Media Coverage

Published by the California Globe on 2/27/2026 California public schools are awash with anti-Semitic slurs, harassment and assaults but state authorities refuse to intervene, according to a lawsuit against California filed today on behalf of Jewish parents by the Brandeis Center and StandWithUs. The lawsuit, lodged in the Los Angeles division of California Superior Court, also names the California Department […]

Published by the Los Angeles Times on 2/26/2026 The state of California, its Department of Education and officials were sued Thursday by two Jewish advocacy groups that alleged the state allowed antisemitic harassment of Jewish and Israeli students to go unchecked on campuses. The suit by Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights and StandWithUs — nonprofits focused on […]

Published by Politico on 2/26/2026 A Jewish legal group sued California on Thursday, accusing the state of failing to check widespread antisemitism in its schools. What happened: The lawsuit, believed to be the first of its kind targeting a state and filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, was brought by the Brandeis Center, a nonprofit organization […]

Published by EdSource on 2/26/2026 Disappointed that lawsuits and complaints against school districts haven’t forced change, a national Jewish nonprofit law organization is suing the California Department of Education and state officials for their failure to stem antisemitism in California schools. The Louis D. Brandeis Center Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism filed the lawsuit, its first against […]

Published by JNS on 2/26/2026 California has failed to enforce its antidiscrimination laws against Jew-hatred in K-12 public schools, according to a lawsuit that the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, StandWithUs and Davis Polk and Wardwell filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday. The suit “arises out of the […]

Published by the NY Post on 2/26/2026 Students at schools across California have been targeted with horrific anti-Semitic violence, threats and slurs, according to a new blockbuster lawsuit. On Thursday, Louis D. Brandeis Center and StandWithUS filed the suit against the state of California, alleging it has allowed “pervasive harassment of Jewish and Israeli students […]

Published by The Washington Free Beacon on 2/26/2026 A group of Jewish parents sued the California state education system on Thursday, alleging that the state’s public schools have become anti-Semitic cesspools in which “Jewish students are segregated and pulled out of classes so that teachers can spew anti-Israel and anti-Semitic propaganda without pushback,” according to […]

Published by The Jewish Weekly News of Northern California on 2/26/2026 Jewish parents in California are taking their fight against antisemitism in K-12 public schools to the very top.  A lawsuit filed Thursday by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish advocacy group StandWithUs takes aim at the state of California and […]

Published by Jewish Insider on 2/26/2026 Jewish legal groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the State of California over an alleged failure to address antisemitism — some of which is stemming from teachers’ unions — in K-12 public schools across the state.  Filed by the Louis D. Brandeis Center For Human Rights Under Law […]

Published by The Free Press on 2/26/2026 A coalition of Jewish parents and civil rights organizations have filed the first antisemitism lawsuit against a U.S. state, accusing the California government of failing to protect Jewish students from a surge of antisemitic harassment, violence, and propaganda in the state’s public schools. The filing accuses the state of offering […]

Published by The Algemeiner on 2/23/2026 Jewish community advocates and civil rights lawyers discussed the campus antisemitism crisis in American higher education during two days of briefings and public comment held by the US Commission on Civil Rights last week, urging the agency to fight anti-Jewish hatred as aggressively as with other forms of discrimination. […]

Published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on 2/23/2026 Instead of practicing with her a capella group or preparing to lead Shabbat services, University of Maryland senior Tekoa Sultan-Reisler spent her Friday afternoon testifying about campus antisemitism in front of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. She shared that she had witnessed antisemitism at her […]

Published by The Jewish Voice on 2/9/2026 The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in Damsky v. Summerlin, urging the Court to reverse a trial judge and vacate a preliminary injunction that required the University of […]

Published by Jewish Herald Voice on 2/5/2026 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law welcomes news that Guinness World Records Limited will again accept submissions from Israel, starting with GWR reversing its decision to deny Matnat Chaim recognition for its kidney donation record. Since November 2023, one month after […]

Published by K5 on 2/5/2026 SEATTLE — The University of Washington is requiring all students and staff to complete an online civil rights training following a federal investigation that found the school failed to adequately respond to widespread antisemitic harassment on campus. Staff are required to complete the course by the end of March. Students […]

Published by JNS on 2/2/2026 Kenneth L. Marcus, chairman and CEO of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and a former assistant U.S. secretary of education for civil rights, is cited four times in Wikipedia’s entry on “weaponization of antisemitism” and five times in notes at the bottom of the page. […]

Published by The Free Press on 2/2/2026 No foreign country pours money into American universities like Qatar does—and it isn’t even close. The Persian Gulf state has spent about $6.6 billion since the U.S. government started tracking the numbers in the 1960s. In comparison, China has spent about $4.1 billion. But what does Qatar get in return […]

Published by JNS on 1/26/2026 Two lawsuits alleging antisemitism—one involving Stanford University and another tied to the spring 2024 anti-Israel encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles—will move forward, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announced on Jan. 22. The Stanford case stems from a July lawsuit filed by the Brandeis Center […]

Published by Jewish Insider on 1/26/2026 The United Auto Workers historically evokes imagery of assembly lines, picket lines and blue-collar solidarity. But the UAW, one of the largest unions in the country, has increasingly drifted away from its core mission of representing autoworkers in the workplace, driven by individuals pushing an extreme anti-Israel political agenda […]

Published by Jewish Insider on 1/22/2026 Days after assuming office, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger is facing scrutiny from Jewish leaders over her decision to appoint Jim Moran, a former congressman representing northern Virginia now working as a lobbyist for clients including Qatar, to the George Mason University board of visitors, despite his extensive record of […]