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 […] Media Coverage Press Room
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
August 16, 2016 Tennessee Jewish Federations Outraged by University’s ‘Tepid Response’ to Virulent Antisemitism, Racism on Knoxville Campus Jewish groups in Tennessee expressed “anger, disappointment and worry” over the “tepid response” of university administrators to antisemitism and racism on the Knoxville campus, The Algemeiner has learned. Media Coverage Press Room
August 12, 2016 LDB Urges University of Tennessee to Condemn Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts Yesterday, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) urged the University of Tennessee – Knoxville (UTK) Chancellor Jimmy Cheek to condemn recently reported anti-Semitic social media postings by current and former University of Tennessee – Knoxville students, demonstrating a long-standing problem on the UTK campus. Press Releases Press Room
August 5, 2016 Canadian Jewish Student Group Files Discrimination Complaint On August 3, Hasbara Fellowships Canada, a pro-Israel campus activism organization and the country’s largest grassroots campus advocacy organization, announced that a complaint had been filed with the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal against both the Student Association and the Faculty Association of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and Durham College. Press Room Media Coverage
July 29, 2016 Campus anti-Semitism Surges in 2016 2016 is unfolding as another unsettling year for Jewish students across U.S. college campuses. According to a report released this week by the AMCHA Initiative, anti-Semitic activities have surged over the past six months. Media Coverage Press Room
July 29, 2016 LDB Welcomes Intern Daniella Hovsha LDB welcomes Daniella Hovsha, who will be joining the organization as a Civil Rights Communications & Development Intern for Fall 2016. Media Coverage Press Room