August 4, 2022 Feds Investigate USC Over Harassment Claims By Jewish Student (JewishPress.com) Published by Alan Zeitlin for JewishPress.com on 8/3/22. . In the summer of 2020, while people were hunkered down and dealing with Covid, Rose Ritch was dealing with hundreds of antisemitic slurs online, she said, after she won the race to become vice president of the University of Southern California’s student government. . “It was […] Media Coverage Press Room
July 20, 2022 Jewish groups demand action from Morningstar following anti-Israel bias accusations (JNS) Published by Mike Wagenheim for Jewish News Syndicate on July 20, 2022 . A wide swath of Jewish and pro-Israel organizations sent a letter to Morningstar executive chairman Joseph Mansueto and CEO Kunal Kapoor last week, urging the Chicago-based financial-services company to implement steps to root out anti-Israel bias at one of its subsidiaries. . Signatories to the July […] Media Coverage Press Room
July 15, 2022 Brandeis Center Joins JFNA Letter Urging Morningstar Remove Bias From Its Product Earlier today, a group of prominent Jewish organizations, sent a letter to American financial services firm Morningstar. . In addition to urging that Morningstar carry out independent investigators’ recommendations addressing anti-Israel bias in its social justice rating system (ESG), the joint letter advocates further steps ensuring that the bias is eliminated. . Brandeis Center Vice Chair Rachel Lerman commented on the investigators’ […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 29, 2022 Major Victory Against BDS: Avi Zinger’s Legal Team Prevents Ben & Jerry’s Boycott of Israel; Ben & Jerry’s Will Continue to be Sold in Israel [press release] Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 Major Victory Against BDS: Avi Zinger’s Legal Team Prevents Ben & Jerry’s Boycott of Israel Ben & Jerry’s Will Continue to be Sold in Israel . Washington, D.C., June 29, 2022: Avi Zinger, Ben & Jerry’s Israeli licensee, has settled the federal lawsuit filed on his behalf by the Louis […] Media Coverage Press Releases Press Room
June 29, 2022 Unilever to sell Ben & Jerry’s interests to Israeli manufacturer; sales in Israel and West Bank to continue (Jewish Insider) Published in Jewish Insider June 29, 2022. . Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, announced on Wednesday that it reached an agreement with the Israel-based manufacturer of the ice cream products to continue selling in Israel and the West Bank. . Under the new arrangement, Unilever will sell its interests in Israel to American Quality […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 29, 2022 Ben & Jerry’s Israel, parent company Unilever reach deal to end settlement boycott (The Times of Israel) Published in The Times of Israel on June 29, 2022. . Ben & Jerry’s will continue to be sold in Israel and the West Bank, after the Israeli franchise came to an agreement with the ice cream maker’s parent company Unilever following a year of legal battling over a settlement boycott, the two sides announced on […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 10, 2022 Brandeis Center Calls on Education Dept. to Continue Supervision of NYU Following Recent Anti-Semitism Incidents (Jewish Journal) Published in Jewish Journal on June 9, 2022. . The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law called on the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to extend their supervision of New York University (NYU) in light of recent antisemitic incidents that have occurred on campus. . In September 2020, NYU […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 3, 2022 Jewish Students Won’t Settle for Conditional Support and Double Standards (Algemeiner) Opinion article by Nicole Rosenzweig published June 3, 2022 in Algemeiner Many people profess that they support Jewish people — but only if those Jewish people reject their ancestral connection to the Land of Israel. This conditional support excludes Jewish people who view ethnic ties to Israel as an integral part of their Jewish identity. […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 3, 2022 Legal Group Says Federal Oversight of NYU Anti-Discrimination Policies Still Needed (Algemeiner) Published in Algemeiner on June 1, 2022 . A nonprofit legal advocacy group is calling on the United States Department of Education (DOE) to continue monitoring New York University’s (NYU) anti-discrimination policies, two years after an arrangement for federal oversight began. . The DOE’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) began its review of NYU in […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 1, 2022 Ethnic studies continues to boil melting pot as lawsuit is brought against LA school district (JNS) Published in JNS on May 31, 2022 . The Deborah Project is suing multiple organizations connected to the Los Angeles Unified School District for trying to circumvent parents and the democratic process to push a radical, anti-Semitic curriculum in Los Angeles public schools. . The organization’s legal director, Lori Lowenthal Marcus, and president and co-founder […] Media Coverage Press Room