February 16, 2016 Major Law School Programs in Atlanta, Berkeley, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia and Seattle to Culminate in Bay Area Confab This afternoon, LDB announced topics and speakers for its Third Annual National Law Student Leadership Conference to be held in the San Francisco Bay Area later this month, culminating an extraordinary amount of LDB chapter activity at law schools around the country. Press Releases Press Room
January 12, 2016 LDB Welcomes Alex Goldberg The Brandeis Center welcomes their newest team member, Alex Goldberg, who will be joining the organization for a Spring 2016 Communications & Development internship. Press Releases Press Room
January 8, 2016 LDB Explains the New Anti-Semitism ouis D. Brandeis Center President Kenneth L. Marcus has contributed important scholarship on “The Ideology of the New Anti-Semitism” to Indiana University scholar Alvin Rosenfeld’s landmark new edited volume, Deciphering the New Antisemitism. Press Releases Press Room
December 18, 2015 Brandeis Center Warns Tower Foundation Against Divestment he Brandeis Center applauds San Jose State University’s (SJSU) Tower Foundation for voting not to divest from companies that do business with Israel but regrets that it permitted a discriminatory anti-Israel boycott to be brought forward for a vote. Press Releases Press Room
December 8, 2015 LDB Signs Joint Letter Urging University of Central Florida To Publicly Condemn Anti-Semitic Posting Today, the Brandeis Center joined the AMCHA Initiative and 32 other organizations issuing a letter in response to a series of anti-Semitic stickers and flyers that were found at the University of Central Florida (UCF) campus. Press Releases Press Room
November 25, 2015 LDB Law Students Petition in Support of Embattled Texas Law Professor This morning, students at eighteen United States law schools issued a statement in support of Dr. Ami Pedahzur, an Israel Studies professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Pedahzur had been assailed by anti-Israel activists for his effort to host an academic presentation on the Israeli Defense Forces. Press Releases Press Room
November 24, 2015 LDB Praises Hunter College Statement, While Urging Further Action This afternoon, the Brandeis Center applauded the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Hunter College for condemning anti-Semitism on its campus as an important first step, while still urging further action from CUNY administrators. Press Releases Press Room
November 23, 2015 LDB Applauds Congressional Taskforce on Anti-Semitism Today, the Louis D. Brandeis Center praised the Bipartisan Taskforce for Combating Anti-Semitism in the House of Representatives for its briefing on Tuesday, November 3, on campus anti-Semitism. Press Releases Press Room
November 20, 2015 Rachel Lerman Elected Vice President of National Civil Rights Group The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) is pleased to announce that Rachel Lerman was elected Vice President during the organization’s Annual Meeting on October 26, 2015. Press Releases Press Room
November 17, 2015 LDB Urges University of Texas to Condemn Recent Attack on Free Speech Yesterday, the Louis D. Brandeis Center urged University of Texas at Austin President Gregory L. Fenves to condemn a recent attack on free speech on his campus. The Brandeis Center is a national civil rights legal advocacy organization, best known for its work fighting anti-Semitism in higher education. Press Releases Press Room