August 5, 2025 Complaint: CA school district misled public about instituting ethnic-studies requirement (JNS) Published by JNS on 7/21/2025 The Palo Alto Unified School District, a public district that operates about 20 schools, violated California state law, misleading the public about its ethnic-studies curriculum, a new complaint alleges. In January, the district’s superintendent, Don Austin, announced an indefinite pause in implementing ethnic studies. A few days later, the district board […] Media Coverage
August 5, 2025 Suing MIT for Antisemitism (Aish) Published by Aish on 7/20/25 Lior Alon and William Sussman, two Jewish students, got into MIT, one of the top universities in the country where they were following their dreams. Alon, a former IDF soldier, was a postdoctoral student, while William was working towards becoming a PhD. Allegedly, tenured linguistics professor Michel DeGraff harassed Jews […] Media Coverage
August 5, 2025 US Federal Judge Allows Antisemitism Lawsuit to Proceed Against Powerful Lawyers Union (Algemeiner) Published by the Algemeiner on 7/17/2025 A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that an antisemitism lawsuit accusing the powerful Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA) union can continue over the objections of the organization’s formidable legal counsel, which attempted to have the case dismissed by arguing that it is “self-serving” and “anti-democratic.” On Wednesday, officials from […] Media Coverage
August 5, 2025 Israeli chemist accuses Stanford of career sabotage with malicious distortion, fabricated claims: Lawsuit (Fox News) Published by Fox News on 7/14/2025 An Israeli scientist was allegedly subject to a hostile and discriminatory work environment involving the alleged malicious distortion of his research, a fabricated sexual harassment investigation and an alleged retaliatory firing which all threatened to jeopardize his entire career, according to a bombshell federal lawsuit filed last week. Dr. […] Media Coverage
August 5, 2025 Microsoft to recognize Jewish employee group under threat of federal complaint (JNS) Published by JNS on 7/11/2025 Microsoft agreed to recognize the group Jews at Microsoft as one of its “employee resource groups” based on ethnicity and company-funded, after having said at first that Judaism is a religion and not an ethnicity. The company opted to change its mind after the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human […] Media Coverage
August 5, 2025 It was a milestone for progressive education in California. Then it unraveled (Guardian) Published by the Guardian on 7/7/2025. It was celebrated at the time as a major milestone for progressive education. In 2021, California became the first state to make ethnic studies a graduation requirement, mandating all high schools teach the subject by fall 2025. The idea, championed by California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, was to bring modern concepts into the […] Media Coverage
July 21, 2025 Complaint Alleges Palo Alto School District Violated Law by Pushing Through Controversial Ethnic Studies Course Without Proper Notice to Public Washington, D.C. (July 21, 2025) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and the law firm of Cohen Williams LLP filed a complaint today against the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) and the PAUSD’s Board of Education in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, alleging that PAUSD and the Board violated […] Press Releases Press Room
July 18, 2025 America’s mental health field is overrun with antisemitism. It’s dangerous (USA Today) Published by USA Today on 7/17/2025 by Kenneth Marcus Jewish clinicians “with Zionist affiliations” are being blacklisted on social media. An emergency room doctor who runs a Facebook group for Physician Moms removed Jews from the group. A doctor and untenured professor at University of California San Francisco Hospital tweeted that the university should investigate whether a new “Israeli” medical student […] Op-Eds
July 11, 2025 Brandeis Center Chairman and CEO Kenneth L. Marcus Participates in Christians United for Israel Panel Alongside Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares On July 1, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law Chairman and CEO Kenneth L. Marcus was a featured speaker during last week’s Christians United for Israel’s annual summit. Marcus spoke on a panel moderated by Sandra Parker, the Chairwoman of the Board of CUFI Action Fund, alongside Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, […] Blog IHRA
July 8, 2025 Brandeis Center Commends Microsoft, Congratulates Microsoft’s Jewish Employees on Microsoft’s Decision to Equalize Recognition of its “Jews at Microsoft” Employee Network The Brandeis Center had Warned Microsoft of Legal Action on Behalf of Microsoft’s Jewish Employees; Microsoft’s Move Follows the Decision in May to Fully Recognize a Jewish Employee Resource Group at Adobe, Whose Jewish Employees the Brandeis Center Also Counseled Washington, D.C. (July 8, 2025) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under […] Press Releases Press Room