June 6, 2024 North Carolina School Settles Antisemitism Complaint Alleging Abuse of Eighth-Grader (Algemeiner) Published in The Algemeiner on 6/4/24; Story by Dion Pierre The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has prevailed in its latest civil rights case brought forth on behalf of a North Carolina middle schooler who was bullied for being “perceived” as Jewish. Last week, the nonprofit civil rights group announced that […] Media Coverage
June 6, 2024 Anti-Semitic bullying reported at Davidson charter school leads to policy changes (Queen City News, North Carolina) DAVIDSON, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS; June 5, 2024) — A Davidson charter school has agreed to make changes around harassment and training after a complaint was filed that detailed a student enduring anti-Semitic bullying from classmates. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed a complaint on behalf of the Community School of […] Media Coverage
May 30, 2024 NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL AGREES TO SETTLE US EDUCATION DEPT ANTI-SEMITISM COMPLAINT INVOLVING NON-JEWISH BOY Mother of bullied middle-schooler testified at Congressional briefing this month Washington, D.C., May 30, 2024: A North Carolina public charter school agreed to settle a U.S. Department of Education investigation into severe, persistent, and pervasive anti-Semitic bullying that went unaddressed in one of its charter schools for two full academic years. The settlement requires the […] Press Releases
May 22, 2024 HARVARD SUED FOR TOLERATING RAMPANT AND PERVASIVE ANTI-SEMITISM Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 Complaint accuses Harvard of being “deliberately indifferent” and adopting double standard when it comes to Jew-hatred Washington, D.C., May 22, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is suing Harvard University for leaving “cruel anti-Semitic bullying, harassment, and discrimination” unaddressed for years, pre- and post-10/7. According to […] Press Releases
May 16, 2024 UC SANTA BARBARA HIT WITH FEDERAL COMPLAINT FOR PERMITTING RELENTLESS HARASSMENT OF JEWISH STUDENT PRESIDENT Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 Washington, D.C., May 16, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today filed a federal civil rights complaint against the University of Santa Barbara (UCSB) for leaving its own student government president, Tessa Veksler, utterly vulnerable to severe and persistent anti-Semitic bullying, harassment, intimidation, and threats. The […] Press Releases
May 9, 2024 FEDERAL COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST POMONA & OCCIDENTAL COLLEGES FOR SEVERE ANTI-SEMITIC BULLYING, INTIMIDATION AND PHYSICAL THREATS Brandeis Center/ADL file federal complaints with U.S. Dept of Education Contact: Brandeis Center, Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 l nicole@rosencomm.com ADL, Todd Gutnick 212-885-7755 | adlmedia@adl.org Washington, D.C., May 9, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced they have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of […] Press Releases
May 9, 2024 Brandeis Center, AJC, JCRC Prevent Showing of Antisemitic Film at Washington High School Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 May 8, 2024 — Washington, DC — A student group at Washington, DC’s largest high school, which had sued to compel the school to screen a documentary filled with antisemitic tropes and conspiracies, has agreed not to show the film. A coalition of Jewish groups and Jewish parents had supported […] Press Releases
May 8, 2024 Berkeley Schools Chief Set to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Antisemitism (KQED) Published by KQED on May 7, 2024. Story by Matthew Green with contributed reporting by Holly McDede. The head of the Berkeley Unified School District is scheduled to testify before a Republican-led congressional subcommittee on Wednesday morning in response to recent allegations of antisemitism in some of the district’s schools. In a statement last month, […] Media Coverage
May 8, 2024 U.S. Department of Education Opens Investigation into Anti-Semitism at Berkeley K-12 Schools Contact: Brandeis Center, Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 l nicole@rosencomm.com ADL, Todd Gutnick 212-885-7755 | adlmedia@adl.org Washington, D.C., May 7, 2024: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint that the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) failed to address non-stop “severe and persistent” bullying […] Press Releases