Highlights

May 2, 2024 Brandeis University: ‘Navigating Antisemitism on Campus and Beyond: Making Sense of Freedom of Speech, Academic Freedom, and Title VI’ (May 8, 2024)

Presented by Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin This virtual presentation is intended for higher education leaders and administrators in departments related to student and academic affairs, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and legal affairs, communications, development, and positions such as president, provost, and deans’ offices, etc. More information is available about the Brandeis University […]

Events

May 2, 2024 House passes bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act by wide margin (JNS)

The bill, which codifies the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of Jew-hatred for Title VI purposes, passed 320-91 and is now Senate bound. Published 5/1/24 by Jewish News Syndicate; Story by Andrew Bernard (May 1, 2024 / JNS) The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act by a margin of 320-91 on Wednesday. The bill, […]

Media Coverage

May 2, 2024 BRANDEIS CENTER: IHRA “GAME-CHANGING” FOR JEWISH STUDENTS

Legislation Codifies Marcus’ 2004 Department of Education Dear Colleague Letter Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2024) – Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives’ approval of the long-awaited Anti-Semitism Awareness Act (AAA) to combat “soaring” anti-Semitism on college […]

Press Releases

April 30, 2024 May 2024 Brandeis Brief

The Brandeis Center and our partners at StandWithUs and ADL jointly filed a federal complaint against Ohio State University (OSU), alleging a pervasive anti-Semitic climate for Jewish students. Pratt Institute removed a BDS resolution from its Academic Senate agenda after receiving a letter from LDB warning that passage “would trigger [New York State] to divest all state funding from […]

2024

April 29, 2024 Pratt Institute red-hands painting on tree used to ‘terrorize’ Jewish students, critics say (New York Post)

Published in New York Post on 4/28/24. Story by Carl Campanile. Red hands painted on a tree at Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn campus are being used to “terrorize” Jewish students in a bloody reminder of a lynching of two Israelis, critics claim. “What better way to terrorize your Jewish students and faculty into submission than maintaining […]

Media Coverage

April 24, 2024 Jewish Employee Resource Groups

This fact sheet defines Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), sometimes called Affinity Groups or Diversity Network groups. It also explains their legal significance and why employers must honor Jewish employees’ requests to establish Jewish ERGs.

White Papers

April 22, 2024 Company Bosses Draw a Red Line on Office Activists (Wall Street Journal)

Published in The Wall Street Journal on 4/21/24; Story by Vanessa Fuhrmans, Miles Kruppa, and Lauren Weber Google’s dismissal of protesting workers is the latest example of employers pushing back on pressure tactics by staff Business leaders are sending a warning to staff: Dissent that disrupts the workplace won’t be tolerated. Google’s decision to fire 28 […]

Media Coverage

April 22, 2024 Pratt Institute accused of antisemitism, initially scheduled vote during Passover: ‘Positively obscene’ (NY Post)

Published 4/21/24 by New York Post; Story by Carl Campanile Prestigious Pratt Institute in Brooklyn is being accused of promoting antisemitism with a proposed Israeli boycott — and its top advisory panel was set to vote on it during Passover, when no observant Jews could likely participate. The venerable college’s Academic Senate planned to discuss and possibly […]

Media Coverage

April 18, 2024 Lawmakers, Jewish groups brace for Columbia’s Capitol Hill antisemitism showdown (Politico)

Published in Politico on 4/17/2024; Story by Bianca Quilantan “By any measure, these universities have a major problem,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said. A scheduling conflict spared Columbia University President Minouche Shafik from the viral moment that contributed to toppling two other college presidents, only to land her center stage for congressional scrutiny in […]