October 23, 2024 Brandeis Center Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing Highlighting Rising Anti-Semitism at Schools Last month, the Brandeis Center hosted a Capitol Hill briefing titled “Back to School: Protests, Harassment, and the Law.” The panel discussion was moderated by Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin, and featured Senior Attorney Robin N. Pick, as well as George Mason University Professor David E. Bernstein and Hillel International General Counsel Mark Rotenberg. […] Blog Events (blog) Uncategorized
July 24, 2024 Brandeis Center Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing Highlighting Retaliation Intended to Silence Jewish Voices The Brandeis Center hosted a Capitol Hill policy briefing on July 10, 2024, titled “Retaliation Against Jewish Students and Parents: How Counter-complaints and Baseless Accusations are Being Weaponized to Silence Jewish Voices on Campus.” The event highlighted disturbing accounts of anti-Semitism alongside troubling investigations into Jewish parents and students by campus administrators. Brandeis Center Board […] Blog Events (blog)
July 2, 2024 Brandeis Center Client Testifies at Congressional Hearing on Anti-Semitism Affecting College Faculty Brandeis Center client Dafna Golden, a professor of Geography at Mt. San Antonio College in California, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives last week at a hearing examining the impact on faculty of unchecked anti-Semitism on college campuses. “I am here today to share the distressing experiences I have endured at Mt. SAC as […] Blog Events (blog)
June 25, 2024 Kenneth L. Marcus Delivers Powerful Testimony to U.S. House Ways & Means Committee about ‘Perfect Storm’ Threatening the Safety of Jewish Students The House Ways and Means Committee invited Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus to testify at its hearing: “Crisis on Campus: Antisemitism, Radical Faculty, and the Failure of University Leadership,” which took place June 13, 2024. The hearing’s other witnesses included recently-graduated Cornell student Talia Dror, Columbia Professor Shai Davidai, American Jewish Committee CEO and […] Blog Events (blog)
May 7, 2024 Brandeis Center Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing Highlighting the Spread of Anti-Semitism in K-12 Schools On May 3, 2024, the Brandeis Center hosted a Capitol Hill briefing titled “Fighting Antisemitism in K-12 School.” The panel discussion was moderated by Brandeis Center Director of Legal Initiatives Denise Katz-Prober and featured Senior Education Counsel Marci L. Lerner and Senior Counsel Rabbi Mark Goldfeder. The Brandeis Center experts discussed the laws governing K-12 […] Blog Events (blog)
March 28, 2024 Brandeis Center Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing Highlighting the Dangerous Impact of Hamas Propaganda on College Campuses On March 26, the Brandeis Center hosted a Capitol Hill briefing titled “The Israel-Gaza War: How Hamas Propaganda Impacts American Students.” Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus delivered opening remarks, while LDB Senior Counsel Mark Goldfeder interviewed urban warfare expert John W. Spencer. Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin provided final remarks. Spencer is an award-winning […] Blog Events (blog)
January 24, 2024 LDB Theater Benefit: ‘Jewish in an Hour’ Here’s something light you may want to see. On January 19th, the Brandeis Center was the beneficiary of the entertaining theatrical fundraiser, “Jewish in an Hour.” The performance was written and performed by Carl Kissin and produced by the theater company, Little Red Light Theatre. “Jewish in an Hour” aims to educate people on important Jewish holidays and […] Events (blog)
November 21, 2023 EMERGENCY WEBINAR – THE HAMAS ATROCITIES AND THE AMERICAN CAMPUS With the national group Students for Justice in Palestine calling for a “national day of resistance” across campuses on October 12 and student groups at Harvard and NYU publishing statements siding with Hamas terrorists, attend our webinar to hear Brandeis Center legal experts discuss the obligations college administrators have to keep Jewish students safe. Register at: bit.ly/LDB-webinar. Events (blog)
September 18, 2023 Brandeis Center Hosts First Congressional Briefing on Anti-Semitism on College Campuses and in the Workplace On September 13, the Brandeis Center held its first briefing on the rise of anti-Semitism in America. U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz served as the event’s honorary host and gave remarks. Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus presented along with Director of Corporate Initiatives Rory Lancman. The LDB attorneys discussed the challenges of anti-Semitism on college […] Events (blog)
September 3, 2023 Brandeis Center brings together legal professionals and law student leaders in Beren Law Student Leadership Conference The Brandeis Center hosted legal scholars, attorneys, and law student leaders together at the Beren Law Student Leadership Conference August 15-16, 2023. The conference explored the key civil and human rights issues impacting Jewish Americans today on college and university campuses and in workplaces. The conference honored the late Robert M. Beren, whose generous support […] Blog Events (blog)