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October 23, 2025 Brandeis Center requests federal court to overturn Penn antisemitism lawsuit dismissal in new brief (Daily Pennsylvanian)

Published by the Daily Pennsylvanian on 10/23/2025 The Brandeis Center filed an amicus brief on Wednesday urging a federal court to reverse the dismissal of a lawsuit which accused Penn of insufficiently responding to antisemitism on campus. The Oct. 22 brief — submitted by a Jewish legal rights advocacy group in the 3rd United States Circuit Court […]
October 23, 2025 Brandeis Center in Yakoby vs UPenn: Court Must Account for Rising Global Trend of Anti-Semitism in UPenn Title VI Case

Brandeis Center Amicus Brief Raises Alarm on Dismissal of Well-Pled Title VI Claims, District Court Ignored Vital Broader Context in Which Alleged Anti-Semitic Incidents on Campus Occurred Washington, D.C. (October 23, 2025) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law on Wednesday filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Court […]
October 16, 2025 Warner Bros. Discovery Speaks Out Against Israeli Film Boycott: ‘Our Policies Prohibit Discrimination of Any Kind’ (Variety)

Published by Variety on 10/16/2025 Warner Bros. Discovery has responded to a legal letter regarding calls for a boycott of Israeli film institutions, acknowledging such a pledge would likely violate its internal policies.  “Warner Bros. Discovery is committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful environment for its employees, collaborators, and other stakeholders,” a spokesperson for WBD […]
October 12, 2025 BDS Movement Dies in Court? Top Lawyers Promise to Smash Hollywood’s Anti-Israel Boycott (JFeed)

Published by JFeed on 10/9/2025 In EXCLUSIVE interview to JFeed, Mr. Rory Lancman, Director of Corporate Initiatives and Senior Counsel at the Brandeis Center, expose the developments of the Hollywood boycott to the “Israeli Blacklist”. A major American Jewish civil rights organization has directly confronted the US film industry, sending a forceful legal warning to major studios, talent […]
October 1, 2025 Hollywood’s anti-Israel boycott against the law, according to Jewish civil rights group (Jewish Insider)

Published by Jewish Insider on 10/1/2025 The current boycott by Hollywood actors, directors and other industry workers against Israeli counterparts “violates federal and state civil rights laws,” according to a letter distributed on Wednesday by a Jewish civil rights group to major U.S. film industry leaders, Jewish Insider has learned.  The letter was sent by […]
October 1, 2025 Anti-Semitic Hollywood Blacklist Illegal, Violates Civil Rights

In letter distributed to major U.S. film industry leaders, Brandeis Center cautions boycott will not only constitute unlawful discrimination, but will also jeopardize studios’ eligibility for film tax credit status Washington, D.C. (October 1, 2025) – Today, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law distributed a letter to major U.S. film industry organizations cautioning that the […]
October 1, 2025 Jewish civil-rights group warns ‘Hollywood Blacklist’ of Israeli film institutions illegal (JNS)

Published by JNS on 10/1/2025 Organizations and professionals within the U.S. film industry would be violating federal and state antidiscrimination laws if they follow through with a boycott of the Israeli film industry, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law stated on Wednesday. In a letter sent to top studios, distributors, platforms, talent agencies […]
September 30, 2025 Mob vs. justice: Lessons from Leo Frank  (JNS)

Published by JNS on 9/29/2025 by: Karen Paikin Barall The final performance of “Parade,” a Tony Award-winning musical, was held just days ago at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. It told the story of the 1913 murder of Mary Phagan, a teenage girl in Atlanta, and the flawed trial, conviction, […]
September 29, 2025 Lawsuit: MIT tolerated anti-Semitism, forced out Jewish researcher (Campus Reform)

Published by Campus Reform on 9/22/2025 A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researcher is suing the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, alleging he was harassed and ultimately fired because of his Jewish and Israeli identity. According to the complaint, students and his supervising professor shunned him, used anti-Semitic slurs, and eventually pushed him out of the lab […]
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