April 26, 2022 Brandeis Center Sends Letter to Georgetown President DeGioia: “Georgetown must speak out and educate its community about anti-Semitism.” April 26, 2022 – Notorious anti-Semite Mohammed El-Kurd is speaking at Georgetown University tonight. . Mohammed El-Kurd is an activist notorious for promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, including modern day blood libels, against Jews. . The Brandeis Center demanded Georgetown University President DeGioia promptly and forcefully condemn any anti-Semitic rhetoric that threatens to poison the atmosphere […] Media Coverage Press Room
April 26, 2022 Georgetown Urged to Take Stand Against ‘Disgraceful’ Law School Event Featuring ‘Antisemitic’ Speaker (Algemeiner) Algemeiner APRIL 26, 2022 1:29 PM Georgetown Urged to Take Stand Against ‘Disgraceful’ Law School Event Featuring ‘Antisemitic’ Speaker by Algemeiner Staff A view of Georgetown University. Photo: Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz via Wikimedia Commons A campus speaking tour by a notorious pro-Palestinian activist stoked further controversy this week at Georgetown University, which faced calls […] Media Coverage Press Room
April 22, 2022 Legal watchdog urges federal court to reverse decision on Texas anti-BDS law Published by Jewish News Syndicate April 21, 2022 by Dmitriy Shapiro . “It’s nonsense to suggest that a BDS proposal is separate from anti-Semitism,” said Kenneth L. Marcus, founder and chairman of the Brandeis Center. . The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed a brief on Thursday aimed at reversing a […] Media Coverage Press Room
April 21, 2022 Brandeis Center Warns Lower Court’s Ruling in Texas Anti-BDS Law Jeopardizes State Authority to Prevent Discrimination, Urges Federal Appeals Court to Reverse Decision Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 . Washington, D.C., April 21, 2022: Calling a federal district court’s ruling on the Texas anti-BDS law an “Israel-exception” that is “nothing less than a naked assault on principles of equal treatment” and “has no basis in the law,” the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, urged the […] Press Releases Press Room
April 20, 2022 Kenneth L. Marcus, featured speaker at DePaul College of Law’s Virtual Symposium — 4/26 Hate crimes against Jews have been on the rise over the past few years. This virtual symposium from the DePaul College of Law’s Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies seeks to reach an understanding of what anti-Semitism truly means – as the first step in identifying ways to combat it. . Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus […] Events
April 20, 2022 Alyza Lewin to speak on ‘Combating Anti-Semitism on College Campuses’ CUNY Zoom — 4/26 LDB President Alyza Lewin will speak on ‘Combating Anti-Semitism on College Campuses’ for CUNY Alliance for Inclusion (CAFI) — Tuesday, April 26, 8:00-9:30 p.m. EDT. Registration is open. . Moderating the event will be Richard Wolin, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, History, and Political Science at the Graduate Center of the City University of New […] Events
April 20, 2022 Elan Carr: ‘Biden’s Anti-Semitism Czar Should Be Empowered at Home, Too’ Published by The Heritage Foundation on April 19, 2022 KEY TAKEAWAYS The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Professor Deborah Lipstadt as President Biden’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism. . We cannot expect to succeed in reversing the rise in domestic anti-Semitism unless we place someone in charge of the task. . America […] Media Coverage Press Room
April 14, 2022 Kenneth L. Marcus in Newsweek: ‘The Toxic Culture That Produced the Subway Shooter Is All Around Us’ Opinion published in Newsweek, 4/14/22 . Suspected Brooklyn subway shooter Frank James may have acted alone. But if it takes a village to raise a child, it takes an entire culture to create a mass-murder. Ours can take full credit here. The toxic ideas that consumed James are all around us. . James is a […] Op-Eds Press Room
April 8, 2022 Ben & Jerry’s Israel in NJ Court: Unilever ‘Conceded’ Key Argument Over Refusal to Engage in Illegal Boycott Published 4/7/22 by The Algemeiner . Attorneys for Ben & Jerry’s distributor and manufacturer in Israel, American Quality Products (AQP), argued in a rebuttal brief filed with the US District Court of New Jersey on Tuesday that the ice cream maker’s parent company Unilever “effectively concede[s]” that the only reason not to renew AQP’s license was its […] Media Coverage Press Room
April 8, 2022 12 Universities Urged to Drop Middle East Studies Association Over BDS Endorsement Published 4/6/22 by The Algemeiner A coalition of organizations that support academic freedom and oppose boycotts of Israel urged a dozen universities on Wednesday to disaffiliate from the Middle East Studies Association after it singled out the Jewish state for sanction. . In letters to top campus officials, the groups — including the Academic […] Media Coverage Press Room