October 12, 2025 BDS Movement Dies in Court? Top Lawyers Promise to Smash Hollywood’s Anti-Israel Boycott (JFeed) Published by JFeed on 10/9/2025 In EXCLUSIVE interview to JFeed, Mr. Rory Lancman, Director of Corporate Initiatives and Senior Counsel at the Brandeis Center, expose the developments of the Hollywood boycott to the “Israeli Blacklist”. A major American Jewish civil rights organization has directly confronted the US film industry, sending a forceful legal warning to major studios, talent […] Media Coverage
October 1, 2025 Hollywood’s anti-Israel boycott against the law, according to Jewish civil rights group (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 10/1/2025 The current boycott by Hollywood actors, directors and other industry workers against Israeli counterparts “violates federal and state civil rights laws,” according to a letter distributed on Wednesday by a Jewish civil rights group to major U.S. film industry leaders, Jewish Insider has learned. The letter was sent by […] Media Coverage
October 1, 2025 Jewish civil-rights group warns ‘Hollywood Blacklist’ of Israeli film institutions illegal (JNS) Published by JNS on 10/1/2025 Organizations and professionals within the U.S. film industry would be violating federal and state antidiscrimination laws if they follow through with a boycott of the Israeli film industry, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law stated on Wednesday. In a letter sent to top studios, distributors, platforms, talent agencies […] Media Coverage
September 29, 2025 Lawsuit: MIT tolerated anti-Semitism, forced out Jewish researcher (Campus Reform) Published by Campus Reform on 9/22/2025 A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researcher is suing the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, alleging he was harassed and ultimately fired because of his Jewish and Israeli identity. According to the complaint, students and his supervising professor shunned him, used anti-Semitic slurs, and eventually pushed him out of the lab […] Media Coverage
September 17, 2025 Zohran Mamdani would dismantle NYC’s definition of ‘antisemitism’ approved by Holocaust remembrance group (NY Post) Published by the NY Post on 9/15/2025 Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani said he would drop a Holocaust remembrance group’s definition of “antisemitism” if he becomes mayor — a turnaround in police that has some Jewish rights advocates on edge. Mamdani confirmed he would oppose the definition used by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance if he becomes mayor, […] Media Coverage
September 15, 2025 UMass Amherst: Anti-Israel boycott related to conference dropped, nonmembers can attend (JNS) Published by JNS on 09/11/2025 The University of Massachusetts Amherst has barred an academic group that plans to hold a conference later this fall on its campus from excluding scholars who receive funding from Israeli institutions. The Coalition of Women in German, an organization based at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, is scheduled […] Media Coverage
September 10, 2025 UMass Amherst rejects BDS at upcoming academic conference (Times of Israel) Published by Times of Israel on 09/10/2025 The University of Massachusetts Amherst on Wednesday said it had banned an anti-Israel boycott at an upcoming academic conference, a move a Jewish legal advocacy group hailed as a precedent in the struggle against anti-Zionist activity on campuses. The annual conference, hosted by the Coalition of Women in […] Media Coverage
September 4, 2025 Adelphi University finds professor created ‘hostile environment’ against Jews (JNS) Published by JNS on 09/4/2025 Adelphi University stated on Aug. 15 that an investigation found “sufficient evidence” that one of the private, Garden City, N.Y. school’s professors “created a hostile environment for Adelphi’s Jewish community” via the professor’s “personal social media posts.” The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announcedthe university’s decision on […] Media Coverage
September 3, 2025 UMass Amherst reviews event it plans to host after learning organizer boycotts Israel (JNS) Published by JNS on 09/3/2025 The University of Massachusetts Amherst, a highly ranked public school, is reviewing an upcoming conference that it plans to host in November after learning that the organizer excludes scholars who receive funding from Israeli institutions. “The university has the matter under review,” Emily Gest, associate vice chancellor for news and […] Media Coverage
August 27, 2025 Fill key State Department roles, Jewish groups tell Senate leaders (JNS) Published by JNS on 08/27/2025 The Jewish Federations of North America and Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish organizations led 13 other Jewish groups in a letter to Senate leaders on Tuesday, asking the upper chamber to confirm Trump administration nominees for two key U.S. State Department positions. The groups asked Senate Majority Leader […] Media Coverage