June 8, 2023 ‘Fighting with love:’ Jewish students stand up, push back against campus anti-Semitism (NorthJersey.com) Published 6/8/23 by NorthJersey.com, part of the USA Today Network. Story by Deena Yellin. . When Kaylee Werner arrived at Indiana University in the fall of 2021, she was shocked by the hostility to Jewish students on the Bloomington campus. . Her peers had been harassed in their dorms, six swastikas were discovered drawn on campus buildings and an […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 8, 2023 Department of Education Opens Investigation of Anti-Semitism at SUNY New Paltz Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 . In 1st Investigation Since National Anti-Semitism Plan Unveiled, Biden Administration Signals that Anti-Zionist Discrimination/Harassment Will be Taken Seriously . Washington, D.C. (June 8, 2023): The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint alleging two Jewish students at State University of New York (SUNY) at […] Press Releases Press Room
June 2, 2023 Biden’s antisemitism strategy faces early test amid CUNY controversy (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on June 1, 2023; Story by Matthew Kassel . Jewish leaders urge White House to put new strategy into practice in wake of CUNY Law commencement speech . Just a week after the Biden administration unveiled a sweeping national strategy for combating antisemitism, its proposed plan for handling alleged incidents of anti-Jewish prejudice […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 1, 2023 Tired of hiding: Jews at U.S. colleges face rising antisemitism from left and right (NorthJersey.com) Published in NorthJersey.com on 5/31/23; Story by Deena Yellin . Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin – and LDB clients in our SUNY New Paltz case – feature in the first installment of a campus anti-Semitism series by the USA Today Network. President Lewin explains that for the National Strategy to effectively counter the normalization of anti-Semitism, it must […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 1, 2023 Breaking down the Biden administration’s antisemitism plan (Jewish Insider) Published 6/1/23 by Jewish Insider. Podcast hosted by Rich Goldberg and Jarrod Bernstein; Story by Tori Bergel . JFNA’s Elana Broitman, COP’s Stephanie Hausner and the Brandeis Center’s Ken Marcus discuss the White House’s recently released Strategy to Counter Antisemitism in an antisemitism roundtable . Last week, the White House released “The U.S. National Strategy […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 31, 2023 Brandeis Center Statement on U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler’s Anti-Semitism Bill Washington, D.C. (May 31, 2023) — In light of the anti-Semitic commencement ceremonies at CUNY Law, we are glad to see public officials taking action. U.S. Representative Mike Lawler has just introduced a new bill to prevent federal funding for anti-Semitic events. We hope that this provokes an important conversation about how we can prevent […] Press Releases Press Room
May 30, 2023 Alyza Lewin: Defending the Jewish People, Inside and Outside the Courtroom (Aish) Published by Aish on 5/28/23; story by Kylie Ora Lobell . The human rights lawyer comes from a long line of fighters. . On December 6, 2017, the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Though the day was momentous, the work that went into this historic move started nearly two decades prior. […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 26, 2023 A Plan to Counter Antisemitism Warns Colleges, ‘OCR Is Watching’ (Insider Higher Ed) Published by Inside Higher Ed on 5/26/23; Story by Katherine Knott . Jewish groups applauded the new federal policy, which they said embraced a controversial definition of antisemitism that includes criticism of Israel. . The Education Department is reminding colleges and universities about their responsibilities under federal civil rights law to protect students from antisemitic […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 25, 2023 ‘Unapologetically Jewish’: First Shabbat Observant Student Body President Elected at University of California Santa Barbara (Algemeiner) Published in the Algemeiner on 5/24/23; Story by Dion J. Pierre . As college students across California prepared to close the book on another academic year, a deluge of antisemitic incidents swept across the state’s campuses in May, with students celebrating the birthday of Adolf Hitler at UC Santa Cruz and graffiting swastikas on the walls of a bathroom […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 25, 2023 Renowned Anti-Semitism Author/Scholar on Biden Anti-Semitism Plan: “Rhetoric Strong, but Substance Doesn’t Measure Up” (press release) Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 . Washington, D.C. (May 25, 2023): Kenneth L. Marcus, renowned anti-Semitism scholar and legal advocate, author of ‘The Definition of Anti-Semitism’ and ‘Jewish Identity and Civil Rights in America’, founder and chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights for two presidents, and […] Press Releases Press Room