September 18, 2024 October 15, 2024: Jewish Bar Association of San Francisco: Campus Gaza Protests and the First Amendment The Jewish Bar Association of San Francisco will be hosting a virtual panel to discuss the First Amendment issues implicated by protests on college campuses over the war in Gaza and the schools’ responses to those protests. The panel will feature Rachel Lerman, Vice Chair and General Counsel of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under […] Events
September 18, 2024 September 25, 2024: JPF: Agency in the Face of Anguish Over the past year, the global Jewish community has been shaken. As Jewish parents, we have individually and collectively faced heartbreaking and fearful moments. Many of us feel overwhelmed and unprepared for how to raise children to face a world in which our enemies abroad openly seek our destruction and our neighbors at home often […] Events
September 18, 2024 Kenneth L. Marcus on Fox News | Saturday, September 7, 2024 (Fox News) Media Coverage
September 10, 2024 September 12, 2024: JCRC: Confronting Antisemitism: How Can Attorneys Make a Difference? With the rise of antisemitism in the United States and around the world, lawyers are asked on behalf of agencies, private and public educational institutions, religious institutions, and individuals to respond to antisemitic rhetoric, represent victims of hate and offensive speech, and advise administrations, students, and organizations impacted by the challenging environment of college campuses. […] Events
September 10, 2024 How Title VI Is Tripping Up Colleges (Inside Higher Ed) The Office for Civil Rights has resolved six investigations into how colleges responded to reports of antisemitism. The findings show how those colleges fell short of federal law and hold lessons for the rest of higher ed. Published by Inside Higher Ed on 9/4/24 Over the course of nearly a decade, Jewish students at the […] Media Coverage
September 7, 2024 NC State to change anti-discrimination policy after controversy on lack of effective response to anti-Semitism (Campus Reform) Published on 9/7/24 by Campus Reform North Carolina State University changed its regulations regarding anti-discrimination after it had reached a settlement with the Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under the Law. An Aug. 1 press release from the Brandeis Center explained the background of the settlement, stating NC State failed its Title VI obligations by not pursuing […] Media Coverage
September 5, 2024 Jewish Organizations Reach Historic Agreement with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to Protect Jewish Students September 3, 2024, (Chicago, IL): The agreement represents one of the most detailed commitments ever made by a major American university to Jewish college students CHICAGO, Illinois- After several years of negotiations, Hillel International, Illini Hillel, and the Jewish United Fund Chicago (JUF) are pleased to announce an agreement with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) that expresses […] Press Releases