January 20, 2022 “AMP should inspire dialogue, not incite division,” by Jacob Baime (The Times of Israel) The Times of Israel Less than two months after Zahra Billoo, a longtime leader of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), lambasted Jewish houses of worship before a packed room at the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) convention in Chicago, a Texas synagogue was targeted by an Islamist hostage-taker. On November 27, 2021, Billoo warned 3,000 AMP conference-goers to […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 19, 2022 Antisemitism on Campus: What You Need to Know with Alyza Lewin – January 20 @ 7pm Watch the Webinar Here! Antisemitism on Campus: What You Need to Know January 20, 2022, 7 pm ET Incidents of antisemitism at our nation’s colleges are disturbingly on the rise. What can be done to protect our youth? Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein moderates an informative panel with attorney Alyza Lewin, a leading […] Events
January 18, 2022 ‘The FBI got it wrong’: Jewish leaders criticise law enforcement statement on synagogue siege (Independent) Independent ‘The FBI got it wrong’: Jewish leaders criticise law enforcement statement on synagogue siege Failure to understand antisemitism ‘is something of a pattern with law enforcement in the United States’, Jewish civil rights leader says Bevan Hurley Joe Biden says Texas synagogue attack was ‘an act of terror’ Jewish leaders have condemned the FBI for claiming the Texas […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 17, 2022 Colleyville Poses an Urgent Question: Will Biden Take Antisemitism Seriously? | Opinion by Kenneth L. Marcus (Newsweek) Newsweek By Kenneth L. Marcus, Chairman, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law ~ 1/17/22 at 8:32 am EST Saturday’s Congregation Beth Israel kidnapping in Colleyville, Texas, holds important lessons for federal policymakers. Yet based on early reports, it appears that these lessons are falling on deaf ears, as federal authorities misconstrue what […] Op-Eds Press Room
January 14, 2022 Join the AAJLJ and LDB’s Senior Counsel, Arthur Traldi, on Tuesday, January 25th at 7 p.m. ET for a Special Program for Holocaust Remembrance Day Join the AAJLJ on Tuesday, January 25th at 7 p.m. ET for a Special Program for Holocaust Remembrance Day 77 years after the Holocaust: Roadblocks to Restitution and a Path Forward Featuring Donald Burris, Eli Rosenbaum, and Arthur Traldi Moderated by Alyssa Grzesh RSVP to saleckson@aol.com (Zoom link will be sent before the presentation) In the […] Events
January 14, 2022 ‘Deeply Troubling’: Federal Commissioner Addresses Antisemitism Allegations in Stanford Diversity Trainings (Algemeiner) Algemeiner ~ By Dion J. Pierre | January 13, 2022 @ 4:44 pm ~ A commissioner for the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) this week addressed allegations that Stanford University’s diversity and inclusion trainings fostered a hostile work environment for Jews, calling them “troubling.” The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights filed a complaint in […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 13, 2022 Battling Antisemitism on Campus (Hadassah Magazine) Hadassah Magazine ~ By Rahel Musleah January 2022 Image from Alamy When Max Price entered Tufts University in 2018, excited to study international relations and economics, he did not expect that his college experience would include being intimidated, harassed and marginalized on the Medford, Mass., campus. In his years at the university, he has been slandered in […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 12, 2022 EEOC Commissioner Calls Allegations of Anti-Semitism at Stanford “Deeply Troubling” Press Release Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 In First Public Comments About Case, EEOC Commissioner Calls Allegations of Anti-Semitism at Stanford “Deeply Troubling” Washington, D.C., January 12, 2022: During a panel on rising anti-Semitism and ways to address it in the workplace, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Commissioner Andrea Lucas, for the very first time, […] Media Coverage Press Releases Press Room
January 12, 2022 Federal civil-rights officials raise alarm over ‘horrifying statistics’ on anti-Semitism in workplace (JNS) JNS (January 12, 2022 / JNS) With a general rise in anti-Semitic violence last year, instances of anti-Semitism have also been on the rise in work and education settings, something the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is closely monitoring according to senior commission members who were guests on Monday of a virtual panel discussion held by the […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 10, 2022 Campus Anti-Semitism and US Law (The Times of Israel) The Times of Israel January 10, 2022 ~ To learn more, watch the video of Alyza Lewin’s recent presentation, “Is Today’s Campus Climate Safe for Jews?” As a child growing up in the Deep South during the upheavals of the 1960s, I saw firsthand how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became a powerful force for […] Media Coverage Press Room