Press Releases

The newly released issue of one of the most comprehensive reference resource on bias-motivated violence committed in the United States, Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook, Third Edition (ABC-CLIO), features of the work of Kenneth L. Marcus, President of The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB).

Yesterday, the Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism in the House of Representatives announced the issuance of an important letter from 38 Members of Congress to Secretary of Education John King, Jr. calling for the Department to “identify and distinguish when speech and activity that are critical of Israeli policies become anti-Semitic harassment and intimidation.”

oday, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Oren Gross, Irving Younger Professor of Law and the Director of the Institute for International Legal & Security Studies at the University of Minnesota Law School, to LDB’s Academic Advisory Board.

This morning, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB), announced its next batch of Spring LDB Law Student Chapter events. LDB, a national civil rights organization based in Washington, D.C., is best known for its work fighting anti-Semitism in higher education.

This morning, the Regents of the University of California unanimously adopted a landmark set of Principles Against Intolerance. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law commends the Regents for this historic statement.

The campaign against campus anti-Semitism just took another step forward with the expansion of a major litigation initiative. This afternoon, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) announced the appointment of Jennie Gross to the position of Senior Staff Attorney.

The Brandeis Center is pleased to announce its contribution to the newly released edited volume, Antisemitism in North America: New World, Old Hate (Leiden: Brill, 2016).

This week, the Brandeis Center sent a letter to Vassar College President Catharine Bond Hill, urging Vassar to condemn recent anti-Semitic statements made by visiting Rutgers Professor Jasbir Puar. LDB is a national, non-profit civil rights organization that works to combat anti-Semitism in higher education through research, education, and legal advocacy.

This morning, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) announced its upcoming events for the month of March. This next wave of events will follow LDB’s Third Annual National Law Student Leadership Conference, held in California at the start of this week. LDB, a national civil rights organization, is best known for its work fighting anti-Semitism in higher education.