February 3, 2022 Federal civil-rights officials open investigation into anti-Semitism at Brooklyn College (JNS) JNS ~ By Sean Savage ~ (February 3, 2022 / JNS) The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint alleging Jewish students at Brooklyn College have been subjected to severe and persistent anti-Semitic harassment from both professors and peers. The complaint—submitted by the Louis D. […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 3, 2022 Brooklyn College Facing Federal Civil Rights Inquiry Over ‘Hostile Environment’ for Jewish Students (Algemeiner) Algemeiner by Dion J. Pierre ~ Feb. 3, 2022 ~ The US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is formally investigating a complaint alleging antisemitic harassment of Jewish students at Brooklyn College, a legal advocacy group announced Thursday. Filed in February 2021 by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, the complaint said that […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 2, 2022 Education Dept. regulations addressing campus antisemitism have been delayed more than two years (eJewish Philanthropy | eJP) eJewish Philanthropy | eJP ~ By Ben Sales | February 2, 2022 ~ The U.S. Department of Education has repeatedly delayed a process that aims to codify civil rights protections for Jewish college students, eJewishPhilanthropy has learned. The delays have taken place under the presidential administrations of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and relate to Trump’s […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 1, 2022 Whoopi Goldberg regrets saying Holocaust not about race (AP) AP News – February 1, 2022 – NEW YORK (AP) — Whoopi Goldberg expressed regret Tuesday for saying on “The View” a day earlier that race was not a factor in the Holocaust, saying she was “deeply, deeply grateful” for getting an education on the topic. “The View” brought on Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 27, 2022 “Global anti-Semitism reaches nearly all 10 stages of genocide,” by Kenneth L. Marcus (JNS) Jewish News Syndicate ~ By Kenneth L. Marcus ~ (January 27, 2022 / JNS) On Jan. 27, we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, honoring the 6 million Jews killed in the Nazi genocide, as well as the millions of other victims who were persecuted during that era. This remembrance will be meaningless, however, if we do not seriously […] Op-Eds Press Room
January 25, 2022 Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Affirmative Action at Harvard and U.N.C. (New York Times) New York Times By Adam Liptak and Anemona Hartocollis Jan. 24, 2022 ~ WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are lawful, raising serious doubts about the future of affirmative action in higher education. The court has repeatedly upheld similar programs, most recently […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 24, 2022 Brandeis Center Commends U.S. Supreme Court for Granting Cert! Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 Brandeis Center Commends U.S. Supreme Court for Agreeing to Decide Whether Harvard and UNC Admissions Policies Discriminate Washington, D.C., January 24, 2022: The Brandeis Center applauds the Supreme Court for this morning’s announcement that it would grant cert, as the Center had urged, in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, as […] Media Coverage Press Releases Press Room
January 20, 2022 “AMP should inspire dialogue, not incite division,” by Jacob Baime (The Times of Israel) The Times of Israel Less than two months after Zahra Billoo, a longtime leader of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), lambasted Jewish houses of worship before a packed room at the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) convention in Chicago, a Texas synagogue was targeted by an Islamist hostage-taker. On November 27, 2021, Billoo warned 3,000 AMP conference-goers to […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 19, 2022 Antisemitism on Campus: What You Need to Know with Alyza Lewin – January 20 @ 7pm Watch the Webinar Here! Antisemitism on Campus: What You Need to Know January 20, 2022, 7 pm ET Incidents of antisemitism at our nation’s colleges are disturbingly on the rise. What can be done to protect our youth? Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein moderates an informative panel with attorney Alyza Lewin, a leading […] Events
January 18, 2022 ‘The FBI got it wrong’: Jewish leaders criticise law enforcement statement on synagogue siege (Independent) Independent ‘The FBI got it wrong’: Jewish leaders criticise law enforcement statement on synagogue siege Failure to understand antisemitism ‘is something of a pattern with law enforcement in the United States’, Jewish civil rights leader says Bevan Hurley Joe Biden says Texas synagogue attack was ‘an act of terror’ Jewish leaders have condemned the FBI for claiming the Texas […] Media Coverage Press Room