November 8, 2023 Watch Kenneth L. Marcus Testify Live Before Congress – Twice this week (11/8/23, 11/9/23) Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus will testify twice this week about campus anti-Semitism before separate Congressional bodies. Both events will be broadcast live on YouTube. To better understand the threats Jewish students face on campus – escalating dramatically since the Hamas massacres of October 7 and the resulting Hamas-Israel war in those atrocities’ aftermath, you’ll want to […] Events
November 8, 2023 AAJLJ Webinar: ‘Title VI — the Law Protecting American Jewish Students’ (11/8/23) Brandeis Center Director of Legal Initiatives Denise Katz-Prober will discuss the escalation of existing campus antisemitism following the 10/7 Hamas massacre, the law available to protect students from a hostile environment, and the steps that can be taken to protect students’ rights. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars discrimination by universities […] Events
November 7, 2023 Jim Jordan Promises Congressional Hearing on Antisemitism on College Campuses (New York Sun) Published by the New York Sun on 11/6/23. Story by Matthew Rice. The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman Jim Jordan, will hold a hearing later this month on the issue of antisemitism on America’s college and university campuses. Since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, antisemitic hate crimes have skyrocketed around the globe. The hearing, […] Media Coverage
November 6, 2023 Jewish Groups Demand Universities Protect Jewish Students (JewishLink) Published by JewishLink on 11/2/23; Story by Deborah Rubin As Israel battles Hamas terrorists, a battle is raging in the United States with college campuses exploding with antisemitic threats and violence directed against Jewish students. The alarming increase has resulted in physical assaults, including at Tulane and Columbia universities and the University of California-Berkeley, to threats posted […] Media Coverage
November 6, 2023 Leading Jewish Organizations and Law Firms Launch Legal Protection Helpline for Campus Antisemitism Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 New effort to provide pro bono legal services to Jewish students facing antisemitism November 6, 2023 (Washington, D.C.) – Hillel International, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP today announced the Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL), a free legal […] Press Releases
November 6, 2023 Pro-Palestinian left undermines White House’s focus on right-wing antisemitism (Washington Times) Published by The Washington Times on 11/1/23. Story by Valerie Richardson. President Biden rarely misses an opportunity to blast “MAGA Republican extremists,” but the pro-Hamas displays at U.S. universities are undercutting the administration’s framing of antisemitism as a right-wing problem. Mr. Biden forcefully condemned Hamas shortly after the Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli civilians and vowed to […] Media Coverage
November 2, 2023 Alyza D. Lewin on the Edwin Black Show (11/2/23) Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin joins other esteemed guests on The Edwin Black Show Nov 2. at 3pm ET via Zoom. To join, just click this link. Kristallnacht 2.0: Part III Jewish people across the world have long wondered when and where the next Kishinev, Kristallnacht, or Farhud would occur. The answer (as we correctly speculated during our […] Events
November 1, 2023 Is There a ‘Right Way’ to Respond to Israel-Hamas War? (SHRM) Published by the Society of Human Resource Management on 10/30/23; Story by Matt Gonzales. The Oct. 7 attacks on Israel were personal to Walter Isenberg. Isenberg, co-founder and CEO of Sage Hospitality Group in Washington, D.C., recalled how his mother survived the Holocaust after the Nazis killed his grandparents. When learning about Hamas’ attacks, he found out […] Media Coverage
October 30, 2023 The Federalist Society: ‘College Admissions After SFFA’ (October 30) Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus will moderate a webinar from The Federalist Society titled “College Admissions After SFFA.” Click here to register, and read more about the panelists and discussion topics below. On Thursday, June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows […] Events
October 30, 2023 Brandeis Center demands action from Harvard over prof with ‘anti-Israel and antisemitic bias’ (Jewish Insider) Published October 30, 2023 by Jewish Insider. Story by Haley Cohen. The university had previously acknowledged the three Israeli students were targeted by anti-Zionist Jewish faculty member More than four months after Harvard University found that a professor at its John F. Kennedy School of Government discriminated against three Jewish Israeli graduate students, violating Title VI […] Media Coverage