July 21, 2025 Complaint Alleges Palo Alto School District Violated Law by Pushing Through Controversial Ethnic Studies Course Without Proper Notice to Public Washington, D.C. (July 21, 2025) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and the law firm of Cohen Williams LLP filed a complaint today against the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) and the PAUSD’s Board of Education in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara, alleging that PAUSD and the Board violated […] Press Releases Press Room
July 18, 2025 Brandeis Center Scores Nation’s First Legal Decision Applying Federal Labor Law’s “Bill of Rights” to Protect Union Members From Retaliation for Combating Their Union’s Anti-Israel Crusade July 16, 2025 — The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled this week that federal labor law claims brought by union members against the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA) UAW Local 2325 could proceed, rejecting the ALAA’s motion to dismiss the case. The lawsuit was brought over the […] Press Room Press Releases
July 18, 2025 America’s mental health field is overrun with antisemitism. It’s dangerous (USA Today) Published by USA Today on 7/17/2025 by Kenneth Marcus Jewish clinicians “with Zionist affiliations” are being blacklisted on social media. An emergency room doctor who runs a Facebook group for Physician Moms removed Jews from the group. A doctor and untenured professor at University of California San Francisco Hospital tweeted that the university should investigate whether a new “Israeli” medical student […] Op-Eds
July 11, 2025 Israeli Researcher Says Stanford Shunned and Sabotaged Him After Hamas Attack (Freepress) Published by the Free Press on 7/10/2025 Shay Laps arrived at a prestigious Stanford University research laboratory from Israel in April 2024 with a mission to develop a type of insulin that could transform diabetes treatment. He had won the job after interviews more than six months earlier, and his credentials included a PhD, a […] Media Coverage
July 11, 2025 Israeli chemist sues Stanford for antisemitic discrimination after research was allegedly sabotaged (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 7/10/2025 An Israeli chemist who resigned from Stanford University is suing the school after he claims it was complicit in antisemitism that he faced at the school — including the alleged tampering with his lab results, Jewish Insider has learned. The Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Los Angeles-based law […] Media Coverage
July 11, 2025 Jewish groups, parents worry about San Francisco district’s new ethnic-studies program (JNS) Published by JNS on 7/8/2025 Maria Su, the superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, announced on June 30 that the district, which serves about 50,000 students in 122 schools, plans to introduce a new ethnic studies curriculum for the next academic year. Experts and parents told JNS that they have concerns about the curriculum, which they said […] Media Coverage
July 11, 2025 Fairfax County parents spoke up about antisemitic bullying. They say it got their kids expelled (WTOP) Published by WTOP news on 7/7/2025 Three kids who attended a Fairfax County private school were expelled after their parents complained about antisemitic bullying, according to a new complaint filed with the Virginia Attorney General’s office. In the 22-page filing, Brian Vazquez and Ashok Roy said their 11-year-old daughter faced antisemitic harassment at The Nysmith School […] Media Coverage
July 11, 2025 Jewish parents say their kids were expelled from their school for reporting antisemitism on campus (Independent) Published by the Independent on 7/3/2025 Two Jewish parents have issued a civil rights complaint against a Virginia private school for expelling their three children after their daughter reported antisemitic harassment on campus. Brian Vazquez and Ashok Roy have filed a civil rights complaint against the Nysmith School for the Gifted in Herndon, Virginia, and its director, Kenneth Nysmith. […] Media Coverage
July 11, 2025 Anti-Defamation League alleges ‘pervasive antisemitic harassment’ at Concord-Carlisle schools (Boston Globe) Published by the Boston Globe on 7/1/2025 The Anti-Defamation League said Tuesday it has filed a brief with the federal Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights alleging that the Concord-Carlisle public school system has “failed to protect Jewish students from pervasive antisemitic harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.” In a statement, the ADL said there has […] Media Coverage
July 11, 2025 Brandeis Center files complaint alleging antisemitism at Virginia private school (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 7/1/2025 The parents of an 11-year-old Jewish student at a private school in Northern Virginia say their daughter faced months of antisemitic harassment that went unaddressed by school officials, who also cancelled an annual event featuring a Holocaust survivor due to concerns that the event might exacerbate tensions related to […] Media Coverage