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September 30, 2025 Mob vs. justice: Lessons from Leo Frank  (JNS)

Published by JNS on 9/29/2025 by: Karen Paikin Barall The final performance of “Parade,” a Tony Award-winning musical, was held just days ago at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. It told the story of the 1913 murder of Mary Phagan, a teenage girl in Atlanta, and the flawed trial, conviction, […]
September 29, 2025 Lawsuit: MIT tolerated anti-Semitism, forced out Jewish researcher (Campus Reform)

Published by Campus Reform on 9/22/2025 A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researcher is suing the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, alleging he was harassed and ultimately fired because of his Jewish and Israeli identity. According to the complaint, students and his supervising professor shunned him, used anti-Semitic slurs, and eventually pushed him out of the lab […]
September 17, 2025 Zohran Mamdani would dismantle NYC’s definition of ‘antisemitism’ approved by Holocaust remembrance group (NY Post)

Published by the NY Post on 9/15/2025 Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani said he would drop a Holocaust remembrance group’s definition of “antisemitism” if he becomes mayor — a turnaround in police that has some Jewish rights advocates on edge. Mamdani confirmed he would oppose the definition used by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance if he becomes mayor, […]
September 17, 2025 New Victim Comes Forward in Existing Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against MIT

Israeli Scholar Pushed Out of Prestigious Postdoctoral Appointment Washington, D.C. (September 17, 2025) – Today, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed an amended complaint against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on behalf of Jewish students, researchers, and faculty, bringing forward a new victim and allegations that MIT has allowed an anti-Semitic climate to persist, […]
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September 15, 2025 Louis D. Brandeis Center Builds Leadership Team With Chief Development Officer

CFRE Shirley Hamilton Hartman will lead the team’s fundraising strategies Washington, D.C. (September 15, 2025) – Today, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announced that Shirley Hamilton Hartman will join the organization as Chief Development Officer. “We’re thrilled to welcome Shirley to the Brandeis Center team at this increasingly pivotal juncture […]
September 10, 2025 Following Brandeis Center Demand Letter, UMass Amherst To Prevent Conference From Boycotting Israelis

Washington, D.C. (September 10, 2025) – Following a letter from the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law to the University of Massachusetts Amherst leadership last week, the University announced that the upcoming Coalition of Women in German (WiG) annual academic conference must suspend its Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) policy during the conference, as it violates University anti-discrimination policies, […]
September 4, 2025 Adelphi University Rules Faculty Member Created Hostile Environment for Jews on Campus

After recent disciplining of Campus SJP chapter, Brandeis Center demands Adelphi take strong remedial action Washington, D.C. (September 4, 2025) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today commended Adelphi University for ruling that a faculty member, who is also a member of Adelphi’s Bias Response Team and faculty appointments committee, […]
September 4, 2025 Adelphi University finds professor created ‘hostile environment’ against Jews (JNS)

Published by JNS on 09/4/2025 Adelphi University stated on Aug. 15 that an investigation found “sufficient evidence” that one of the private, Garden City, N.Y. school’s professors “created a hostile environment for Adelphi’s Jewish community” via the professor’s “personal social media posts.” The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announcedthe university’s decision on […]
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