September 29, 2023 BDS RESOLUTIONS DOWN, ‘ANTI-ISRAEL EVENTS’ UP ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES LAST YEAR, ADL TALLY SHOWS (JTA) Published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on 9/13/23; Story by Andrew Lapin The number of student governments taking up resolutions to boycott Israel dropped sharply last year, even as anti-Israel activity on college campuses nearly doubled over the previous year, according to the latest tally by the Anti-Defamation League. The antisemitism watchdog releases an analysis of anti-Israel […] Media Coverage
September 27, 2023 Jewish groups sue CA school district, alleging antisemitic ethnic studies curricula (JNS) Published September 11, 2023 by Jewish News Syndicate; Story by Menachem Wecker The Santa Ana Unified School District allegedly discussed responding to the “Jewish question” internally, without alerting the public to or allowing it to comment upon antisemitic content in courses. The Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and […] Media Coverage
July 13, 2023 Is Affirmative Action a Jewish Value? (Unpacked) Published by Unpacked on July 7, 2023. Story by Noam Weissman and Sara Himeles. If you’ve been following the news lately, you probably heard about the seismic U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning affirmative action programs. This means that race can no longer be an explicit factor in college admissions. Justice Clarence Thomas, in his concurring opinion, wrote […] Media Coverage
June 22, 2023 Biden’s ‘National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism’ Expects Corporate America to Recognize Jewish Employee Resource Groups – So Does Federal Law (New York Law Journal) Reprinted with permission from the July 20, 2023 issue of New York Law Journal. © [2023] ALM Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. . Authored by Brandeis Center Director of Corporate Initiatives and Senior Counsel Rory Lancman. . The U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism recently released by President Joe Biden represents […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 9, 2023 Hostility against Jewish students ramps up on campuses (JNS) Published by Jewish News Syndicate on 6/9/23; Story by The Focus Project . The past academic year was marred by many attacks against students for simply being Jews and Zionists. . Graduation is traditionally a time of celebration and fulfillment—an opportunity for graduates to reflect on academic accomplishments and embark on the next chapter of […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 8, 2023 White House Releases First-Ever Strategy to Combat Antisemitism (SHRM) Published in SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management, on June 7, 2023; Story by Matt Gonzales . President Joe Biden in May rolled out a plan to reduce antisemitism in the U.S.—a widespread issue that has worsened since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. . The first-ever National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism outlines more than 100 […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 8, 2023 ‘Fighting with love:’ Jewish students stand up, push back against campus anti-Semitism (NorthJersey.com) Published 6/8/23 by NorthJersey.com, part of the USA Today Network. Story by Deena Yellin. . When Kaylee Werner arrived at Indiana University in the fall of 2021, she was shocked by the hostility to Jewish students on the Bloomington campus. . Her peers had been harassed in their dorms, six swastikas were discovered drawn on campus buildings and an […] Media Coverage Press Room
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 […] Press Room Media Coverage
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