April 9, 2024 Brandeis Center, StandWithUs & ADL File Title VI Complaint Against Ohio State, Alleging Pervasive Antisemitic Climate for Jewish Students Complaint claims OSU repeatedly failed to address incidents, leaving students vulnerable Contacts: Brandeis Center, Nicole Rosen | 202-309-5724 | Nicole@rosencomm.com StandWithUs, Jennifer Kutner, 310-245-4109 | jenniferk@standwithus.com ADL, Todd Gutnick | 212-885-7755 | adlmedia@adl.org New York, NY (April 9, 2024) – Three Jewish defense organizations today submitted a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office […] Press Releases
April 2, 2024 Does Suing Colleges for Antisemitism Actually Work? (The Free Press) Published in The Free Press on 3/27/24; Story by Eli Lake. At least 50 U.S. universities have been sued for Jew-hatred on campus since October 7. Will it solve the problem? On November 27, MIT postdoctoral associate Afif Aqrabawi posted on X that Zionists steal the organs of dead Palestinians. “I feel like I’ve seen this movie […] Media Coverage
March 31, 2024 April 2024 Brandeis Brief Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus was featured in a New York Times cover story on “The Man Who Helped Redefine Campus Anti-Semitism.” The Brandeis Center’s K-12 anti-Semitism complaint against the Berkeley Unified School District continues to generate intense interest from national news media. And Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin shared the stage with New York Attorney General Letitia James and other […] 2024 Brandeis Brief
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)
March 26, 2024 The trickle-down effect: Antisemitism seeps into California’s K-12 schools (J Weekly) Op-ed authored by Brandeis Center General Counsel L. Rachel Lerman and published in J Weekly on 3/25/24. Throughout California and other states, we are seeing a wave of antisemitism directed at children in kindergarten through 12th grade similar to the one that has overwhelmed college campuses since Oct. 7. After the day that Hamas massacred, […] Op-Eds
March 26, 2024 Jewish students feel ‘unsafe’ on campus with anti-Israel sentiment on the rise (Washington Examiner) Published in the Washington Examiner on 3/23/24; Story by Peter Cordi Jewish students are “under siege” on campus, and a poll released Monday revealed that the various anti-Israel efforts pushed in higher education nationwide have made the Jewish community feel increasingly unsafe. Seventy-three percent of Jewish students reported feeling less safe on campus after the Oct. 7 attack, and it […] Media Coverage
March 25, 2024 The Man Who Helped Redefine Campus Antisemitism (New York Times) Published on front page of the New York Times on 3/24/24; Story by Vimal Patel. In government and as an outsider, Kenneth Marcus has tried to douse what he says is rising bias against Jews. Some see a crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech. In the early 2000s, as the uprising known as the second intifada instilled […] Media Coverage
March 22, 2024 The Legally Binding Character of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Anti-Semitism (2024) This article was originally published in Volume 27, Issue 4 (2024) of the Lewis & Clark Law Review. To cite this article: Kenneth L. Marcus (2024): The Legally Binding Character of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Anti-Semitism, https://law.lclark.edu/live/files/35736-8marcuspdf Academic Articles
March 21, 2024 L. Rachel Lerman on NewsNation’s ‘On Balance with Leland Vittert’: Berkeley School Antisemitism Complaint (3/20/24) Brandeis Center General Counsel L. Rachel Lerman discusses the complaint LDB co-filed with the Anti-Defamation League to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD). The federal complaint cites BUSD for failing to take action to end nonstop bullying and harassment of Jewish students by peers and […] Media Coverage
March 19, 2024 ‘The Lead with Jake Tapper’ Segment on LDB Complaint against BUSD (CNN) Segment aired 3/18/24 on CNN program “The Lead with Jake Tapper;” Segment reporter Nick Watt, producer Kat Jaeger. Includes interviews with Jewish students from Berkeley Unified School District schools, who experienced anti-Semitic discrimination and harassment. To learn more about the Brandeis Center’s complaint against BUSD filed with the U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil […] Media Coverage