July 10, 2017 Pro-Israel Groups Claim Criminal Action Took Place at UC-Irvine Protest, Call on School to Hold Perpetrators ‘Accountable’ Three major pro-Israel groups have claimed that University of California-Irvine (UCI) students committed criminal acts at a protest of a Zionist event in May and have now called on the administration to hold the perpetrators “accountable.” Media Coverage Press Room
July 3, 2017 Top ACLU Official: Israel ‘Exploiting’ Antisemitism to ‘Encourage’ Jewish Immigration A high-level official at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has accused the Israeli government of exploiting antisemitism so as to secure greater Jewish immigration to Israel – leading one senior Jewish human rights advocate to counter that the veteran civil rights organization is actively compromising the fight against anti-Jewish prejudice. Media Coverage Press Room
June 26, 2017 Anti-Semitism seen on the rise again in nation, Oregon Anti-Semitism is on the rise again in America — and Oregon — according to the director of community relations for the Jewish Federation of Portland. Media Coverage Press Room
June 21, 2017 Advocacy Groups Charge UC Irvine with Failing to Protect Pro-Israel Students’ Rights Fifty Jewish, civil rights and education advocacy groups recently wrote to University of California Irvine (UCI) Chancellor Howard Gillman demanding he publicly address the Media Coverage Press Room
June 19, 2017 Congratulations to Aviva Vogelstein he Louis D. Brandeis Center would like to congratulate its Director of Legal Initiatives, Aviva Vogelstein, on receiving the Daniel Siegel Memorial Alumni Award from her former high school last Sunday. Media Coverage Press Room
June 15, 2017 Campus Watchdog Says It Got ‘Completely Inadequate’ Response From UC-Irvine on Anti-Israel Group’s Repeated Violations of Free Speech The founder of a campus watchdog group said the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has offered a “completely inadequate” response to a letter sent to the chancellor demanding serious action after a student disruption of a pro-Israel event last month. Media Coverage Press Room
June 14, 2017 Modern Language Association Overwhelmingly Passes Anti-BDS Motion On June 14, 2017, the Modern Language Association (MLA) announced that a resolution against BDS had been ratified by their members, passing by a wide margin of 1,954 votes in favor to 885 against. Resolution 2017-1 states: “Whereas endorsing the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel contradicts the MLA’s purpose to promote teaching and research on language and literature… Media Coverage Press Room
June 14, 2017 50 Groups Urge Immediate Response to SJP Disruption in Framework of Principles Against Intolerance The Louis D. Brandeis Center joined the AMCHA Initiative and nearly 50 other groups in urging an immediate response from UC Irvine over a recent hostile incident in the letter below. LDB had already written to Chancellor Gilman on this matter immediately after the incident had occurred. Media Coverage Press Room
May 11, 2017 Bill defining anti-Semitism on South Carolina college campuses stalls for the year The South Carolina Senate on Thursday put the brakes on a bill that would spell out a specific definition for anti-Semitism on state college campuses. Media Coverage Press Room
April 28, 2017 South Carolina Senate Committee Unanimously Approves Campus Anti-Semitism Bill The South Carolina Senate’s higher education subcommittee on Thursday unanimously approved S. 3643, a bill to combat campus anti-Semitism. Media Coverage Press Room