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
February 1, 2022 February’s Brandeis Brief is here! Brandeis Brief: February 2022 We hope your year is off to a good start. This month the Brandeis Center hosted a discussion about combatting anti-Semitism in the workplace with members of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC Commissioners discussed different forms of anti-Semitic discrimination in the workplace and highlighted the “deeply troubling” […] 2022 Brandeis Brief
January 1, 2022 January’s Brandeis Brief! Brandeis Brief January 2022 We hope you have all had a joyous holiday season. This month LDB Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus wrote about the best news in the fight against anti-Semitism this year and the importance of humility. LDB stood up for students at Duke University when their student government revoked the registration of their chapter of Students Supporting Israel […] 2022 Brandeis Brief
December 2, 2021 December’s Brandeis Brief! Brandeis Brief: December 2021 This month, in two important podcasts, Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus explained how the law can be used to combat the new forms of anti-Semitism that are appearing on college campuses. LDB President Alyza D. Lewin joined other civil rights and Jewish community leaders warning about the dangerous rise in left-wing […] 2021 Brandeis Brief