October 7, 2021 LDB Mourns the Passing of Neal Sher The Louis D. Brandeis Center Mourns the Passing of Neal M. Sher A Member of Our Legal Advisory Board The Louis D. Brandeis Center mourns the passing of long-time advisory board member Neal Sher, an active member of the LDB community and a prominent attorney who formerly headed the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of […] Media Coverage Press Room
October 7, 2021 New Website Allows Students to Report Anti-Semitic Incidents (Inside Higher Ed) New Website Allows Students to Report Anti-Semitic Incidents ~ By Maria Carrasco October 7, 2021 ~ A new online portal allows Jewish students and others to report anti-Semitic incidents and hate crimes on college campuses. The website, ReportCampusHate.org, was created by Hillel International, the Anti-Defamation League and the Secure Community Network, a safety and security initiative […] Media Coverage Press Room
October 5, 2021 Kenneth L. Marcus’ Reply to Johns Hopkins President Response to Ronald J. Daniels ~ We are pleased that, in response to my Sept. 30 essay, “Johns Hopkins must live up to its ideals,” JHU President Ronald J. Daniels has finally written with appropriate forcefulness that Johns Hopkins takes antisemitism seriously. Daniels’ Oct. 1 letter improves on the rote, vague denunciations of anti-Semitism and racism that JHU […] Op-Eds Press Room
September 30, 2021 “Johns Hopkins must live up to its ideals,” by Kenneth L. Marcus (The Washington Post) The Washington Post ~ Opinion by Kenneth L. Marcus (September 30, 2021 at 3:22 p.m. EDT) Johns Hopkins University recently extended the record-breaking tenure of its longest-serving president, Ronald J. Daniels. Under Daniels, Johns Hopkins has prospered, buoyed by the landmark $1.8 billion gift from alumnus Mike Bloomberg. As important, under Daniels, the university has hued […] Op-Eds Press Room
September 28, 2021 It’s the Bullying, Stupid: The Anti-Israel Lobby Targets Jewish Kids on Campus By Jeff Robbins Creators.com With a new academic year underway, Jewish college students across America are in receipt of yet more empirical evidence that the anxiety they are experiencing is not a figment of their imaginations. A poll released last week by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law found that more than 65% of […] Media Coverage Press Room
September 21, 2021 “We must call for an end to Durbanism,” by Kenneth L. Marcus (JNS) JNS ~ Kenneth L. Marcus – September 20, 2021 ~ (September 20, 2021 / JNS) The United Nations will hold a major international convening on Sept. 22 to mark the 20th anniversary of its World Conference Against Racism, held in Durban, South Africa in 2001. In many ways, that conference has marked us more than we mark it. For […] Op-Eds Press Room
September 20, 2021 Everybody Hates the Jews (Common Sense with Bari Weiss on Substack) Substack – Common Sense with Bari Weiss ~ Bari Weiss – September 20, 2021 ~ Everybody hates the Jews. That’s the refrain from the brilliant satirist Tom Lehrer in “National Brotherhood Week,” a song that I had memorized by the time I was ten, given that I was raised by the kind of dad who made sure […] Media Coverage Press Room
September 20, 2021 Survey of Jewish fraternity and sorority finds most respondents experienced antisemitism on campus (JTA) JTA BY BEN SALES SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 5:59 PM — A survey of members of AEPi and AEPhi, the most prominent national Jewish fraternity and sorority, found that large numbers of respondents have experienced antisemitism on campus. The survey also found that about half of respondents have felt the need to hide their Jewish identity on campus […] Media Coverage Press Room
September 19, 2021 “Definition of antisemitism adapts to new political strategies” by L. Rachel Lerman (Boston Herald) Boston Herald By L. RACHEL LERMAN | September 19, 2021 at 12:02 a.m. The U.N. will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the World Conference on Racism at Durban, South Africa, on Sept. 22. Far from scoring a victory against racism, however, the 2001 conference is remembered for a spate of virulent attacks against Jews and Israel — […] Op-Eds Press Room
September 14, 2021 “Fight Racism, Not Jews: The United Nations and the Durban Deceit” featuring Kenneth L. Marcus ~ September 19 Sunday, September 19, 20219:00 AM – 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time WATCH LIVE HERE 9/19/2021 WANT REMINDERS? CLICK TO REGISTER SPEAKERS DURBAN […] Events