March 26, 2024 The trickle-down effect: Antisemitism seeps into California’s K-12 schools (J Weekly) Op-ed authored by Brandeis Center General Counsel L. Rachel Lerman and published in J Weekly on 3/25/24. Throughout California and other states, we are seeing a wave of antisemitism directed at children in kindergarten through 12th grade similar to the one that has overwhelmed college campuses since Oct. 7. After the day that Hamas massacred, […] Op-Eds
October 22, 2023 What does the law of war allow in response to the Hamas attacks? (op-ed) Op-ed by NJAC Director Mark Goldfeder, published by The Hill on 10/13/23. This op-ed links to our white paper: International Humanitarian Law in Asymmetric Warfare It did not take long at all for the usual anti-Zionist politicians, pundits and members of the public to regather their composure — even after seeing pictures of the shocking atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists this weekend against innocent […] Op-Eds
October 4, 2023 THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL STRATEGY TO COUNTER ANTISEMITISM REAFFIRMS ITS USE OF THE IHRA DEFINITION (JEWISH JOURNAL) Op-ed published by Jewish Journal on 10/4/23. Biden’s National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism gets it right. Last Thursday the Biden Administration announced that as part of implementing its National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, eight more federal agencies have now officially adopted the Marcus Policy under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and will be making use of the […] Op-Eds
August 23, 2023 Anti-Zionist Harassment Is Against the Law, Too Authored by Alyza D. Lewin and published in Sapir Journal. As president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, I speak nearly every day to students on university campuses who are experiencing antisemitism. Here is what they are telling me. The students simply want to engage in classes and extracurricular activities […] Op-Eds
May 22, 2023 Any Inclusion of Nexus Will Severely Undermine Biden’s Anti-Semitism Plan (Jewish Journal) Op-Ed by Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus, published in Jewish Journal on 5/22/23 . In economics, it is an iron law that bad money drives out good. Known as Gresham’s Law, after sixteenth century English financier Sir Thomas Gresham, the rule is that when two currencies have similar face value, the more valuable will […] Op-Eds Press Room
May 18, 2023 Biden’s plan against antisemitism has potential, but it could be a major miss (Washington Examiner) Op-ed authored by Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus and published in Washington Examiner on May 18, 2023. . White House domestic policy adviser Susan Rice announced that the Biden White House is “aiming to release” its national strategy on antisemitism later this month. Expectations are appropriately high: President Joe Biden has suggested multiple times that antisemitism at the 2017 rally […] Op-Eds Press Room
May 12, 2023 Here Are 800 More Reasons to Question the United Nations (Newsweek) Op-ed authored by Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus and published in Newsweek on 5/14/23. . In just two days this week, Palestinian militants have fired nearly 800 rockets at Israel, some of which have hit populated areas. The Israeli Defense Force has responded with airstrikes against rocket-launching squads and other military sites operated by Islamic Jihad, as well […] Op-Eds Press Room
November 11, 2022 American Jews must use both Jewish pride and the law to defeat anti-Semitism (Jewish News Syndicate) Authored by Alyza D. Lewin and published in Jewish News Syndicate on 11/10/22. Adapted from the keynote address delivered at the Installation Dinner of the Brandeis Association, a Jewish bar association, in Great Neck, New York on Oct. 24, 2022. . Justice Louis D. Brandeis knew that Jewish, Zionist and American ideals were united as […] Op-Eds Press Room
October 28, 2022 BigLaw’s Jewish Problem (Algemeiner) Opinion by Kenneth L. Marcus published on The Algemeiner, on October 27, 2022. . The Jewish community has finally awakened to antisemitism on the college campus and in the streets — only to find it seeping into the corporate boardroom and, more recently, BigLaw. . Last week, White & Case LLP, a major international law […] Op-Eds Press Room
October 9, 2022 Berkeley’s Jewish-Free Zones Are Worse Than You Think, by Kenneth L. Marcus (Jewish Journal) Jewish Journal ~ By Kenneth L. Marcus ~ October 9, 2022 Berkeley’s Jewish-Free Zones Are Worse Than You Think Berkeley Law’s students have institutionalized an ancient ideology of hate, incorporating it into the legal DNA of their major identity groups. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) For all the resistance that Berkeley’s enablers have generated, the facts are […] Op-Eds Press Room