June 2, 2023 Biden’s antisemitism strategy faces early test amid CUNY controversy (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on June 1, 2023; Story by Matthew Kassel . Jewish leaders urge White House to put new strategy into practice in wake of CUNY Law commencement speech . Just a week after the Biden administration unveiled a sweeping national strategy for combating antisemitism, its proposed plan for handling alleged incidents of anti-Jewish prejudice […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 1, 2023 Tired of hiding: Jews at U.S. colleges face rising antisemitism from left and right (NorthJersey.com) Published in NorthJersey.com on 5/31/23; Story by Deena Yellin . Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin – and LDB clients in our SUNY New Paltz case – feature in the first installment of a campus anti-Semitism series by the USA Today Network. President Lewin explains that for the National Strategy to effectively counter the normalization of anti-Semitism, it must […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 1, 2023 Breaking down the Biden administration’s antisemitism plan (Jewish Insider) Published 6/1/23 by Jewish Insider. Podcast hosted by Rich Goldberg and Jarrod Bernstein; Story by Tori Bergel . JFNA’s Elana Broitman, COP’s Stephanie Hausner and the Brandeis Center’s Ken Marcus discuss the White House’s recently released Strategy to Counter Antisemitism in an antisemitism roundtable . Last week, the White House released “The U.S. National Strategy […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 30, 2023 Alyza Lewin: Defending the Jewish People, Inside and Outside the Courtroom (Aish) Published by Aish on 5/28/23; story by Kylie Ora Lobell . The human rights lawyer comes from a long line of fighters. . On December 6, 2017, the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Though the day was momentous, the work that went into this historic move started nearly two decades prior. […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 26, 2023 A Plan to Counter Antisemitism Warns Colleges, ‘OCR Is Watching’ (Insider Higher Ed) Published by Inside Higher Ed on 5/26/23; Story by Katherine Knott . Jewish groups applauded the new federal policy, which they said embraced a controversial definition of antisemitism that includes criticism of Israel. . The Education Department is reminding colleges and universities about their responsibilities under federal civil rights law to protect students from antisemitic […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 25, 2023 ‘Unapologetically Jewish’: First Shabbat Observant Student Body President Elected at University of California Santa Barbara (Algemeiner) Published in the Algemeiner on 5/24/23; Story by Dion J. Pierre . As college students across California prepared to close the book on another academic year, a deluge of antisemitic incidents swept across the state’s campuses in May, with students celebrating the birthday of Adolf Hitler at UC Santa Cruz and graffiting swastikas on the walls of a bathroom […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 22, 2023 Latest draft of White House antisemitism strategy highlights IHRA definition, but also references alternative (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on May 19, 2023 . The latest version of the White House’s forthcoming national antisemitism strategy is expected to highlight the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism promoted by mainstream Jewish groups, but also reference the Nexus definition, an alternative promoted by progressives, individuals with knowledge of the strategy […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 19, 2023 Biden Flummoxed by Challenge of Antisemitism on His Party’s Left (New York Sun) Op-ed authored by Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus and published in New York Sun on 5/18/23. . May is Jewish American Heritage Month, and President Biden is in a pickle. Call it a kosher dill. . Mr. Biden has acknowledged that “antisemitic incidents are at a record high.” Describing physical assaults on Jewish Americans […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 5, 2023 Santa Ana School Board Passes Anti-Israel Ethnic Studies Courses (Jewish Journal) Published 5/4/23 by Jewish Journal. Story by Aaron Bandler. . The Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) Board of Education approved two ethnic studies courses that Jewish groups say contain anti-Israel bias. . The course, titled “Ethnic Studies: World Geography,” passed by a margin of three votes in favor and one abstention; the other, “History 10 Ethnic […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 5, 2023 ‘We had to do something’: Brandeis Center sues UC Berkeley, alleges CPRA violation (Daily Californian) Published by The Daily Californian on 5/4/23. Story by Rae Wymer. . In 2022, UC Berkeley received almost 3,000 information and record requests through the California Public Records Act, or CPRA, handled by a staff of two, according to campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof. . On April 26, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights […] Media Coverage Press Room