October 12, 2023 Emergency Webinar – The Hamas Atrocities and the American Campus (October 12) Events
October 11, 2023 Jewish orgs respond to ‘despicable’ statement from Harvard student groups after Hamas attacks (Campus Reform) Published 10/10/23 by Campus Reform. Story by William Biagini ‘These wrong-headed student voices are more pronounced in light of the administration’s failure to speak out quickly and firmly against the atrocities,’ said Brandeis Center founder Kenneth Marcus. Over 30 student organizations at Harvard University issued a joint statement on Sunday, asserting that Israel is “entirely responsible for all […] Media Coverage
October 11, 2023 New Brandeis Center Fact Sheet on Understanding Hate Crimes Washington, D.C. (October 6, 2023) – Today, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law responded to the growth of anti-Jewish hate crimes with an important new resource: a fact sheet on understanding hate crime laws in America. The Fact Sheet outlines what a hate crime is; who is most commonly targeted for hate crimes in […] Press Releases
October 4, 2023 THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL STRATEGY TO COUNTER ANTISEMITISM REAFFIRMS ITS USE OF THE IHRA DEFINITION (JEWISH JOURNAL) Op-ed published by Jewish Journal on 10/4/23. Biden’s National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism gets it right. Last Thursday the Biden Administration announced that as part of implementing its National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, eight more federal agencies have now officially adopted the Marcus Policy under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and will be making use of the […] Op-Eds
October 2, 2023 ‘Unfinished Business’: Biden Admin’s New Actions Against Antisemitism Laudable But Not Enough, Expert Says (Algemeiner) Published by Algemeiner on 9/29/23; Story by Dion J. Pierre The Biden administration’s latest announcement on taking new steps to combat anti-Jewish discrimination is a major development in the right direction, but the US still has “unfinished business” when it comes to federal agencies adopting the world’s most widely accepted definition of antisemitism, according to a leading […] Media Coverage
September 29, 2023 DAILY KICKOFF: FOUR BRANDEIS CENTER ATTORNEYS SEND LETTER TO U PENN PRESIDENT (JEWISH INSIDER) Story from Jewish Insider’s “Daily Kickoff” for September 22, 2023 Pressure is mounting on the University of Pennsylvania ahead of a conference featuring an array of anti-Israel speakers that is slated to begin today on the Philadelphia campus, Jewish Insider’s Matthew Kassel reports. Four attorneys at the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law are claiming in a detailed […] Media Coverage
September 29, 2023 THE BRANDEIS CENTER HIRES CIVIL RIGHTS LEGAL FELLOW ALEXANDRA RINDENOW (PRESS RELEASE) Washington, D.C. (September 28, 2023) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexandra Rindenow as the organization’s newest Civil Rights Legal Fellow. Ms. Rindenow, a graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, will assist with an array of legal duties and policy […] Press Releases
September 29, 2023 BRANDEIS CENTER COMMENDS BIDEN FOR DECISION TO EMBRACE ONCE-CONSIDERED CONTROVERSIAL ‘MARCUS DOCTRINE’ TO COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM (PRESS RELEASE) Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 Washington, D.C. (September 28, 2023): Kenneth L. Marcus, founder and chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, issued the following statement today in response to the Biden Administration’s declaration that eight federal agencies will utilize Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to combat anti-Semitism, as Marcus […] Press Releases
September 29, 2023 COALITION FILES LAWSUIT TO STOP ANTISEMITIC CONTENT FROM BEING TAUGHT IN SANTA ANA PUBLIC SCHOOLS (PRESS RELEASE) Lawsuit alleges significant violations of the Brown Act, California open meeting law. ADL Contact: Todd Gutnick, adlmedia@adl.org, 917-544-2342 Brandeis Center Contact: Nicole Rosen, nicole@rosencomm.com, 202-309-5724 AJC Contact: Steve Gosset, mediacomms@ajc.org, 212-891-1363 PLG Contact: Marlene E. Laro, mlaro@potomaclaw.com, 703-517-6449 StandWithUs Contact: Jennifer Kutner, jkutner@standwithus.org, 310-245-4109 (Santa Ana, Calif., September 11, 2023): ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), The Louis D. Brandeis Center for […] Press Releases
September 29, 2023 WHITE HOUSE DOMESTIC POLICY ADVISOR COMMENTS ON BRANDEIS CENTER CASE On a call Thursday evening, September 14, with hundreds of rabbis, White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden commented on the Brandeis Center’s milestone Resolution Agreement with the University of Vermont, the first time the Biden administration applied Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to anti-Zionist discrimination. Tanden is the administration official responsible for overseeing […] Media Coverage