March 24, 2025 Brandeis Center Blocks UAW From Expelling Jewish and Allied Members Who Stood Up For Israel March 24, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – In response to legal action taken by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, the United Auto Workers (UAW) Public Review Board ruled the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA) cannot expel four Nassau County Legal Aid attorneys who opposed the ALAA’s virulently anti-Semitic and pro-Hamas […] Press Releases
March 20, 2025 U.S. Department of Education Opens Investigations into Anti-Semitism Complaints Against Yale, UMass-Amherst, Scripps College, American University and Fulton County (Washington, D.C., March 20, 2025) – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is opening investigations into complaints filed by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Anti-Defamation League (ADL) against Yale University; University of Massachusetts Amherst; and Scripps College. In addition, the Department is opening complaints against […] Press Releases Press Room
March 6, 2025 Federal Anti-Semitism Complaints Filed Against Three California Schools – Scripps, Cal Poly, and Etiwanda District (Washington, D.C., March 6, 2025) The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, today, announced it has filed three federal complaints with the U.S. Department of Education against California State Polytechnic, Scripps College, and California’s Etiwanda School District alleging the schools are in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Brandeis […] Press Releases
March 3, 2025 Man Kicked Out of Oakland Cafe For Being Jewish Sues Owner Washington, D.C. (March 3, 2025): The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, representing a man who was ejected, along with his five-year-old son, from an Oakland coffeehouse because he is Jewish, filed a lawsuit today in the Superior Court of the State of California, Alameda County. According to the lawsuit, the defendants’ denial of services […] Press Releases
February 20, 2025 Santa Ana Public Schools Prevented from Teaching Anti-Semitic Ethnic Studies (Santa Ana, Calif., February 20, 2025) – Major Jewish organizations on February 20 announced that the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against the school district for introducing ethnic studies courses that were developed in secret and infected with anti-Semitism. As part of the settlement, SAUSD will cease […] Uncategorized Press Releases Press Room
February 6, 2025 Public Interest Law Firm Launched to Specialize in Anti-Semitism Litigation Washington, D.C., February 6, 2025: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today announced it will be assembling a team of nearly twenty lawyers and legal staff to litigate exclusively against anti-Semitism. Their bandwidth will be increased by support from outside counsel at major national law firms. This new public interest litigation […] Press Releases Press Room
February 3, 2025 Former OCR Head Commends Newly Announced U.S. Dept of Education Anti-Semitism Investigations The Brandeis Center today applauded the announcement by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to open proactive investigations into anti-Semitism at five higher education campuses. The Brandeis Center is currently suing UC Berkeley, one of the schools being investigated, for the “longstanding, unchecked spread of anti-Semitism.” “This is exactly the right step to be […] Press Releases
January 21, 2025 The Brandeis Center and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education Agree with Harvard to Settle Title VI Litigation Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724, nicole@rosencomm.com Washington, D.C., January 21, 2025 — Today, Plaintiffs The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education (“JAFE”) announced that they have reached an agreement to resolve their claims against Harvard University. As part of the settlement, Harvard has agreed to implement […] Press Releases Press Room
November 26, 2024 ADL and the Brandeis Center Settle Title VI Complaint after Occidental College Agrees to Sweeping Reforms to Prevent Campus Antisemitism Contact: Cara Herman, cherman@brandeiscenter.com New York, NY, November 26, 2024: Occidental College has agreed to take a series of steps to address and prevent antisemitism on campus as part of a sweeping settlement agreement reached in response to a federal Title VI complaint filed by ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for […] Press Releases
November 6, 2024 Judge Rules Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard Should Begin Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 Washington, D.C., Nov. 6, 2024: Kenneth L. Marcus, chairman of The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education for George W. Bush and Donald Trump issued the following statement in response to U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns’ decision to begin proceedings in the Brandeis Center’s lawsuit alleging Harvard […] Press Releases