March 1, 2024 The Brandeis Center Welcomes New Staff Washington, D.C. (March 1, 2024) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) is pleased to welcome three new staff members to its rapidly expanding team: Senior Education Counsel Marci Lerner Miller, New York Senior Counsel David M. Dince, and Senior Counsel Robin N. Pick. The addition of three more attorneys […] Press Releases
February 29, 2024 Brandeis Center/ADL/StandWithUs Launch Pro Bono K-12 Anti-Semitism Helpline Contact: Brandeis Center, Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 ADL, Todd Gutnick 212-885-7755 | adlmedia@adl.org StandWithUs, Jennifer Kutner, 310-245-4109, jenniferk@standwithus.org Washington, D.C., Feb. 29, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), and StandWithUs, along with four leading law firms, today announced a new pilot helpline to provide pro bono legal […] Press Releases Press Room
February 29, 2024 Federal complaint alleges Berkeley public schools allowed discrimination against Jewish children (LA Times) Published 2/28/24 in Los Angeles Times; Story by Jenny Jarvie The week after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Ilana Pearlman asked her 14-year-old son, Ezra, a ninth-grader at Berkeley High School who is Black and Jewish, if he felt safe. “Oh, yeah, I’ll be fine,” he told her. “I’m Black.” Pearlman, a 38-year-old midwife, […] Media Coverage
February 28, 2024 Brandeis Center/ADL File Federal Complaint Against Berkeley K-12 Schools for ‘Severe and Persistent’ Anti-Semitic Bullying Contact: Brandeis Center, Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 ADL, Todd Gutnick 212-885-7755 | adlmedia@adl.org Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) for failing […] Press Releases
February 23, 2024 Alyza D. Lewin Speaks at Park East Synagogue (3/6/24) Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin will speak on the panel “Suing the Ivies: An Evening with the Leading Lawyers Fighting Antisemitism on Campuses” at Park East Synagogue, March 6, 2024. Light dinner at 6:30 p.m. ET, program begins at 7:00. Purchase tickets here. $25 for non-members; $20 for members. Students welcome free of charge […] Events
February 22, 2024 Matt Vogel: UVM’s remarkable turnaround has improved life for Jewish students (vtdigger) Published in vtdigger on 2/20/24; op-ed article by Matt Vogel, executive director of UVM Hillel In the wake of a landmark settlement with the federal government, there has been a remarkable evolution in visible support for Jewish students. Jewish life at the University of Vermont has improved remarkably since April 3, 2023, when the U.S. […] Media Coverage
February 20, 2024 Universities denied grieving Jewish students accommodations: civil rights organization (The College Fix) Published 10/25/23 by The College Fix; Story by Terrance Kible. ‘The world is watching,’ human rights group told universities. ‘Will you rise to the occasion?’ Amid rising campus antisemitism, civil rights groups wrote to more than 500 university presidents reminding them of their obligations to Jewish students and demanding protections that reportedly had been denied. Alyza […] Media Coverage
February 15, 2024 Report: Unnecessary for Morningstar to refer to ‘occupied territory’ to assess companies (JNS) Published by JNS on 2/8/24; Story by Mike Wagenheim “If the remaining BDS controversies come off Israeli companies after this, we can finally say that Morningstar is BDS free,” said Rich Goldberg of FDD. Morningstar, an investment firm headquartered in Chicago that manages and advises on about $264 billion in assets, released a comprehensive report on Wednesday […] Media Coverage
February 7, 2024 Statement on Morningstar report on anti-Israel bias (Jewish Federations of North America) Published 2/7/24 by JFNA’s ‘FedBeat‘ The coalition of organizations that has worked for over two years to remove bias from ratings in Morningstar’s Sustainalytics ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) welcomes the independent expert report released this morning. This coalition along with other stakeholders pressed the company to engage independent experts to evaluate its methodology, and we believe the […] Media Coverage
February 5, 2024 Kenneth Marcus in NYU School of Law Webinar: “Dealing with Campus Unrest: Law and Policy” (Feb 21) Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus will feature as a panelist in a webinar for NYU School of Law’s Institute of Judicial Administration: “Dealing with Campus Unrest: Law & Policy,” taking place Tuesday, February 21 at Noon ET. Click this link to register now and learn more about the other panelists. The degree of campus unrest and conflict is […] Events