January 20, 2017 UT Hosts Film Showing to Commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day UT’s McClung Museum will host a viewing of the film Unmasked Judeophobia at 7 p.m. on January 26 in its auditorium. Media Coverage Press Room
January 19, 2017 Campus Watchdogs Laud Fordham University’s Decision to Ban Notoriously Anti-Israel Student Group Watchdogs lauded the recent decision by a New York academic institution to prevent a notoriously anti-Israel group from organizing on its campus. Media Coverage Press Room
January 13, 2017 Michigan Governor Signs Anti-BDS Bills into Law On New Year’s Eve, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed two anti-BDS bills into law. The bipartisan legislation—previously bill HB 5821 sponsored by Reps. Media Coverage Press Room
January 13, 2017 The Second Bristol-Sheffield Hallam Colloquium on Contemporary Anti-Semitism Videos from the Second Bristol-Sheffield Hallam Colloquium on Contemporary Anti-Semitism, chaired by Lesley Klaff and J.G. Campbell, are now available here. Media Coverage Press Room
January 13, 2017 Expert: ‘Paralyzed’ Education Department Unable to Protect Jews on Campus Due to System’s Lack of Antisemitism Definition A legal expert last week called the US Department of Education (DoED) “paralyzed” when it comes to protecting Jewish students, due to the absence of a system-wide definition of antisemitism. Media Coverage Press Room
January 12, 2017 LDB Commends MLA for Rejecting BDS The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) commends the Modern Language Association’s (MLA) Delegate Assembly for voting down a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions. Media Coverage Press Room
January 9, 2017 The Brandeis Center Announces the Appointment of Aviva J. Vogelstein to Director of Legal Initiatives The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) proudly announces the appointment of Aviva J. Vogelstein to Director of Legal Initiatives. Ms. Vogelstein joined the Brandeis Center in 2014, first working as a Civil Rights Legal Fellow and then as Staff Attorney. Media Coverage Press Room
January 4, 2017 Boycott Battle Ahead When the Modern Language Association’s Delegate Assembly meets this Saturday in Philadelphia, its members will take up three proposed resolutions: one endorsing the boycott of Israeli academic institutions, one opposing it and a third condemning alleged attacks on academic freedom in Palestinian universities by Palestinian political organizations. Media Coverage Press Room
December 20, 2016 Legal Group Threatens Action Against Modern Language Association Over BDS Motion That Counters Academic Organization’s Tax-Exempt Status A Jewish civil rights organization threatened a prominent academic body with legal action on the grounds that an anti-Israel motion it is considering runs counter to the group’s founding principals and tax-exempt status, The Algemeiner has learned. Media Coverage Press Room
December 20, 2016 Legal Group Threatens Action Against Modern Language Association Over BDS Motion That Counters Academic Organization’s Tax-Exempt Status A Jewish civil rights organization threatened a prominent academic body with legal action on the grounds that an anti-Israel motion it is considering runs counter to the group’s founding principals and tax-exempt status, The Algemeiner has learned. Media Coverage Press Room