November 15, 2024 Senate Republicans question Department of Education Middle East studies grants (Jewish Insider) Published by the Jewish Insider on 11/15/2024 Two Senate Republicans wrote to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Thursday, raising concerns about federal funding for Middle East studies allegedly provided to anti-Israel professors on college campuses. The letter, from Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) focused on National Resource Centers and Foreign Language Area Studies […] Media Coverage
November 11, 2024 Harvard Antisemitism Lawsuit Cleared to Proceed to Discovery Phase (The Algemeiner) Published by The Algemeiner on 11/11/2024 A lawsuit accusing Harvard University of ignoring antisemitism has been cleared to proceed to discovery, a phase of the case which may unearth damaging revelations about how college officials discussed and crafted policy responses to anti-Jewish hatred before and after Hamas’s massacre across southern Israel last Oct. 7. The […] Media Coverage
November 8, 2024 Trump’s election puts greater pressure on universities to crack down on antisemitism (Jewish Insider) Published by the Jewish Insider on 11/8/2024 Brandeis Center founder Ken Marcus: ‘We know that this is an issue that is going to be prominent on the agenda of the incoming administration’ President-elect Donald Trump ran on a promise that, if reelected, U.S. universities would lose accreditation and federal support over the unprecedented level of […] Media Coverage
November 7, 2024 District judge lets suit proceed that alleges Harvard didn’t sufficiently curb Jew-hatred (Jewish News Syndicate) Published by the Jewish News Syndicate on 11/7/2024 The Brandeis Center, which is suing the university, called the decision a “huge win for Jewish students.” Richard Stearns, a judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, ruled on Tuesday that a Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law suit against […] Media Coverage
November 6, 2024 Split preliminary ruling on Harvard antisemitism case (Jewish Insider) Published by the Jewish Insider on 11/5/2024. A federal lawsuit against Harvard University that alleges the school has ignored the harassment of Jewish students for more than a year is set to begin after a U.S. District Court judge on Tuesday rejected Harvard’s request for dismissal, but denied claims that the school directly discriminated against Jewish and […] Media Coverage
November 1, 2024 House Report on Campus Antisemitism Details Need for Colleges to ‘Restore Order’ (Inside Higher Ed) Published by Inside Higher Ed on 11/1/2024 House Republicans lambasted private elite colleges and some state flagship universities for how they’ve handled pro-Palestinian protests in a new report in which they argue that antisemitism has engulfed college campuses and administrators prioritized “terrorist sympathizers” over the Jewish community. In the scathing 325-page report released Thursday, Republicans on House Education and […] Media Coverage
October 31, 2024 Texas court ruling signals setback for efforts to define Jew-hatred on campus (JNS) Published by JNS on 10/31/2024 A federal court in Texas signaled on Tuesday that it intends to roll back measures taken by the state’s universities to protect Jews on campus. In March, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed an executive order, GA-44, instructing the state’s public universities to include the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working […] Media Coverage
October 9, 2024 Campus Protest Investigations Hang Over Schools as New Academic Year Begins (New York Times) Published by The New York Times on 10/5/2024 Dozens of discrimination complaints brought by conservative and pro-Jewish groups after the Oct. 7 attacks last year have spawned lengthy federal inquiries that some worry could chill free speech on campus. With a new academic year well underway, more than 60 colleges and universities are still under […] Media Coverage
October 4, 2024 Complaint: UW Failed to Address “Rampant” Antisemitism on Campus (Jewish Journal) Published on 10/4/24 by the Jewish Journal The Louis Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announced on Oct. 1 that they have filed a complaint to the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) against the University of Washington (UW) for failing to properly address “rampant” antisemitism on campus. The complaint notes that […] Media Coverage
October 2, 2024 Five Jewish college students report being assaulted in the last month, as Oct. 7 anniversary approaches (NBC News) Published on 10/2/24 by NBC News University of Pittsburgh students Asher Goodwin and Ilan Gordon were walking to the first Shabbat service of the school year on Aug. 30 wearing yarmulkes. As they made their way to the campus Hillel building, they said, an older man wearing a keffiyeh approached them from behind and started […] Media Coverage