January 25, 2023 The Brandeis Center Hires Civil Rights Legal Fellow Deena Margolies Washington, D.C. (January 25, 2023) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is pleased to announce the appointment of Deena Margolies as the organization’s newest Civil Rights Legal Fellow. . Ms. Margolies, a graduate of Northwestern School of Law, is part of the Brandeis Center’s Legal Initiatives Group. During her six-month […] Press Releases Press Room
January 9, 2023 Statement from U.S. Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights on Title VI Protection from Discrimination Based on Shared Ancestry or Ethnic Characteristics Recognizing the “rise in reports of anti-Semitic incidents,” Assistant Secretary Catherine E. Lhamon emphasized on January 4, 2023, that current Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) guidance “affirms OCR’s commitment to complying with” former President Donald Trump’s “Executive Order 13899 on Combating Anti-Semitism.” As Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus has explained in […] Press Releases Press Room
December 16, 2022 Alana H. Rotter Joins Brandeis Center Legal Advisory Board The Brandeis Center is elated to announce that Alana H. Rotter, Esq. has joined its Legal Advisory Board. . Board member Rotter is a partner with the firm Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, where her practice focuses on appeals and writ petitions in many fields – including trusts and probate, profit participation and other contract disputes, […] Press Releases Press Room
December 15, 2022 Avi Zinger’s Statement on Unilever/Ben & Jerry’s Settlement Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-57254 . Washington, D.C., (December 15, 2022): Avi Zinger, issued the following statement in response to the settlement reached today by Unilever and Ben & Jerry’s: . “I am pleased that the litigation between Unilever and the independent Board of Ben & Jerry’s has been resolved. There is no change to the agreement I made with […] Press Releases Press Room
December 13, 2022 Brandeis Center Calls on FBI to Correct Erroneous Hate Crimes Data Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 . Washington, D.C. (December 13, 2022): The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law calls on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to correct an important new report that understates anti-Semitic hate crimes. Today, the FBI released hate crime data which indicates, erroneously, that hate crimes against Jews decreased last year. The reason […] Press Releases Press Room
December 12, 2022 Brandeis Center Commends Virginia Anti-Semitism Commission The Brandeis Center commends the Virginia Commission to Combat Anti-Semitism on the strength of its new report “Combating Antisemitism in Virginia,” released this month, and announces its willingness to provide the support that the Commission urges Virginia state officials to seek from the Brandeis Center and other organizations. . Chief among the report’s recommendations is […] Press Releases Press Room
September 16, 2022 Brandeis Center/Jewish on Campus call UVM Garimella’s ‘dismissive’ response to federal investigation into anti-Semitism ‘astonishingly inadequate’ and ‘offensive’ Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 . FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . Yesterday, after news broke that the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating anti-Semitism at the University of Vermont, President Suresh V. Garimella sent his university community an astonishingly inadequate and offensive response to the Title VI anti-Semitism complaint that the Louis […] Press Releases Press Room
September 14, 2022 The Brandeis Center Hires Attorney Ben Alkon Washington, D.C. (September 14, 2022) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Alkon as the organization’s newest full-time attorney. . Mr. Alkon, a 2020 graduate of George Washington University Law School, will work on legal advocacy initiatives, including investigations of anti-Semitic incidents on campus, […] Press Releases Press Room
September 13, 2022 U.S. Dept of Ed Opens Investigation Into Anti-Semitism at the University of Vermont Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 Jewish Sexual Assault Survivors Shut Out of Another University Support Group . Washington, D.C., September 13, 2022: The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint alleging Jewish students at the University of Vermont (UVM) have been subjected to severe and […] Press Releases Press Room
August 18, 2022 Jewish Sexual Assault Victims Expelled from Support Group File Complaint with U.S. Department of Education Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 . Washington, D.C., August 18, 2022 : Two Jewish State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz students kicked out of a sexual assault awareness group and then cyberbullied, harassed and threatened, over their Jewish and Israeli identities, filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for […] Press Releases Press Room