September 27, 2022 Safe Space for Bigots: The University of Vermont Gets the Federal Investigation It Deserves (Creators.com) Written by Jeff Robbins for Creators.com; published 9/27/22 . The facts at the core of the current antisemitism scandal at the University of Vermont don’t seem especially disputable, and the University hasn’t really disputed them. A University teaching assistant, feeling perhaps correctly that the University offered a safe space for antisemites, wasn’t content to merely […] Media Coverage Press Room
September 20, 2022 General Counsel Rachel Lerman Appears on the Portia Project Podcast On August 29, 2022, Brandeis Center General Counsel and Vice Chair Rachel Lerman appeared on the Portia Project podcast. In the series 46th episode, Lerman discusses the start of her legal journey, the different positions she has held in her legal career, and her work at the Brandeis Center. The Portia Project podcast interviews different […] Op-Eds Press Room
September 19, 2022 ‘Victim blaming’: University of Vermont assailed for denying antisemitism charges (Times of Israel) Written by Luke Tress for Times of Israel on 9/18/22 . Leading US Jewish groups condemned the University of Vermont on Friday, after the university issued a firm denial of antisemitism on campus in response to a federal investigation into alleged anti-Jewish discrimination by students and faculty. . The US Department of Education investigation into […] Media Coverage Press Room
September 19, 2022 University of Vermont President Rejects Antisemitism Charges (Inside Higher Ed) Written by Sara Weissman for Inside Higher Ed on 9/19/22 The president of the University of Vermont, Suresh Garimella, denied allegations of antisemitism against the university, which is currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, the Associated Press reported. His response has caused an uproar among some Jewish advocacy groups. Garimella […] Media Coverage Press Room
September 16, 2022 Brandeis Center/Jewish on Campus call UVM Garimella’s ‘dismissive’ response to federal investigation into anti-Semitism ‘astonishingly inadequate’ and ‘offensive’ Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 . FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE . Yesterday, after news broke that the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating anti-Semitism at the University of Vermont, President Suresh V. Garimella sent his university community an astonishingly inadequate and offensive response to the Title VI anti-Semitism complaint that the Louis […] Press Releases Press Room
September 14, 2022 Investigation underway into antisemitism at U of Vermont (Associated Press) Written by Wilson Ring for the Associated Press (9/13/22) . The U.S. Department of Education is investigating allegations of antisemitism at the University of Vermont, including that some Jewish students were excluded from campus clubs and a teaching assistant threatened to reduce the grades of students who support the state of Israel. . The complaint […] Media Coverage Press Room
September 14, 2022 Federal Education Officials Probing UVM, Following Allegations of Anti-semitism on Campus (NBC Boston) Jack Thurston reporting for NBC Boston (NECN-TV) on 9/13/22 The University of Vermont is under federal investigation, following allegations of antisemitism on campus. . The probe, confirmed to NECN & NBC10 Boston by a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Education, is from the department’s civil rights wing. It is responsible for ensuring, under Title […] Media Coverage Press Room
September 14, 2022 The Brandeis Center Hires Attorney Ben Alkon Washington, D.C. (September 14, 2022) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Alkon as the organization’s newest full-time attorney. . Mr. Alkon, a 2020 graduate of George Washington University Law School, will work on legal advocacy initiatives, including investigations of anti-Semitic incidents on campus, […] Press Releases Press Room
September 13, 2022 U.S. Dept of Ed Opens Investigation Into Anti-Semitism at the University of Vermont Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 Jewish Sexual Assault Survivors Shut Out of Another University Support Group . Washington, D.C., September 13, 2022: The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint alleging Jewish students at the University of Vermont (UVM) have been subjected to severe and […] Press Releases Press Room
September 7, 2022 Kenneth L. Marcus to Lead Indiana University Bloomington Webinar (10/23) Sunday, October 23, at 12 noon ET, Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus will lead a Beinner Family Speakers Series webinar for the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism at Indiana University Bloomington. . His session is titled ‘The Wayward Healer: latrogenic Antisemitism and the Perils of Intervention,’ and registration is open. Events