Who We Are: JAFE is a membership organization launched by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (the Brandeis Center or LDB). Membership is free. We invite Jewish and allied students, faculty, and parents who are seeking ways to support Jewish students on American universities and colleges to join.

What JAFE Does: JAFE is dedicated to supporting Jewish students on American universities and colleges. JAFE is a vital tool in the ongoing struggle to hold campus administrators accountable for their legal obligations to keep Jewish students safe.

JAFE’s mission is to eliminate anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination in education and to ensure fairness in education for Jewish, Israeli, and all Americans, through lawful means including litigation.

The Brandeis Center, through JAFE, will represent and assist students and faculty who have experienced anti-Semitic harassment or discrimination.
JAFE can protect their anonymity, should they wish not to be identified publicly. The Brandeis Center and JAFE will serve as plaintiffs in lawsuits and other lawful efforts, such as using Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, to protect Jews from harassment and discrimination that targets them not only on the basis of religious practice, but also on the basis of their shared ancestry and ethnicity which includes Zionism– the Jews’ deep connection to Israel.
We are pleased to announce the launch of our membership organization,” proclaimed Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus. “Many people have asked us what they can do to help us to achieve our mission. Joining JAFE is free, but it sends a message, and it provides an opportunity for people to make themselves heard.”

“By establishing JAFE the Brandeis Center has launched a powerful vehicle to facilitate our representation of Jewish and Israeli American college students, graduate and professional students, K-12 students, parents, alumni, faculty, and other individuals who have personally experienced or been impacted by anti-Semitism in K-12 and higher education,” stated Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin. “JAFE will enable us to better inform, coordinate, and represent students, parents, faculty and, staff who are impacted by this anti-Semitism. If you share our mission to counter anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination in education, join JAFE.”

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Brandeis Center attorneys are available to speak with students and parents experiencing campus Anti-Semitism and are doing so every day. Contact us at info@brandeiscenter.com, texting “CALLhelp” to 51555 or by completing the short intake form at legal-protection.org. View a list of Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title VI complaints filed by and lawsuits litigated by the Brandeis Center at: brandeiscenter.com/cases.

The Louis D. Brandeis Center is an independent, nonprofit organization established to advance the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and promote justice for all. The Brandeis Center conducts research, education, and advocacy to combat the resurgence of anti-Semitism on college and university campuses. It is not affiliated with the Massachusetts university, the Kentucky law school, or any of the other institutions that share the name and honor the memory of the late U.S. Supreme Court justice.