September 15, 2016 The Anti-Semitic Israel Boycott Movement (BDS) in the United States of America In Berlin, Germany, LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus will address anti-Semitism in the BDS movement at 7:30 p.m. on September 16, 2016, in in der Amadeu Antonio Stiftung, Novalisstraße 12, 10115 Berlin. Events
September 15, 2016 LDB Welcomes Intern Kailee Jordan The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights under Law (LDB) is pleased to welcome their newest member, Kailee Jordan, who will be joining the LDB team as a Communications and Development Intern. Press Releases Press Room
September 12, 2016 The Law and Politics of Defining Anti-Semitism Please join UK Lawyers for Israel at an 8:30 a.m. breakfast event with Kenneth L. Marcus, President and General Counsel of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and author of The Definition of Anti-Semitism in London. Events
September 11, 2016 Brandeis Center Urges Stronger Action from San Francisco State University Earlier this month, San Francisco State University released a 24-page investigative report, compiled by the Van Dermyden Maddux Law Corporation, detailing the disruption by anti-Israel student activists of an April 6, 2016, event featuring Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat. Press Releases Press Room
September 6, 2016 Embattled Oberlin President Announces Resignation After String of Scandals Following a string of scandals that erupted after The Tower reported that an Oberlin College professor had posted anti-Semitic material on Facebook, Marvin Krislov announced Tuesday that he is stepping down as president of the private liberal arts school at the end of the 2017 academic year. Media Coverage Press Room
September 2, 2016 Major Jewish Groups Bitterly Rebuke UCLA Over Departure of Student Leader Due to BDS Harassment The heads of major Jewish groups told The Algemeiner on Friday that they were outraged over the handling by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) of the harassment and relentless attacks against a former student leader by anti-Israel activists. Media Coverage Press Room
September 1, 2016 UCLA Student President Leaves Law School Over BDS Harassment; Blasts College for Capitulation to Anti-Israel Movement (INTERVIEW) The capitulation of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has set a “dangerous precedent” for the further harassment of Jewish and pro-Israel students, a former UCLA student leader, who recently left the university due to BDS pressure, told The Algemeiner on Thursday. Media Coverage Press Room
August 31, 2016 Social Media and Terrorist Incitement On Wednesday, August 31, Professor Alexander Tsesis will speak to the LDB law student chapter at Emory University Law School on the topic of, “Social Media and Terrorist Incitement.” Events
August 22, 2016 ‘Slap on Wrist’ of Violent Anti-Israel Student Protesters at UC Irvine ‘Feckless Punishment,’ Say Campus, Legal Groups Lea Speyer Algemeiner August 22, 2016 The heads of major campus and legal groups told The Algemeiner on Monday that they are outraged by the mild response of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) to the violent behavior of an anti-Israel student organization on its campus. Referring to a letter from UCI’s vice chancellor of student […] Press Room Media Coverage
August 22, 2016 LDB Responds to UC Irvine’s SJP Decision and Calls for Stronger Action On Friday, the UC Irvine Office of Student Conduct announced that it had concluded a three-month investigation into an aggressive and disruptive incident on the UCI campus last May. Press Releases Press Room