December 13, 2017 Hearing Puts Civil Rights, Special Education Nominees on Hot Seat Democrats on the Senate education committee had some tough questions for President Donald Trump’s picks to head up civil rights and special education policy at the U.S. Department of Education as the members vetted them for confirmation. Media Coverage Press Room
December 13, 2017 Campus Antisemitism and Pseudo-Intellectual Complicity n recent decades, academics promoting pseudo intellectual studies have sought to advance the notion that antisemitism in the contemporary context, and specifically on college and university campuses, is a mere illusion, created by a group of alarmists,” attempting to exaggerate the severity of threats against the Jewish community. Media Coverage Press Room
December 13, 2017 U.S. Senate Holds Confirmation Hearing for LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus Brandeis Center President and General Counsel, Kenneth L. Marcus, has been nominated for the role of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education. On December 5, Mr. Marcus appeared in front of the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) for a hearing on his nomination. In his opening statement to the Committee, […] Media Coverage Press Room
December 12, 2017 Antisemitism @ VT Did antisemitism somehow become a job prerequisite in academia? “We are horrified by the reports that we are hearing from Virginia Tech students,” Jennifer Gross, an attorney with the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights under Law says. “The problem is not just that Virginia Tech employs an avowed white supremacist as a graduate student instructor and that many undergraduate students are required to take his course.” Media Coverage Press Room
December 11, 2017 Breach of Duty or Legal Overreach? It’s been almost four years since members of the American Studies Association voted by a nearly two-thirds majority to adopt a resolution backing a boycott of Israeli universities, but a lawsuit opposing the resolution filed by four of the association’s current and former members rages on. Media Coverage Press Room
December 2, 2017 Why Anti-Semites Oppose the Marcus Nomination Kenneth Marcus, founder, president and general counsel for the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, has dedicated most of his career to fighting for civil rights. Media Coverage Press Room
November 28, 2017 Professor Steven Resnicoff at Chicago-Kent On Monday, November 28, Professor Steven Resnicoff will speak to LDB law students at Chicago-Kent College of Law on how the west and its international law institutions have abandoned religious minorities. Events
November 28, 2017 Promotion of Edward Kunz The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) is proud to announce the promotion of Edward Kunz to the position of Senior Communications and Development intern. Press Releases Press Room
November 28, 2017 Why a Florida Village Defined Antisemitism Last week, the Bal Harbour Village Council took a tremendous step forward in the fight against antisemitism: under the leadership of Mayor Gabriel Groisman, the Council voted 5-0 in favor of the “Anti-Semitism Definition Act.” Media Coverage Press Room
November 22, 2017 Victory in Bal Harbour: LDB Testifies in Support of Anti-Semitism Definition Act, Unanimously Passes First Reading The Bal Harbour Village Hall was packed with supporters as the Village Council took an important step in combatting the growing and urgent problem of anti-Semitism last night. Press Releases Press Room