May 10, 2022 Federal courts shouldn’t force Texas to subsidize discrimination, by Kenneth L. Marcus (Washington Times) Washington Times ~ By Kenneth L. Marcus – – Monday, May 9, 2022 ~ Federal courts shouldn’t force Texas to subsidize discrimination OPINION: Must Texas taxpayers subsidize antisemitism? Strangely enough, a federal district court required them to do so. Days ago the federal court of appeals began reviewing the legality of the lower court’s decision. […] Op-Eds Press Room
May 10, 2022 Watchdogs: Jewish students often target of hate, bias on U.S. college campuses (News 12 The Bronx) News 12 ~ May 09, 2022, 10:35pm | By: News 12 Staff ~ Multiple studies from leading watchdog groups show that Jewish students are too often the targets of hate and bias on American college campuses. Team 12 Investigates compiled an exclusive database to see how many incidents occurred on campuses in the tri-state over the […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 9, 2022 Nebraska becomes first state to inaugurate Jewish American Heritage Month Published May 8, 2022 by Zvika Klein for the Jerusalem Post . Last Thursday, on Israel’s Independence Day, during a celebratory event at the Nebraska Capitol Building, Gov. Pete Ricketts made the historic decision to inaugurate May as Jewish American Heritage Month in Nebraska, becoming the first US state to do so. . He also […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 9, 2022 Alyza Lewin to give continuing legal education webinar in StandWithUs series – 6/1 Wednesday, June 1, at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Brandeis Center President Alyza Lewin will present on ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) & Erasive Anti-Semitism’ as part of a StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department series. The full Continuing Legal Education (CLE) series is titled ‘Diverse and Current Legal Issues Impacting the Jewish Community.’ Attendees for Ms. Lewin’s […] Events
May 6, 2022 LDB Briefs Supreme Court on discrimination against Jewish and Asian American applicants Washington, D.C. (May 6, 2022) – This week, the Brandeis Center teamed up with the Silicon Valley Chinese Association Foundation (SVCAF) on a Supreme Court brief in support of Asian American students in the Harvard affirmative action case, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. Together, we showed the Court that Harvard’s admissions program, which was […] Press Releases Press Room
May 5, 2022 Brandeis Center Sends Letter to UC, Davis Chancellor May: “UC, Davis must speak out promptly and clearly about anti-Semitic rhetoric.” May 5, 2022 – Notorious anti-Semite Mohammed El-Kurd is speaking at the University of California, Davis on Friday, May 6. . Mohammed El-Kurd is an activist notorious for promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, including modern day blood libels, against Jews. . The Brandeis Center demanded UC, Davis Chancellor May to promptly and forcefully condemn any anti-Semitic […] Press Room Media Coverage
May 4, 2022 Law Profs, Jewish Groups File Briefs Supporting Texas Anti-BDS Law Published May 2, 2022 by Aaron Bandler at Jewish Journal . Law professors and Jewish groups have each filed separate briefs urging the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to overturn a January ruling finding Texas’ anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) law unconstitutional. . The law, which bars the state government from […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 2, 2022 The Brandeis Center Hires Director of Communications Scott Piro Contact: Lynda Prior, lpryor@brandeiscenter.com . Washington, D.C. (March 28, 2022) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Scott Piro as the organization’s first-ever director of communications. Mr. Piro, having decades of experience in public relations and corporate storytelling, will primarily work on external […] Press Releases Press Room
April 29, 2022 LDB Co-Sponsoring Nebraska Governor Event – 5/5 LDB is proud to co-sponsor our first Nebraska event. . We will join Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts – together with the Combat Antisemitism Movement, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, the American Jewish Committee and Hadassah – in commemorating Jewish American Heritage Month, celebrating Israel’s […] Events
April 27, 2022 Alyza Lewin to Headline In-Person Event 5/1: ‘Is Today’s Campus Climate Safe for Jews?’ Ohr Kodesh Congregation, a Chevy Chase, Maryland-based synagogue, will feature Brandeis Center President Alyza Lewin as the special guest in their in-person Schlezinger Law Day Lecture on Sunday, May 1, at 10:15 a.m. EDT. . The event will also be livestreamed. Registration for in-person and virtual attendance is open now — and closes on April […] Events