July 2, 2025 Prestigious Virginia K-8 School Hit with Civil Rights Complaint over Environment ‘Hostile to Jews’ (Free Beacon) Published by the Free Beacon on 7/1/2025 The prestigious Nysmith School in Northern Virginia received a civil rights complaint Tuesday for allegedly expelling three Jewish students who faced anti-Semitic harassment and whom the school’s headmaster told to “toughen up” after they reported the conduct. The Nysmith School, known as one of the top 10 institutions in the country for […] Media Coverage
July 1, 2025 ADL, Brandeis Center, and Mayer Brown File Federal Civil Rights Brief Detailing Rampant Antisemitic Abuse at Concord-Carlisle High School New York, NY (July 1, 2025) – ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, and a pro bono team at the law firm Mayer Brown yesterday filed a brief with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) alleging that officials at the Concord-Carlisle Regional School […] Press Releases Press Room
July 1, 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
July 1, 2025 Jewish Civil Rights Scholar Urges US Congress to Respond to Antisemitism Crisis (Algemeiner) Published by Algemeiner on 6/27/2026 Civil rights scholar Kenneth Marcus on Tuesday implored US lawmakers to recognize rising antisemitic violence as the civil rights issue of this era and enact a robust policy response to it before the country is irreparably harmed. Marcus, who is chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights […] Media Coverage
July 1, 2025 MIT Slapped With Lawsuit for ‘Severe and Pervasive Discrimination’ of Jewish, Israeli Students (Haaretz) Published by Haaretz on 6/25/2025 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was sued on Wednesday for enabling a “hostile antisemitic environment on campus” that discriminated against Jewish and Israeli students and deprived them of equal educational and professional opportunities. The suit was filed by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law on behalf of two […] Media Coverage
July 1, 2025 Lawsuit: MIT professor harassed Israeli researcher, Jewish student as president stood by (MassLive) Published by MassLive on 6/25/2025 A federal lawsuit filed against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology this week accuses a tenured professor of harassing an Israeli researcher and Jewish student, to the point where the student left the university. Meanwhile, the suit claims that MIT President Sally Kornbluth and other top administrators stood idly by. The […] Media Coverage
July 1, 2025 Explosive MIT Antisemitism Lawsuit Says University Ignored Blatant Hate Incidents (Algemeiner) Published by Algemeiner on 6/25/2025 An explosive lawsuit was filed on Wednesday by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law on behalf of two Massachusetts Institute of Technology affiliates, including a former doctoral candidate, who allege that the university’s administration failed to address rampant antisemitic discrimination in violation of Title VI of the Civil […] Media Coverage
July 1, 2025 Nysmith School in Herndon, VA Expelled 6th Grade Victim of Anti-Semitic Bullying Washington, D.C. (July 1, 2025) – Today, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Dillon PLLC filed a complaint on behalf of a Jewish family with the Office for Civil Rights in the Virginia Attorney General’s Office against Nysmith School for violating the Virginia Human Rights Act. According to the filing, […] Press Releases Press Room
June 27, 2025 Former JFNA Vice President Joins Louis D. Brandeis Center as Chief Policy Officer Washington, D.C. (June 26, 2025) – Today, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announced that Karen Paikin Barall, former Vice President of Government Relations for Jewish Federations of North America, will join the organization as Chief Policy Officer. As Chief Policy Officer, Paikin Barall will lead the multi-year public policy, advocacy, […] Press Releases
June 26, 2025 Brandeis Center files suit against MIT for antisemitic discrimination and harassment against Jewish students (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 6/25/2025 The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed suit in federal court in Massachusetts on Wednesday on behalf of two Jewish students, alleging that the university and a tenured professor violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including harassment on social media and […] Media Coverage