LDB Welcomes Four Summer Interns!

Washington, D.C.: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (the Brandeis Center) is pleased to welcome four summer interns: Nathaniel Berman, Samantha Crane, Joni Rosenberg, and Chloe Shrager.

The Brandeis Center continues to lead a robust and strategic legal response to the alarming increase in anti-Semitism on college and university campuses; from a notable case exposing pervasive anti-Semitism at Stanford University’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion program for mental health counselors, to an emergency webinar with leading legal experts addressing the legal response to the surge of anti-Semitism targeting Jewish and pro-Israel students after recent hostilities in Israel. Through various programs, like the JIGSAW Fellowship for law school students and undergraduate internships, the Brandeis Center continues to educate and engage with students in its efforts to combat anti-Semitism and discrimination in higher education.

Brandeis Center Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus commented, “I am delighted to welcome our college interns. I look forward to educating them about the pressing issues facing the American Jewish community and involving them in the Center’s work to combat the unprecedented rise in anti-Semitism on campus.”

Alyza D. Lewin, Brandeis Center President, added, “Our college interns are an integral part of our Brandeis team. They play a key role in educating and empowering students by taking the knowledge they glean from their LDB experience and sharing it with others. I’m excited to welcome these young leaders and I look forward to working with them.”

Nathaniel Berman is from Upper Saddle River, New Jersey and recently completed his undergraduate degree in geoscience and Hebrew at Tufts University. On campus he served as the Campaigns Director for Tufts Friends of Israel, led a student movement against a referendum introduced by the Tufts chapter of SJP, and created and edited The Burning Bush, an online zine for the Tufts Jewish community. Mr. Berman plans to attend law school in the future.

Samantha Crane has interned with the Brandeis Center since October 2020. Ms. Crane hails from Chicago and recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At Wisconsin and while studying abroad at Tel-Aviv University in Israel, she pursued a bachelor’s degree in political science, journalism, and Jewish studies. Ms. Crane also interned for Representative Lisa Subeck at the Wisconsin State Capitol. She ultimately plans to enroll in law school.

Joni Rosenberg is a Chicago-area native and a rising senior at Northwestern University. She is a pre-law student studying history, art history, and political science and plans to attend law school. Before joining the Brandeis Center, Ms. Rosenberg was a grant writing intern at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center and worked as a research assistant in Northwestern’s History Department.

Chloe Shrager is a rising sophomore at Stanford University completing an interdisciplinary major in Computer Science, Philosophy, Psychology, and Linguistics with a double minor in Economics and Jewish Studies. She has been involved in Jewish advocacy through Jewish Family and Children’s Services, Stanford Hillel, Wave Learning Festival, and now the Brandeis Center. In the future, she aspires to attend law school and serve as a human rights lawyer for the American Jewish community.

LDB extends a warm welcome to our summer 2021 interns!