Washington, D.C. (November 27, 2023) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (the Brandeis Center or LDB) today announces its relaunch as a membership organization, as well as the launch of its sister grassroots membership organization, Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education (JAFE). Membership is free. Those who want to join the Brandeis Center and its JAFE membership arm can do so by signing up here. With the surge in campus anti-Semitism following the October 7 Hamas atrocities, many Jewish and allied students, faculty, and parents are seeking ways to support Jewish students on American universities and colleges. Becoming a member of the Brandeis Center and/or JAFE provides a crucial way to assist the Brandeis Center in holding campus administrators accountable for their legal obligations to keep Jewish students safe. JAFE shares its mission with LDB – to advance the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and to promote justice for all. In particular, 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. Establishing this non-voting membership organization will allow the Brandeis Center to better represent and assist students and faculty who have experienced anti-Semitic harassment or discrimination – because JAFE can protect their anonymity, should they wish not to be identified publicly. The Brandeis Center and JAFE will serve as plaintiff in lawsuits and other lawful efforts 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 – including the Jews’ deep connection to Israel. Brandeis Center Policy Director Emma Enig will serve as inaugural director for LDB’s membership arms, including JAFE. Enig joined LDB as a JIGSAW Legal Fellow in 2021 and was announced as policy director in March 2023. She produced the organization’s first Capitol Hill policy briefing, Anti-Semitism in America on College Campuses and in the Workplace in September, hosted by U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz. “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 the Brandeis Center and 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. “We are witnessing a tsunami of anti-Jewish hate flood educational institutions across the US. 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.” To join JAFE, click HERE. 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/resources/case-materials/. View this press release as a PDF here. 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.