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
May 27, 2022 LDB Fact Sheet on Anti-Semitic Motifs Featured in Journalist Trade Media Source Writing in The Journalist’s Resource, Jordan Fenster included LDB’s ‘Fact Sheet on the Elements of Anti-Semitic Discourse‘ for his May 26, 2022 article: ‘8 tips to help journalists cover anti-Semitism — and avoid inadvertently perpetuating anti-Semitic stereotypes.’ . . The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has a fact sheet on what the organization […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 25, 2022 Russia bans entry to numerous US Jews, including LDB President Alyza Lewin Published May 24, 2022 by Ron Kampeas for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency . (JTA) — Among the many Jews on Russia’s latest list of Americans banned entry are three Chabad rabbis, in possible retaliation for Chabad’s decades-long effort to recover texts and artifacts that the Soviets took from the movement. . The list of 963 […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 23, 2022 A Reckoning on Antisemitism Approaches for NYU (The Sun) New York ~ The Sun By A.R. HOFFMAN, Saturday, May 21, 2022 ~ A Reckoning on Antisemitism Approaches for NYU The Biden administration will decide whether to keep NYU under federal scrutiny or give it a clean bill of antisemitic health just weeks after an antisemitism scandal. A moment of reckoning has arrived for New […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 13, 2022 SHRM: Stories of Antisemitism Corporate America has seen a rise in discrimination and bias against Jewish workers. By Matt Gonzales, SHRM: Society for Human Resource Management, May 14, 2022 . She didn’t understand why he was staring at her. . Marissa, a 27-year-old Web developer, joined a group of co-workers for lunch in their company’s breakroom in Winter Park, […] Media Coverage Press Room