October 25, 2018 A letter to my neighbor and fellow Badger on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Re-posted from The Daily Cardinal, by Hillary Miller, Oct. 22, 2018 This summer I read Yossi Klein Halevi’s book, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor. Each chapter is a letter directly addressed to his Palestinian neighbors, who live in the town adjacent to his settlement in the West Bank. His work is meant to show how the […] Op-Eds
October 24, 2018 UCLA LDB to Host Prof. Arthur Gross-Schaefer On October 24th, the LDB chapter at UCLA School of Law will host Rabbi Arthur Gross-Schaefer to Rabbi Gross-Schaefer is a Professor of Marketing and Business Law at the College of Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University. Events
October 22, 2018 Alyza Lewin and Aviva Vogelstein at National Conference of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists On October 22, LDB’s President and General Counsel Alyza Lewin and LDB’s Director of Legal Initiatives Aviva Vogelstein will speak at the Fifth Annual National Conference of Jewish Lawyers & Jurists. Events
October 16, 2018 Cornell LDB to Host Prof. Avi Bell On October 16th, the LDB chapter at Cornell Law School will host Professor Abraham Bell to speak on International Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflct. Events
October 11, 2018 Emory LDB to Host Prof. Alex Tsesis On October 10th, the LDB chapter at Emory University School of Law will host Professor Alexander Tsesis to speak on the topic of Campus Regulation of Hate Speech and the First Amendment. Events
October 9, 2018 LDB Chapter Launch Event – GMU School of Law On October 9, LDB’s Director of Legal Initiatives Aviva Vogelstein will speak at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia School of Law to launch LDB’s newest law student chapter. Vogelstein graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010, magna cum laude, with a BA in American History, and from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2013. Events
October 3, 2018 Natasha Hausdorff, “Jerusalem & International Law” On Wednesday, October 3, Natasha Hausdorff will address the LDB Chapter at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law on the topic, “Jerusalem & International Law.” Events
September 22, 2018 Anti-Israel Speech on Campus “U.S. Revives Rutgers Bias Case in New Tack on Anti-Semitism” (front page, Sept. 12) asserted that our organization, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, presses campuses to “squelch anti-Israel speech and activities” and urges “colleges and universities to discipline students who are part of the B.D.S. movement” (Boycott, Divest, Sanctions). Nothing could be further from the truth. Media Coverage Press Room
September 12, 2018 Rutgers to cooperate with U.S. Education Department’s reopening of anti-Semitism probe As reports of anti-Semitic incidents on college campuses rise, the U.S. Department of Education’s office of civil rights has reopened a probe, previously closed under President Barack Obama’s administration, of 2011 allegations that Rutgers University discriminated against Jewish students, the New York Times reported. Media Coverage Press Room
September 12, 2018 Trump’s Education Department weighs in on anti-Semitism case President Donald Trump’s Education Department has reopened an old discrimination case against Rutgers University and is revisiting what constitutes anti-Semitism. Media Coverage Press Room