June 29, 2022 Ben & Jerry’s Israel, parent company Unilever reach deal to end settlement boycott (The Times of Israel) Published in The Times of Israel on June 29, 2022. . Ben & Jerry’s will continue to be sold in Israel and the West Bank, after the Israeli franchise came to an agreement with the ice cream maker’s parent company Unilever following a year of legal battling over a settlement boycott, the two sides announced on […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 22, 2022 Liberated Ethnic Studies Group Aims to End-run Newsom Law (Jewish Journal) Op-ed by Brandeis Center Vice Chair L. Rachel Lerman published in Jewish Journal on June 21, 2022. . Los Angeles parents and teachers recently announced they are suing the Los Angeles Unified School District teachers’ union to keep antisemitism out of California high schools. How and why would antisemitism ever be taught and promoted in […] Op-Eds Press Room
June 21, 2022 This Juneteenth, parents need the right to speak up about school curriculum (Fox News) Opinion by Kenneth L. Marcus published on FoxNews.com, June 20, 2022. . A father has sued his daughter’s posh L.A. Brentwood School, alleging “bait and switch” and civil rights violations. The school had responded to George Floyd’s murder by ditching its values – its traditional curriculum – in favor of an anti-racist perspective. Harper Lee’s To […] Op-Eds Press Room
June 21, 2022 Kenneth L. Marcus to Present at Commonwealth of Virginia Commission to Combat Anti-Semitism Today, June 21, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. EDT, Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus will present at the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Commission to Combat anti-Semitism virtual meeting. Marcus is the only member outside of the commission to be presenting. . The Zoom link can be found here. The event page on the Virginia […] Events
June 21, 2022 Biden administration races to co-opt the powerful ‘parental rights’ movement (Washington Times) Opinion article by Kenneth L. Marcus published June 20, 2022 in the Washington Times. . Last week, the Biden administration announced the creation of a new National Parents and Families Engagement Council. The press release trumpets that the council’s purpose is to strengthen relations between parents and schools. No sophisticated observer believes that this is true. […] Op-Eds Press Room
June 15, 2022 Morningstar drops anti-Israel tool, but is it enough? (Jerusalem Post) Authored by LDB Vice Chair L. Rachel Lerman and published in Jerusalem Post on June 14, 2022. . Multi-billion-dollar investment firm Morningstar announced it will discontinue using a product employed by its subsidiary, Sustainalytics, to rate a company’s commitment to corporate responsibility. The decision comes after an independent investigation deemed the product biased against Israel. . […] Op-Eds Press Room
June 10, 2022 Brandeis Center Calls on Education Dept. to Continue Supervision of NYU Following Recent Anti-Semitism Incidents (Jewish Journal) Published in Jewish Journal on June 9, 2022. . The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law called on the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to extend their supervision of New York University (NYU) in light of recent antisemitic incidents that have occurred on campus. . In September 2020, NYU […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 3, 2022 Legal Group Says Federal Oversight of NYU Anti-Discrimination Policies Still Needed (Algemeiner) Published in Algemeiner on June 1, 2022 . A nonprofit legal advocacy group is calling on the United States Department of Education (DOE) to continue monitoring New York University’s (NYU) anti-discrimination policies, two years after an arrangement for federal oversight began. . The DOE’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) began its review of NYU in […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 3, 2022 Jewish Students Won’t Settle for Conditional Support and Double Standards (Algemeiner) Opinion article by Nicole Rosenzweig published June 3, 2022 in Algemeiner Many people profess that they support Jewish people — but only if those Jewish people reject their ancestral connection to the Land of Israel. This conditional support excludes Jewish people who view ethnic ties to Israel as an integral part of their Jewish identity. […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 1, 2022 Ethnic studies continues to boil melting pot as lawsuit is brought against LA school district (JNS) Published in JNS on May 31, 2022 . The Deborah Project is suing multiple organizations connected to the Los Angeles Unified School District for trying to circumvent parents and the democratic process to push a radical, anti-Semitic curriculum in Los Angeles public schools. . The organization’s legal director, Lori Lowenthal Marcus, and president and co-founder […] Media Coverage Press Room