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September 10, 2025 Following Brandeis Center Demand Letter, UMass Amherst To Prevent Conference From Boycotting Israelis

Washington, D.C. (September 10, 2025) – Following a letter from the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law to the University of Massachusetts Amherst leadership last week, the University announced that the upcoming Coalition of Women in German (WiG) annual academic conference must suspend its Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) policy during the conference, as it violates University anti-discrimination policies, […]
September 4, 2025 Adelphi University Rules Faculty Member Created Hostile Environment for Jews on Campus

After recent disciplining of Campus SJP chapter, Brandeis Center demands Adelphi take strong remedial action Washington, D.C. (September 4, 2025) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today commended Adelphi University for ruling that a faculty member, who is also a member of Adelphi’s Bias Response Team and faculty appointments committee, […]
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September 4, 2025 The Brandeis Brief: September 2025

As the school year begins, the Brandeis Center continues its vital work confronting anti-Semitism on campuses, in classrooms, and beyond. This month’s Brandeis Brief highlights our latest lawsuit against UC Berkeley alleging discrimination against an Israeli professor, important progress at Adelphi University, new insights from our leadership in national media, and upcoming opportunities to engage with our […]
September 3, 2025 UMass Amherst Boycotts Israeli Academics From Upcoming Conference

Brandeis Center demands UMass President, Chancellor and Board of Trustees immediately reverse this discrimination Washington, D.C. (September 3, 2025) – Ahead of the upcoming Coalition of Women in German (WiG) annual academic conference at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which plans to exclude and boycott scholars receiving funding from “Israeli institutions,” the Louis D. Brandeis Center for […]
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August 8, 2025 The Brandeis Brief: August 2025

This month, the Brandeis Center continues to lead the fight against anti-Semitism on and off America’s campuses and workplaces. From new legal actions against K-12 schools in Virginia, California, and Massachusetts, to a new lawsuit filed against Stanford University, we are using an array of legal tools to hold institutions accountable. Our work has also […]
August 7, 2025 Antisemitism’s newest safe space: Teachers’ unions (The Hill)

Published by The Hill on 8/6/2025 by Kenneth Marcus. At Nysmith School in Virginia, three Jewish siblings were expelled after their parents notified the headmaster about the relentless antisemitic bullying faced by one of the daughters.  At Concord-Carlisle High School in Massachusetts, students gave Nazi salutes in school hallways, divided themselves into teams called “Team Auschwitz” and “Team Hamas” […]
August 5, 2025 ‘Decolonizing Therapy’ and the erasure of Jewish identity in mental health (Jerusalem Post)

Published by the Jerusalem Post on 7/29/25 Antisemitism is becoming increasingly more prevalent within therapy and therapeutic spaces. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law recently wrote about antisemitic incidents within the mental health sphere, including a Washington, DC-based therapist who refused to see a Jewish patient who had recently moved to the […]
August 5, 2025 ‘All of Our Strength’: Over 1,000 Pro-Israel Activists Gather in DC for Solidarity Conference (Algemeiner)

Published by the Algemeiner on 7/29/25 Over 1,000 Jewish students, faculty, and activists amassed in Washington, DC on July 27-29 to attend the Israel on Campus Coalition’s annual National Leadership Summit (NLS), an electric event which achieved creating the atmosphere of both a festival of Jewish elation and an academic conference. Founded in 2002, the […]
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