May 28, 2014 Brandeis Center Joins AMCHA Initiative Urging Investigation into Misuse of California Taxpayer Funds to Support Professor’s Meetings with Terrorists The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today joined with the AMCHA Initiative in demanding an investigation into the misuse of taxpayer funds in a San Francisco State University professor’s trip to the Middle East to meet with persons who are affiliated with terrorist organizations. Press Releases Press Room
May 20, 2014 Nazi propaganda by members of the Vassar chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights under Law, a national civil rights organization, has urged Vassar College President Catherine Bond Hill to take strong disciplinary action in response to the posting of Nazi propaganda by members of the Vassar chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Press Releases Press Room
May 14, 2014 LDB President to Deliver Keynote Address Blasting BDS Movement This evening in Tel Aviv, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights under Law (LDB) President Kenneth L. Marcus will deliver an important keynote address at an important conference on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Press Releases Press Room
April 22, 2014 Brandeis Center President Publishes Article on Academic Freedom he Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights under Law (LDB) President Kenneth L. Marcus has just published a short but important article on academic freedom in the current issue of the Florida International University Law Review. Press Releases Press Room
April 14, 2014 New Civil Rights Legal Fellows Join Brandeis Center’s Growing Staff The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights under Law (LDB) today announces the appointment of two new civil rights legal fellows, Stephen A. Cohen and Aviva J. Vogelstein. Cohen and Vogelstein’s appointments marks the Brandeis Center’s continued expansion, as the Washington, D.C.-based civil rights group grows to face the resurgent problem of anti-Semitism on American University campuses. Press Releases Press Room
January 13, 2010 BDS and the Case of the Olympia Food Co-op On Wednesday, January 13, 2016, the LDB law student chapter at the University of Washington will host Robert M. Sulkin, the main attorney on the Olympia, Washington co-op case. Events
January 1, 1970 NYU President, Among Others, Condemns Graduation Speaker’s Anti-Semitic Remarks On May 20, 2019, a speech made by Steven William Thrasher at NYU’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences convocation ceremony called for the boycott of Israel, labeled it an apartheid state, and praised BDS. Thrasher’s remarks and views are not unique. Objectives such as his run rampant, misinformation is advanced, followed by discord, disunity, and divide. Media Coverage Press Room
January 1, 1970 The Louis D. Brandeis Center, Inc. Files Friend of the Court Brief In Support of Arkansas’ Anti-BDS Legislation. On June 6, 2019, the Brandeis Center filed an amicus brief urging the Court of Appeals to affirm the District Court’s decision in favor of the Arkansas anti-BDS law. The brief presented two key arguments as to why Act 710 does not violate the First Amendment. Press Releases Press Room
January 1, 1970 USC Vows to Counter Hate After Jewish Student Government Leader Resigns By Melissa White ~ August 7, 2020 Jewish Insider The student government vice president at the University of Southern California resigned this week, alleging she was the subject of antisemitic harassment over her support for Israel. In response, the university administration said it is launching a new educational initiative to counter on-campus hate. “As you […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 1, 1970 USC Vows to Counter Hate After Jewish Student Government Leader Resigns By Melissa White ~ August 7, 2020 Jewish Insider The student government vice president at the University of Southern California resigned this week, alleging she was the subject of antisemitic harassment over her support for Israel. In response, the university administration said it is launching a new educational initiative to counter on-campus hate. “As you […] Media Coverage Press Room