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
July 2, 2025 The Brandeis Brief: July 2025 From the courtroom to Capitol Hill, the Brandeis Center continues to lead the charge against rising anti-Semitism across the country. This month, we filed a major federal lawsuit against MIT, advocated for civil rights in Congress, and welcomed new leadership to drive our policy efforts forward. Catch up on the latest legal actions, thought leadership, […] Brandeis Brief 2025
July 1, 2025 Nysmith School in Herndon, VA Expelled 6th Grade Victim of Anti-Semitic Bullying Washington, D.C. (July 1, 2025) – Today, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Dillon PLLC filed a complaint on behalf of a Jewish family with the Office for Civil Rights in the Virginia Attorney General’s Office against Nysmith School for violating the Virginia Human Rights Act. According to the filing, […] Press Releases Press Room
June 27, 2025 Former JFNA Vice President Joins Louis D. Brandeis Center as Chief Policy Officer Washington, D.C. (June 26, 2025) – Today, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announced that Karen Paikin Barall, former Vice President of Government Relations for Jewish Federations of North America, will join the organization as Chief Policy Officer. As Chief Policy Officer, Paikin Barall will lead the multi-year public policy, advocacy, […] Press Releases
June 25, 2025 Anti-Semitism and Prolonged Silence of President Kornbluth Create “Climate of Fear” at Prestigious University Washington, D.C. (June 25, 2025): The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, on behalf of Jewish students, researchers and faculty, today sued the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for standing idly by as faculty and students cultivated an environment rife with anti-Semitism and fear. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District […] Litigation Press Releases Press Room