October 25, 2021 Jewish Rights Groups Call Out D.C. Climate Group for Its Alleged Anti-Semitic Stance (Newsweek) Newsweek BY CARLY MAYBERRY ON 10/22/21 AT 6:13 PM EDT ~ Jewish Rights groups are condemning what they see as anti-Semitic sentiment by the Washington, D.C. affiliate of climate group Sunrise Movement for their refusal to participate in Saturday’s voting rights rally because “Zionist groups” are taking part. The Anti-Defamation League, pro-Israel nonprofit StandWithUs and Israel on […] Media Coverage Press Room
October 12, 2021 County Jewish Federation establishes hotline to report anti-Semitism (Hudson Valley One) Hudson Valley One /by Violet Snow/September 30, 2021/ If you experience, or witness first-hand, an anti-Semitic act in Ulster County, you have somewhere to turn for help. The Jewish Federation of Ulster County (UCJF) has launched a hotline, (845) 859-9858, which will be monitored 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to accept reports […] Media Coverage Press Room
October 8, 2021 Universities push anti-Israel statements, professors push back (Forward) Forward ~ by Rachel Hale, October 7, 2021~ Senior Chloe Levian has spent little over a week back at the University of California, Los Angeles, but has already added an additional stressor to her workload: handling anti-Zionism on campus. “Israel’s definitely a divisive topic here. The department statements have just made it very difficult to want […] Media Coverage Press Room
October 7, 2021 LDB Mourns the Passing of Neal Sher The Louis D. Brandeis Center Mourns the Passing of Neal M. Sher A Member of Our Legal Advisory Board The Louis D. Brandeis Center mourns the passing of long-time advisory board member Neal Sher, an active member of the LDB community and a prominent attorney who formerly headed the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of […] Media Coverage Press Room
October 7, 2021 New Website Allows Students to Report Anti-Semitic Incidents (Inside Higher Ed) New Website Allows Students to Report Anti-Semitic Incidents ~ By Maria Carrasco October 7, 2021 ~ A new online portal allows Jewish students and others to report anti-Semitic incidents and hate crimes on college campuses. The website, ReportCampusHate.org, was created by Hillel International, the Anti-Defamation League and the Secure Community Network, a safety and security initiative […] Media Coverage Press Room
September 28, 2021 It’s the Bullying, Stupid: The Anti-Israel Lobby Targets Jewish Kids on Campus By Jeff Robbins Creators.com With a new academic year underway, Jewish college students across America are in receipt of yet more empirical evidence that the anxiety they are experiencing is not a figment of their imaginations. A poll released last week by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law found that more than 65% of […] Media Coverage Press Room
September 20, 2021 Everybody Hates the Jews (Common Sense with Bari Weiss on Substack) Substack – Common Sense with Bari Weiss ~ Bari Weiss – September 20, 2021 ~ Everybody hates the Jews. That’s the refrain from the brilliant satirist Tom Lehrer in “National Brotherhood Week,” a song that I had memorized by the time I was ten, given that I was raised by the kind of dad who made sure […] Media Coverage Press Room
September 20, 2021 Survey of Jewish fraternity and sorority finds most respondents experienced antisemitism on campus (JTA) JTA BY BEN SALES SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 5:59 PM — A survey of members of AEPi and AEPhi, the most prominent national Jewish fraternity and sorority, found that large numbers of respondents have experienced antisemitism on campus. The survey also found that about half of respondents have felt the need to hide their Jewish identity on campus […] Media Coverage Press Room
September 3, 2021 If you are going to spell it ‘antisemitism,’ then you should remove the hyphen from ‘anti-Zionism’ by Kenneth L. Marcus (JTA) JTA ~ KENNETH L. MARCUS (September 3, 2021 ~ 10:00 AM) (JTA) — Deborah Lipstadt, recently named by President Joe Biden as the U.S. Special Envoy To Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, won’t just combat anti-Semitism but may well eliminate it. And that would be a mistake. To be clear, the Emory University historian is a fierce opponent […] Media Coverage Press Room
August 18, 2021 Family of slain teenager makes headway in decades-old terror funding lawsuit (Jewish Insider) Jewish Insider ~ By Melissa Weiss [August 18, 2021] David Boim was 17 years old when he was shot and killed by a Hamas terrorist at a West Bank bus stop in May 1996. The legal battle waged by his parents to hold accountable U.S.-based organizations that contributed funds to Hamas has lasted far longer than the […] Media Coverage Press Room