March 28, 2022 ‘Why I’m Suing Ben & Jerry’s’: Op-Ed by Brandeis Center Client Avi Zinger Brandeis Center client Avi Zinger published an important statement on Common Sense with Bari Weiss about the lawsuit that LDB, together with co-counsel, recently filed on his behalf. Mr. Zinger shows the real harm of anti-Israel boycotts undermining progress toward peace and coexistence. Why I’m Suing Ben & Jerry’s After 30 years of […] Media Coverage Press Room
March 18, 2022 Responses and Solutions to Jew Hatred on Campus with Alyza D. Lewin (March 24 @ 2pm ET) Responses and Solutions to Jew Hatred on Campus REGISTER HERE! As part of the Web Talk Series – Fighting Back, Responses to Jew Hatred – Alyza Lewin, President, The Brandeis Center for Human Rights Law, will address the topic of what can be done about Jew Hatred on Campus. Q&A will follow her presentation. Time […] Events
March 14, 2022 BEN & JERRY’S ISRAEL SEEKS IMMEDIATE COURT-ORDERED INJUNCTION TO MAINTAIN UNILEVER LICENSE WHILE CASE IS LITIGATED Contact: Nicole Rosen, 202-309-5724 . Ben & Jerry’s Israel Seeks Immediate Court-Ordered Injunction To Maintain Unilever License While Case is Litigated . Plaintiff Provides New Evidence Unilever Acted Unlawfully and Is Causing ‘Irreparable Harm’ . Washington, D.C., March 14 – Avi Zinger, the manufacturer and distributor of Ben & Jerry’s in Israel, filed a formal […] Media Coverage Press Releases Press Room
March 3, 2022 Corporations must ban both racism and antiracism by Kenneth L. Marcus (The Washington Times) The Washington Times ~ By Kenneth L. Marcus | Wednesday, March 2, 2022 ~ OPINION: Florida legislation to ban antiracist indoctrination recently passed the House and is now headed to the state senate. It is not alone. Around the country, over 120 bills to ban such practices have been introduced in state legislatures, but most have […] Op-Eds Press Room
March 3, 2022 LDB Press Release ~ Ben & Jerry’s Israel Sues Unilever to Prevent Illegal Boycott of Israel Contact: Nicole Rosen, 202-309-5724 Ben & Jerry’s Israel Sues Unilever to Prevent Illegal Boycott of Israel . Washington, D.C., March 3: The manufacturer and distributor of Ben & Jerry’s in Israel announced today it is suing Unilever and its subsidiary, Ben & Jerry’s, for unlawfully terminating its 34-year business relationship in order to boycott […] Media Coverage Press Releases Press Room
March 3, 2022 Ben & Jerry’s Israeli Manufacturer Files Lawsuit Over License Termination (Wall Street Journal) Wall Street Journal ~ A Ben & Jerry’s refrigerator at a store in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The ice-cream maker said last year that it would stop selling its products in the West Bank and parts of East Jerusalem. PHOTO: RONEN ZVULUN/REUTERS By Ginger Adams Otis, March 3, 2022 10:50 am ET An Israeli ice cream manufacturer […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 28, 2022 Following outcry, Duke University student government recognizes campus Zionist group (Jerusalem Post) The Brandeis Center praised the decision, while claiming the group’s initial recognition was revoked “all because they support Israel.” Jerusalem Post By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA | FEBRUARY 26, 2022 Duke University (photo credit: FLICKR) Duke University’s student government granted recognition to a Zionist student group, reversing an earlier decision that had provoked the ire of some national Jewish organizations […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 28, 2022 Antisemitism is back and Ben and Jerry’s is now feeding the beast – opinion (Jerusalem Post) Longtime contractor with Ben & Jerry’s Susannah Levin says the company’s decision to pull out of Israel demonstrated cowardice and she made this known in her resignation email. Jerusalem Post By DEBORAH GASTFREUND SCHUSS FEBRUARY 26, 2022 PRO-ISRAEL demonstrators protest against Ben and Jerry’s over its boycott of West Bank Israeli settlements and against antisemitism, in New […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 28, 2022 Fighting anti-Semitism where it starts (The Hill) The Hill BY DIANE B. KUNZ, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR, SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE, THE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER LAW — 02/25/22 © iStock FBI Director Christopher Wray recently acknowledged “that the Jewish community in particular has suffered violence and faces very real threats from really across the hate spectrum.” Tragically, each week brings further examples […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 25, 2022 ‘Finally’: Duke Student Gov’t Recognizes Pro-Israel Club After Months of Controversy (Algemeiner) Algemeiner ~ By Dion J. Pierre | February 24, 2022 ~ Clocktower Quad at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Photo: Warren LeMay/Wikimedia Commons. Duke University’s student government voted on Wednesday to recognize Students Supporting Israel (SSI) as a registered campus club, months after it was controversially denied that status. While the Student Government (DSG) […] Media Coverage Press Room