Media Coverage

Published by The Algemeiner on 1/7/2026 Virginia’s outgoing attorney general on Monday implored the commonwealth’s K-12 schools to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, citing a dramatic increase in antisemitic hate crimes occurring in 2024 alongside an overall reduction in crime. “Every student has the right to learn in an environment free […]

Published by JNS on 1/5/2026 Jason Miyares, Virginia attorney general, urged K-12 public school superintendents and boards in the commonwealth to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of Jew-hatred in their codes of conduct and discrimination policies. “The IHRA definition provides schools with a clear framework to recognize and respond to antisemitic conduct […]

Published by Politico on 1/4/2026 President Donald Trump disrupted universities and school districts in 2025 through sheer executive muscle. Now comes the harder part: making sure his policies outlast his presidency. Trump signed a dizzying number of education-related executive orders — spanning from diversity initiatives to college oversight — launched a barrage of civil rights […]

Published by The Algemeiner on 12/18/2025 Guinness World Records is guilty of false advertising for refusing to log the accomplishments of Israelis in its publications, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has complained to the US Federal Trade Commission in a letter demanding that the agency use its authority to stop […]

Published by Inside Higher Ed on 12/15/2025 Both Pomona College and the University of California settled antisemitism allegations last week.  Pomona’s agreement resolves an antisemitism complaint filed with the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights in April 2024, amid intense pro-Palestinian protests on the California campus. In the 27-page deal, the private college “acknowledges that many Jewish students […]

Published by the Jewish Journal on 12/15/2025 Pomona College has reached a voluntary resolution agreement with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (Brandeis Center), and Hillel International following allegations of antisemitism. In April of 2024, the Brandeis Center, Hillel International, and the ADL filed the federal complaint […]

Published by the Daily Californian on 12/12/2025 The UC Board of Regents settled a discrimination lawsuit filed earlier this year by UC Berkeley visiting dance professor Yael Nativ on Monday. Under the settlement, campus acknowledged that Nativ faced discrimination based on her Israeli national origin when her application to return to teach was denied, which is a […]

Published by The Jewish Voice on 12/11/2025 The University of California, Berkeley’s agreement this week to pay a substantial monetary settlement and issue a formal apology to Israeli dance scholar Dr. Yael Nativ marks far more than the conclusion of a personnel dispute. It encapsulates a deeper reckoning within American higher education — one in […]

Published by The Press Enterprise on 12/11/2025 A settlement has been reached after a complaint alleging Pomona College allowed discrimination and harassment of Jewish students. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, Hillel International and the Anti-Defamation League announced in a Wednesday, Dec. 10, news release that the settlement would lead to reforms to address antisemitism and enhance protections for […]

Published by The Algemeiner on 12/10/2025 The University of California, Berkeley has agreed to pay a five-figure sum to settle claims that it unlawfully denied a teaching position to a dance instructor because she is Israeli, both the victim’s legal counsel, provided by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, and the school […]