February 21, 2017 Campus Anti-Semitism Rising, Expert Says Reports in August from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville of anti-Semitic behavior by students caught the eye of Kenneth Marcus, an anti-Semitism expert and the president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law. Media Coverage Press Room
February 20, 2017 Facing Rising Anti-Semitism, Can Virginia Universities Learn from History and California? Last fall, five Loudoun County, Virginia teenagers vandalized the historic African-American schoolhouse in Ashburn with an array of graffiti that included white supremacist slogans and Nazi swastikas. Media Coverage Press Room
February 20, 2017 LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus at StandWithUs Anti-BDS Conference StandWithUs, an international non-profit organization dedicated to informing the public about Israel and combatting anti-Semitism, will be holding their third annual Anti-BDS conference in Los Angeles from March 4-6. Media Coverage Press Room
February 17, 2017 Campus anti-Semitism on the rise Despite a temporary setback, efforts to bring an end to the growing incidents of anti-Semitism on college campuses in Virginia have garnered some key support. Media Coverage Press Room
February 13, 2017 ISGAP Publishes New Volume Including LDB Campus Anti-Semitism Research The Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy (ISGAP) has announced the publication of “ISGAP Papers: Anti-Semitism in Comparative Perspective-Volume Two,” featuring an original article by LDB’s Kenneth L. Marcus. Media Coverage Press Room
February 8, 2017 UC Berkeley Responds to Yiannopoulos Outrage by Stifling Free Speech Conservative firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos had been invited to speak last week at the University of California’s Berkeley campus. At the reported direction of campus police, university officials canceled the speech, citing public safety concerns, after a violent protest resulted in a reported six injuries and over $100,000 in property damage. Media Coverage Press Room
January 26, 2017 Jewish Students at U of Florida ‘Shocked’ by Cyclist Wearing Swastika Armband Riding Around Campus Jewish students at the University of Florida (UF) were stunned Tuesday at the sight of a man with a swastika armband riding a bicycle around campus, the independent student newspaper The Alligator reported. Media Coverage Press Room
January 25, 2017 Legal Expert: Virginia Motion to Recognize Antisemitism as Unlawful Discrimination Aims to ‘Get Ahead’ of Jew-Haters at State-Funded Universities The head of a legal NGO supporting a Virginia motion to recognize antisemitism as an unlawful form of discrimination explained to The Algemeiner on Wednesday why it was proposed and what it aims to achieve. Media Coverage Press Room
January 24, 2017 Virginia lawmakers consider new bill to combat anti-Semitism on state universities Virginia lawmakers are considering a new bill to help school administrators better combat anti-Semitism on state universities following a string of incidents in the past year. Media Coverage Press Room
January 20, 2017 UT Hosts Film Showing to Commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day UT’s McClung Museum will host a viewing of the film Unmasked Judeophobia at 7 p.m. on January 26 in its auditorium. Media Coverage Press Room