March 26, 2021 Join us at the “Define It to Fight It” Summit on April 11th at 11 am EDT Watch the video featuring Alyza D. Lewin here. The Brandeis Center is thrilled to co-Sponsor the “Define It to Fight It” International Summit on April 11th, 2021! Register to attend this important and informative Summit hosted by @SSI_Movement This is a great opportunity to hear from experts on the topic of the IHRA working definition […] Events
March 17, 2021 Addressing Antisemitism Within and Through the Educational Systems in the United States by Kenneth L. Marcus (INSS) Read the Article Here ~ By Kenneth L. Marcus ~ Special Publication, Contemporary Antisemitism in the United States – collection of articles, March 17, 2021 (INSS – Institute for National Security Studies) The challenge for educational systems in the United States is to address antisemitism both within and through education (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe [OSCE], 2018). […] Media Coverage Press Room
March 17, 2021 Politically driven show trials move from campus to culture, by Kenneth L. Marcus (Washington Examiner) Washington Examiner ~ By Kenneth L. Marcus (March 17, 2021 – Washington Examiner) ~ In The Trial of the Chicago 7, Aaron Sorkin’s award-winning 2020 legal drama, activist Abbie Hoffman urges lawyer William Kunstler to recognize that “this is a political trial that was already decided for us. Ignoring that reality is just weird to me.” […] Media Coverage Press Room
March 16, 2021 University of Texas Student Gov’t Passes IHRA Resolution (Jewish Journal) Jewish Journal ~ By Aaron Bandler (Jewish Journal / March 16, 2021) The student government at the University of Texas (UT) at Austin unanimously passed a resolution endorsing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism on March 9. The resolution, which was obtained by the Journal, states that adopting IHRA became necessary following […] Media Coverage Press Room
March 9, 2021 Campus Bullies: The Extreme Right Aren’t the Only Ones With an Anti-Semitism Problem By Jeff Robbins Creators Syndicate (March 9, 2021) When Max Price was elected to Tufts University’s student judicial body, he likely didn’t expect to have to fight off a move to impeach him and remove him from office for being Jewish. And yet Price’s recent experience simply replicates the kind of crude anti-Semitic intimidation now so commonplace on […] Media Coverage Press Room
March 9, 2021 Join LDB’s President on Thursday, March 18 at 12:30 pm for a conversation on anti-semitism and anti-zionism ANTISEMITISM AND ANTI-ZIONISM ON CAMPUS: THE SITUATION AND STRATEGIES FOR STUDENTS Join us for a virtual conversation on Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism on Campus: The Situation and Strategies for Students, featuring Alyza D. Lewin, President, The Louis D. Brandeis Center For Human Rights Under Law, and Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, Co-founder and Director of AMCHA Initiative on Thursday, March […] Events
March 7, 2021 “Courage was the reason campus anti-Semites were beaten,” by Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) JNS.org (March 5, 2021 / JNS) It was a familiar story but with an unfamiliar conclusion. A Jewish student objected to the anti-Semitic slanders promoted by a student organization dedicated to Israel’s destruction. For his pains, he was targeted for harassment and then scheduled to be hauled before a disciplinary meeting at which he was likely to be […] Media Coverage Press Room
March 1, 2021 Don’t Miss This Week’s Edwin Black Show featuring LDB’s President Alyza D. Lewin Are Campuses Havens for Antisemitism? The Edwin Black Show, March 4, 2021, 3:00 pm via Zoom UC Irvine’s student government organization recently passed an anti-Israel boycott resolution, complete with BDS agitators peppering the debate with offensive comments – an all-too-common experience for Jewish students today. Tufts has subjected pro-Israel students to unprecedented harassment. Anti-Israel resolutions […] Events
February 27, 2021 SJP Withdraws Impeachment Complaint Against Jewish Tufts Student Government Member The Louis D. Brandeis Center Press Release ~ Contact: Nicole Rosen ~ 202-309-5724 SJP Withdraws Impeachment Complaint Against Jewish Tufts Student Government Member Washington, D.C., February 26: After legal advocates from The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) intervened on behalf of a Tufts University student threatened with impeachment for expressing Jewish identity, Students […] Press Releases Press Room
February 24, 2021 Following ‘incessant anti-Semitic harassment,’ Tufts student calls on university to intervene (JNS) Jewish News Syndicate ~ BY MEIRA SVIRSKY AND SEAN SAVAGE ~ (February 23, 2021 / JNS) A Jewish student at Tufts University who claims that he has been the subject months-long campaign of anti-Semitic intimidation, harassment and discrimination is calling on the university to intervene. Max Price, a junior who is a member of the Tufts Community Union Judiciary (TCUJ), […] Media Coverage Press Room