May 2, 2018 SPME BDS Monitor: Campus BDS Scores April was an extremely active month for BDS thanks to the confluence of Passover, ‘Apartheid Week,’ Israel Independence Day, and Israel’s 70th anniversary. Media Coverage Press Room
May 1, 2018 Anti-Zionist NYU Students Arrested at Israel Independence Day Party, Charged With Reckless Endangerment, Assault Two members of anti-Zionist groups at New York University were arrested while protesting a celebration of Israel’s Independence Day on Friday. Media Coverage Press Room
April 26, 2018 LDB & StandWithUs Urge More Action from NYU President StandWithUs and The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) are deeply concerned by a discriminatory joint statement signed by 51 student organizations targeting two pro-Israel organizations at New York University (NYU). Press Releases Press Room
April 26, 2018 Across Europe, Jewish Safety Fears Grow Late in March, Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Jewish grandmother and Holocaust survivor, was found dead – stabbed to death with her body partially burned – in her Paris apartment. Media Coverage Press Room
April 26, 2018 Advocates Urge NYU to Take Action Against Student Clubs That Pledged to Boycott Pro-Israel Peers Two groups that work to support Jewish students on campus called on New York University on Tuesday to take action against 53 student clubs that pledged to boycott their Zionist peers. Media Coverage Press Room
April 25, 2018 Challenge anti-Semitism A dark shadow is stalking the land. Anti-Semitism is once again showing itself and must be confronted head-on and stamped out wherever it is found. Discrimination against any individuals and groups goes against the values of science, human decency and this journal. Media Coverage Press Room
April 24, 2018 Alyza Lewin at University of Chicago Supreme Court litigator Alyza Lewin will address LDB students at UChicago School of Law on her work litigating the “Jerusalem Passport Case” in front of the Supreme Court. Events
April 24, 2018 Confirm Kenneth Marcus to the Department of Education For months, Kenneth Marcus’ nomination to lead the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has been stalled amid staunch Democratic opposition. Media Coverage Press Room
April 20, 2018 S.C. 1st to define anti-Semitism laws South Carolina became the first state to pass legislation to protect students from anti-Semitic acts. Media Coverage Press Room
April 19, 2018 Our View: Follow South Carolina Acrimony and spite are nothing new in Washington, but we don’t know if we’ve ever seen anything like sheer visceral animosity many left-liberal commentators and Congressional Democrats have for Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Media Coverage Press Room