December 18, 2023 As antisemitism spikes on campuses, remember that colleges are also workplaces (The Hill) Op-ed authored by Brandeis Center Director of Corporate Initiatives Rory Lancman, published in The Hill on 12/18/23 The scenes of Jewish students experiencing antisemitism on college campuses are frightening. But colleges are also workplaces, and the antisemitism that Jewish staff and faculty are experiencing is no less frightening for its intensity, their inability to avoid it and their […] Media Coverage
December 18, 2023 Kenneth Marcus Discusses Campus Anti-Semitism Lawsuit at UC Berkeley on Fox News Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education (JAFE) member and UC Berkeley grad student Hannah Schlacter also featured. 12/17/23 Media Coverage
December 18, 2023 New Study Highlights Campus Antisemitism ‘Hot Spots’ (Inside Higher Ed) Published 12/15/23 by Insider Higher Ed; Story by Jessica Blake A survey of about 2,000 Jewish students across the country found their perceptions of antisemitism varied from one campus to another. A new report by Brandeis University says Jewish students’ perceptions of campus climate vary “dramatically” from institution to institution. The report, released Thursday by the […] Media Coverage
December 18, 2023 The Fall of Penn’s President Brings Campus Free Speech to a Crossroads (New York Times) Published 12/14/23 in New York Times; Story by Vimal Patel Before the Israel-Hamas war, universities were already engulfed in debates over what kinds of speech are acceptable. The toppling of the University of Pennsylvania’s president, Elizabeth Magill — four days after her testimony before Congress on whether to punish students if they called for genocide — […] Media Coverage
December 14, 2023 Biden Administration Again Delays Civil Rights Protections Against Antisemitism (Algemeiner) Published 12/14/23 by The Algemeiner; Story by Dion J. Pierre The administration of US President Joe Biden has once again delayed issuing new federal regulations that would apply the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism to civil rights investigations, a measure that lawmakers and advocates have said would help protect Jewish students from anti-Zionist discrimination and […] Media Coverage
December 11, 2023 Kenneth Marcus Discusses Campus Anti-Semitism Congressional Hearing (Newsnation, 12/5/23) Media Coverage
December 11, 2023 College presidents face down House Republicans over antisemitism response (Politico) Published by Politico on 12/5/23; Story by Bianca Quilantan Few members of the GOP conference will likely be able to resist the opportunity to needle some of the nation’s elite schools. The strife that’s consumed college campuses over the Israel-Hamas war is about to culminate in a classic Washington ritual: a public shaming. Tensions over the nearly […] Media Coverage
December 11, 2023 The Fallout: What the Antisemitism Hearing Could Mean for Higher Education (Inside Higher Education) Published 12/7/23 in Insider Higher Ed; Story by Katherine Knott After Republicans grilled three university presidents on Capitol Hill, experts weigh in on the broader implications for public opinion and the politics of colleges and universities. The failure of three college presidents to clearly say Tuesday that calling for the genocide of Jewish people violated their […] Media Coverage
December 4, 2023 On the last day of the Global Conference for Israel in Denver, protestors and attendees say they feel unsafe (CBS Colorado) Published by CBS Colorado on 12/3/23; Story by Michael Abeyta While the Jewish National Fund’s Global Conference for Israel wrapped up on Sunday, a local chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace held a march that shut down part of Speer Boulevard in Denver. “Our Jewish values tell us that all life is sacred,” said Siena Mann with Jewish Voice […] Media Coverage
November 29, 2023 Brandeis Center files lawsuit against UC Berkeley for hostile campus environment (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 11/28/23; Story by Haley Cohen UC Berkeley professor: ‘There’s a group of students who feel free to say the nastiest slurs as long as they substitute Zionist for Jew’ Citing claims of a “longstanding, unchecked spread of antisemitism” on the University of California, Berkeley’s campus, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights […] Media Coverage