: […] 2022 Brandeis Brief
June 30, 2022 Brandeis Brief ~ July 2022 Brandeis Brief: July 2022 The Brandeis Center just reached a milestone settlement in its lawsuit against Ben & Jerry’s, preventing an unlawful boycott of Israel. Earlier this month, the Brandeis Center successfully urged the Dept. of Education to continue monitoring anti-Semitism at NYU pursuant to the University’s pending Resolution Agreement with the Office for Civil Rights. Be sure to watch today the New York City Council’s Committee on Higher […] 2022 Brandeis Brief
May 27, 2022 Brandeis Brief: Highlights from Harvard, NYU, Georgetown, Texas, and other battlegrounds Brandeis Brief: June 2022 This month, the Brandeis Center doubled down on its efforts to preserve free speech, while reminding universities they should use their own voices to condemn anti-Semitism with the same vigor and clarity they use to denounce hate speech against other minority groups. LDB Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus authored a high-profile Washington Post op-ed exposing […] 2022 Brandeis Brief
May 10, 2022 Brandeis Brief ~ May 2022 Brandeis Brief: May 2022 This month, the Brandeis Center was busy leading efforts and partnering with allies to protect Jews from anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination, both on and off campus: LDB filed a brief in the legal case against Ben & Jerry’s, arguing that Unilever “effectively concede[s] that the only reason for not renewing [our clients’] license […] 2022 Brandeis Brief
March 31, 2022 April’s Brandeis Brief is Here!! Brandeis Brief: April 2022 Advocates for equality, coexistence, and peace all screamed for our hard work on the legal case against ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s and parent company Unilever. Here’s more LDB news you may have missed this month: Our client, Avi Zinger of Ben & Jerry’s Israel, showed in a moving op-ed the harm from anti-Israel […] 2022 Brandeis Brief
February 24, 2022 March’s Brandeis Brief is Here!! Brandeis Brief: March 2022 The calendar’s shortest month is jam-packed with news from the Brandeis Center: The U.S. Dept. of Education opened an investigation into Brooklyn College based on an important anti-Semitism complaint we filed, highlighting the new harassment Jewish students face – being vilified as “privileged white oppressors.” The Brandeis Center provided strategic and legal guidance to Duke Univ.’s […] 2022 Brandeis Brief