November 4, 2018 Advocacy Group Pioneering ‘Revolutionary Approach’ in Fighting Anti-Semitism The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, in conjunction with Hasbara Fellowships, on Friday launched the innovative JIGSAW Initiative, an unprecedented pilot program to train law students to combat and prevent resurgent anti-Semitism. Media Coverage Press Room
November 2, 2018 Brandeis Center launches initiative to train law students to fight anti-Semitism In the aftermath of the Oct. 27 shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh, a new initiative was launched on Friday for law students to fight anti-Semitism. Media Coverage Press Room
November 2, 2018 It’s Not Just Dumb Neo-Nazis, It’s Your Smart College Student: Anti-Semitism Spikes Most in Colleges In the wake of the Pittsburgh synagogue mass murder, Americans have realized anti-Semitism is definitely on the rise. Some people hear about this bigotry here in America and they tend to blame people on the Right. But often it’s coming from the Left and many times these days it’s right on college campuses. Media Coverage Press Room
November 1, 2018 Pro-Israel Groups Urge U-Mich to Crack Down on Academic Boycotts Pro-Israel groups StandWithUs, The Lawfare Project and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, penned a letter to University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel and the university’s board of regents, urging the administration to crack down on academic boycotts of Israel among faculty members. Media Coverage Press Room
October 28, 2018 The Louis D. Brandeis Center Condemns the Anti-Semitic Synagogue Shooting in Pittsburgh, PA Our hearts, thoughts and prayers are with the Squirrel Hill Jewish community and the families of the victims of the horrific anti-Semitic shooting that took place yesterday at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Media Coverage Press Room
September 22, 2018 Anti-Israel Speech on Campus “U.S. Revives Rutgers Bias Case in New Tack on Anti-Semitism” (front page, Sept. 12) asserted that our organization, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, presses campuses to “squelch anti-Israel speech and activities” and urges “colleges and universities to discipline students who are part of the B.D.S. movement” (Boycott, Divest, Sanctions). Nothing could be further from the truth. Media Coverage Press Room
September 12, 2018 Rutgers to cooperate with U.S. Education Department’s reopening of anti-Semitism probe As reports of anti-Semitic incidents on college campuses rise, the U.S. Department of Education’s office of civil rights has reopened a probe, previously closed under President Barack Obama’s administration, of 2011 allegations that Rutgers University discriminated against Jewish students, the New York Times reported. Media Coverage Press Room
September 12, 2018 Trump’s Education Department weighs in on anti-Semitism case President Donald Trump’s Education Department has reopened an old discrimination case against Rutgers University and is revisiting what constitutes anti-Semitism. Media Coverage Press Room
September 12, 2018 New York Times smears Trump education official, downplays campus anti-Semitism Speaking truth to power in the age of Trump apparently means downplaying anti-Semitism. At least, that’s the takeaway from an indefensibly ugly article published this week by the New York Times. Media Coverage Press Room
July 24, 2018 L.A. City Attorney Mulls Prosecution of Anti-Israel Disruptors of UCLA Event It began as yet another frustrating example of a university refusing to take swift action in a case of aggressive disruption of a pro-Israel event. The belligerent shutdown of a Students Supporting Israel panel discussion occurred at UCLA on May 17, 2018. Media Coverage Press Room