November 1, 2021 November’s Brandeis Brief is Here! browser Brandeis Brief: November 2021 This month, the Brandeis Center demanded that the University of Massachusetts-Boston (UMASS Boston) investigate an event held by Students For Justice in Palestine, where an innocent bystander who was identified as a “Zionist” was spat on, shoved and called a “Nazi” and “pig.” Also in this issue, LDB urges the United […] 2021 Brandeis Brief
October 7, 2021 October’s Brandeis Brief is here! October’s Brandeis Brief! Brandeis Brief: October 2021 LDB continues to expose and respond to the endemic problem of anti-Semitism in higher education. In response to LDB Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus’ latest essay in the Washington Post, the President of Johns Hopkins University finally acknowledged with appropriate forcefulness that JHU takes anti-Semitism seriously. Previously, in response to complaints […] 2021 Brandeis Brief
September 6, 2021 September’s Brandeis Brief is here! Read the entire Brandeis Brief here. Brandeis Brief: September 2021 Why did Sheila Levin and Dr. Ronald Albucher file their landmark Brandeis Center complaint against Stanford University? The Stanford mental health professionals explain why in this issue of the Brandeis Brief. Kenneth L. Marcus gives that case context in a new review. Also in this […] 2021 Brandeis Brief
August 4, 2021 August’s Brandeis Brief is here! ~ Brandeis Brief: August 2021 ~ Last month, the Brandeis Center co-authored a letter alongside StandWithUs to Johns Hopkins University demanding action in response to a teaching assistant who shared anti-Semitic social media posts inciting hatred against Jewish students. The instructor tweeted, “ethical dilemma: if you have to grade a zionist students [sic] exam, do […] 2021 Brandeis Brief
July 8, 2021 July’s Brandeis Brief LDB Holds Stanford Accountable For Anti-Semitism In DEI Program And Responds To The Gaza Conflict – July Brandeis Brief Last month the Center filed a federal complaint against Stanford University on behalf of two Jewish mental health care providers after concerns about anti-Semitism in staff diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings were left unaddressed by the […] 2021 Brandeis Brief
June 4, 2021 Just In! Read June’s Brandeis Brief Read the Brandeis Brief here. With the reignition of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and heightened international attention, global anti-Semitism is on the rise in a way unprecedented since World War II. An extraordinary number of students, faculty, and campus professionals have reached out to the Brandeis Center for advice, even as COVID-closed campuses conclude their […] 2021 Brandeis Brief
May 6, 2021 May’s Brandeis Brief is Here! May 2021 Brandeis Brief Brandeis Brief: May 2021 The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism continues to gain momentum worldwide, with a constant drumbeat of new adoptions each week. In the face of this gathering consensus, critics have offered bogus arguments and weak alternatives to muddy the water. This issue of the Brandeis […] 2021 Brandeis Brief
April 5, 2021 April’s Brandeis Brief is Here! Brandeis Brief – April 2021 Brandeis Brief: April 2021 We begin this Brief with good news from Tufts University, where courage, tenacity, and legal advocacy prevailed last month when Students for Justice in Palestine dropped its efforts to impeach Jewish student leader Max Price. We then turn to more positive developments at the University of Texas and […] 2021 Brandeis Brief
March 2, 2021 March’s Brandeis Brief is Here! Read the Brandies Brief here. More good news in another Brandeis Center case: Students for Justice in Palestine backed down at Tufts University after the Brandeis Center exposed SJP’s harassment of LDB client Max Price based on Price’s Jewish identity and beliefs. SJP withdrew its impeachment complaint, and the hearing scheduled against Price was canceled. […] 2021 Brandeis Brief
February 2, 2021 February’s Brandeis Brief As the Biden administration begins its first 100 days in office, Kenneth L. Marcus reflects on Biden’s new tools to combat global Jew-hatred, the best ways for the new administration to address domestic terrorism, and the outgoing administration’s last OCR report. Alyza D. Lewin speaks out on Zionism’s centrality to Jewish identity, as well as […] 2021 Brandeis Brief