September 6, 2022 Kenneth L. Marcus Joins Bill Barr and Betsy DeVos for Inaugural Education Law & Policy Conference from Defense of Freedom Institute and The Federalist Society (Sept 20) Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus will moderate a panel discussion on Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 at the inaugural Education Law & Policy Conference. The event is a joint production from Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies and The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. […] Events
September 5, 2022 JIGSAW Fellow Joel Taubman to Speak at Co-Sponsored Brandeis Center Webinar (Sept 18) JIGSAW Fellow and former law clerk Joel Taubman will discuss campus anti-Semitism on a webinar co-sponsored by the Brandeis Center and United Against Antisemitism Nova — September 18 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Registration is open. His presentation will include instruction on how schools can identify anti-Semitism on campus, as well as some of the […] Events
September 4, 2022 Alyza D. Lewin Webinar for Hadassah New York: ‘Is Anti-Zionism Anti-Semitism?’ (Sept 15) Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin is the featured speaker for Hadassah New York’s webinar ‘Is anti-Zionism anti-Semitism? at 7:00 p.m. EDT on September 15. The event is open to the public, and registration is open. Events
September 3, 2022 L. Rachel Lerman on ‘Parents Defending Education Live: Ethnic Studies’ Webinar (Sept 8) Thursday, September 8, at 7:00 p.m. EDT, Brandeis Center Vice Chair and General Counsel L. Rachel Lerman joins a ‘Parents Defending Education Live’ panel discussion on the subject of controversial ethnic studies curricula. The webinar will stream live on PDE’s YouTube channel. She’ll be joined by Parents Defending Education Public School Advocacy Associate Scarlen Valderaz […] Events
September 2, 2022 OCR sends message on anti-Semitism (The Hill) By Kenneth L. Marcus, opinion contributor to The Hill . Days ago, the U.S. Education Department’s civil rights office, OCR, resolved a major anti-Semitism case at Kyrene School District #28 in Arizona. Not only did OCR call out anti-Semitism in this one school district, it used this primary school case to fire a shot across the bow […] Op-Eds Press Room
August 29, 2022 Several Berkeley Law student groups adopt ‘no Zionist speakers’ rule (J Weekly) Published by Gabe Stutman for J Weekly on 8/26/22 . A strongly worded pro-BDS bylaw adopted by a handful of student groups at Berkeley Law is quietly raising the temperature of the debate surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and prompted the law school dean, a progressive Zionist, to write an email expressing concern to students. . sThe […] Media Coverage Press Room
August 18, 2022 Jewish Sexual Assault Victims Expelled from Support Group File Complaint with U.S. Department of Education Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 . Washington, D.C., August 18, 2022 : Two Jewish State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz students kicked out of a sexual assault awareness group and then cyberbullied, harassed and threatened, over their Jewish and Israeli identities, filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for […] Press Releases Press Room
August 17, 2022 Jewish Groups Urge SEC to Fight Anti-Israel Bias in ESG Ratings (JewishPress.com) Published August 17, 2022 by JewishPress.com . The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, The Jewish Federations of North America, and the American Jewish Committee on Tuesday each urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to take action on anti-Israel bias in financial ratings. . Financial rating firms that provide specialized ratings based […] Media Coverage Press Room
August 16, 2022 Brandeis Center urges SEC to act on anti-Israel bias in ESG financial ratings Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 . Washington, D.C. (August 16, 2022): The Louis D. Brandeis Center For Human Rights Under Law, The Jewish Federations of North America, and American Jewish Committee on Tuesday each urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to take action on anti-Israel bias in financial ratings. . Financial ratings firms that provide specialized […] Press Releases Press Room
August 4, 2022 Feds Investigate USC Over Harassment Claims By Jewish Student (JewishPress.com) Published by Alan Zeitlin for JewishPress.com on 8/3/22. . In the summer of 2020, while people were hunkered down and dealing with Covid, Rose Ritch was dealing with hundreds of antisemitic slurs online, she said, after she won the race to become vice president of the University of Southern California’s student government. . “It was […] Media Coverage Press Room