May 7, 2024 Jewish Groups Support High School’s Efforts to Ban Screening of Antisemitic Film Steve Gosset, American Jewish Committee, gossets@ajc.org, 917-596-3529Guila Franklin Siegel, JCRC of Greater Washington, gfsiegel@jcouncil.org, 301-651-2625Nicole Rosen, Brandeis Center, Nicole@rosencomm.com, 202-309-5724 Washington, D.C., May 7, 2024—A coalition of Jewish groups today said it backed a Washington, D.C. high school’s decision to ban the screening of a documentary that traffics in antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories, at […] Press Releases
May 7, 2024 Lawsuit targets rampant antisemitism in NYC public school CONTACT: Jim Walden, 212-335-2031 As students glorify Adolf Hitler and chant “Fuck the Jews,”DOE accused of empowering student bigots. NEW YORK (May 3, 2024) – Today, Walden Macht & Haran and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed a lawsuit against Origins High School, the City of New York, the New […] Press Releases
May 7, 2024 SNOWBALLING ANTI-SEMITISM PROMPTS BRANDEIS CENTER/ADL TO EXPAND CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT AGAINST BERKELEY K-12 SCHOOLS Contact: Brandeis Center, Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 l nicole@rosencomm.com ADL, Todd Gutnick 212-885-7755 | adlmedia@adl.org Washington, D.C. (May 6, 2024) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today expanded their complaint against the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD), sounding the alarm that the already-hostile environment for Jewish […] Press Releases
May 6, 2024 Jewish teacher sues DOE over antisemitism at NYC high school, shares abhorrent email: ‘All Jews need to be exterminated’ (New York Post) Published by New York Post on 5/3/24; Story by Georgia Worrell and Priscilla DeGregory A Jewish teacher who said she was terrorized by students at her Brooklyn high school — including with swastikas, death threats, Nazi salutes and Hitler-loving comments — has sued over the heinous antisemitism that school officials allegedly allowed to run rampant. Danielle Kaminsky, whose alleged […] Media Coverage
May 6, 2024 ‘Pervasive antisemitic climate for Jewish students’: ADL files complaint against UMass-Amherst (Boston 25) Published by WFXT-TV (Boston 25) on 5/2/24; Story by Maria Papadopoulos AMHERST, Mass. — The University of Massachusetts-Amherst has failed to address a “hostile antisemitic environment” against Jewish students on its campus, according to a federal complaint filed this week by the Anti-Defamation League. The complaint, filed by the ADL and the Louis D. Brandeis […] Media Coverage
May 3, 2024 House-passed antisemitism bill faces initial objections in Senate (Jewish Insider) Republican opposition to the IHRA codification on and off Capitol Hill has appeared to gain steam in the wake of the bill’s passage in the House Published 5/3/24 by Jewish Insider; Story by Marc Rod The fate of the House-passed Antisemitism Awareness Act (AAA) in the Senate remains unclear after a bipartisan effort to unanimously fast-track passage […] Media Coverage
May 2, 2024 ADL and Brandeis Center File Title VI Complaint Against UMass-Amherst, Alleging Pervasive Antisemitic Climate for Jewish Students Media Contact: Nicole Rosen, nicole@rosencomm.com, 202-309-5724 Complaint claims school failed to protect students, including after violent antisemitic assault May 2, 2024 – ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today announced that they submitted a formal complaint against the University of Massachusetts Amherst with the U.S. Department […] Press Releases
May 2, 2024 Brandeis University: ‘Navigating Antisemitism on Campus and Beyond: Making Sense of Freedom of Speech, Academic Freedom, and Title VI’ (May 8, 2024) Presented by Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin This virtual presentation is intended for higher education leaders and administrators in departments related to student and academic affairs, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and legal affairs, communications, development, and positions such as president, provost, and deans’ offices, etc. More information is available about the Brandeis University […] Events
May 2, 2024 House passes bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act by wide margin (JNS) The bill, which codifies the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of Jew-hatred for Title VI purposes, passed 320-91 and is now Senate bound. Published 5/1/24 by Jewish News Syndicate; Story by Andrew Bernard (May 1, 2024 / JNS) The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act by a margin of 320-91 on Wednesday. The bill, […] Media Coverage