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 […] Brandeis Brief 2021
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 […] Brandeis Brief 2021
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 […] Brandeis Brief 2021
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 […] Brandeis Brief 2021
December 31, 2020 January’s Brandeis Brief Do you think that anti-Semitism from the far right is nothing to worry about? Or that the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism is losing steam? If so, this issue of the Brandeis Brief will surprise you. This Brief covers both topics as well as how one brave Illinois student views the battle against anti-Semitism on campus. […] Brandeis Brief 2021
December 8, 2020 December 2020 – Brandeis Brief Good news: This month the Brandeis Center’s legal case at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) enjoyed two successes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) agreed to open an investigation, while the University issued an important joint statement with LDB and allied organizations. Meanwhile, Scholars for Peace in the […] Brandeis Brief 2020
December 8, 2020 December’s Brandeis Brief Good news: This month the Brandeis Center’s legal case at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) enjoyed two successes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) agreed to open an investigation, while the University issued an important joint statement with LDB and allied organizations. Meanwhile, Scholars for Peace in the […] Brandeis Brief 2020
November 9, 2020 November 2020 – Brandeis Brief The Brandeis Center’s legal complaint against the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign supports Jewish students who have faced an unrelenting campaign of anti-Semitic harassment. Meanwhile, in Washington, a historic State Department decision culminated a years-long campaign led by Brandeis Center President Alyza Lewin. Also this month, LDB participated in the first-ever government-sponsored conference on combatting virtual anti-Semitism and provided insightful legal analysis […] Brandeis Brief 2020