Media Coverage

February 23, 2021 Tufts student alleges antisemitism and harassment at university (Jewish Insider)

Jewish Insider ~ By Melissa Weiss ~ February 23, 2021 A Tufts University student leader has accused the school of failing to protect him during “a months-long campaign of intimidation, harassment and discrimination” spearheaded by student government leaders and the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).Max Price, a junior at Tufts, is one of […]

February 22, 2021 Building an effective 9/11 commission for the Capitol riots by Kenneth L. Marcus (The Hill)

The Hill ~ BY KENNETH L. MARCUS, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 02/22/21 01:00 PM EST Now that the impeachment is over, the question is: what next? Some will say we should move on. But we cannot move on without a reckoning. This reckoning must determine the failures that led to the Capitol riot, prevent future crises and […]

February 17, 2021 Boosting BDS: A federal court decision that should be vacated by Nathan Lewin (JNS)

JNS.org ~ By Nathan Lewin (February 17, 2021 / JNS) A federal appeals court has just issued a pernicious constitutional ruling that should promptly be voided. In March 2017, the Arkansas legislature, by a unanimous vote of its Senate and a 69-3 vote of its House, passed a law designed to deter boycotts against Israel. Copying the text of a […]

February 9, 2021 This was a hateful and Anti-Semitic act;” Student’s Israeli flag egged NEWS (WCIA.com)

by: Jen Lask (WCIA.com) Posted: Feb 9, 2021 / 10:33 PM CST / Updated: Feb 9, 2021 / 10:40 PM CST CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Members of the University of Illinois’ Jewish community are on edge after a student said someone egged the Israeli flag hanging outside on his balcony. The incident happened early Monday morning just after 1:00. Jeremy […]

January 26, 2021 Who will defend Jewish students against anti-Semites? By Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS)

JNS.org ~ By Jonathan S. Tobin ~ (January 25, 2021 / JNS) Following the U.S. Capitol riot, there has been a renewed emphasis on the threat from white-supremacist hate groups from the Biden administration, much of the media as well as the organized Jewish community. The anti-Semitic imagery seen at the rally organized by former President Donald Trump […]

January 15, 2021 Ten Surprising Highlights from OCR’s New Annual Report (The Federalist Society)

The Federalist Society ~ Civil Rights Group ~ On January 13, the Trump Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which I headed earlier in the administration, released its Annual Report to the Secretary, the President, and the Congress for fiscal year 2020. In doing so, my successor, Acting Assistant Secretary Kimberly Richey, moved with impressive speed to […]

January 14, 2021 We don’t have adequate tools to combat domestic terrorism. Biden should change that. By Kenneth L. Marcus (JTA)

We don’t have adequate tools to combat domestic terrorism. Biden should change that. by Kenneth L. Marcus JTA The Capitol riot should be a wake-up call for those who did not hear the alarm four years ago at Charlottesville. The riot wasn’t just an assault on the seat of America’s government, although it is surely that, […]

January 8, 2021 “Biden Has New Tools to Fight Anti-Semitism” by Kenneth L. Marcus (Jewish News Syndicate)

Biden has new tools to fight anti-Semitism (JNS) JNS.org By Kenneth L. Marcus (January 8, 2021 / JNS) President-elect Joe Biden has two new tools that can help him in his professed priority to strengthen international ties, support human rights and combat anti-Semitism. The new tools play well to Biden’s foreign-relations experience and enduring belief in internationalism, which […]

January 5, 2021 Brandeis Center Appoints Judd A. Serotta to LDB Board of Directors

Washington, D.C., January 5, 2021: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) is pleased to announce the return of Judd A. Serotta, Esq., to the Center’s Board of Directors. During LDB’s Annual Meeting, Mr. Serotta was appointed Secretary of the Corporation, a position that he had held during his prior stint on […]

December 28, 2020 A Retrospective Look of this Past Hanukkah (Opinion by Ian Katsnelson ~ The Times of Israel)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR ~ Ian Katsnelson is an undergraduate Jewish student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A junior double majoring in Biology and Political Science, Ian has been on the frontlines of Antizionism and Antisemitism at his University, in addition to serving two terms as the only Jewish student Senator. A Retrospective Look […]

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