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April 22, 2024 Company Bosses Draw a Red Line on Office Activists (Wall Street Journal)

Published in The Wall Street Journal on 4/21/24; Story by Vanessa Fuhrmans, Miles Kruppa, and Lauren Weber Google’s dismissal of protesting workers is the latest example of employers pushing back on pressure tactics by staff Business leaders are sending a warning to staff: Dissent that disrupts the workplace won’t be tolerated. Google’s decision to fire 28 […]

April 22, 2024 Pratt Institute accused of antisemitism, initially scheduled vote during Passover: ‘Positively obscene’ (NY Post)

Published 4/21/24 by New York Post; Story by Carl Campanile Prestigious Pratt Institute in Brooklyn is being accused of promoting antisemitism with a proposed Israeli boycott — and its top advisory panel was set to vote on it during Passover, when no observant Jews could likely participate. The venerable college’s Academic Senate planned to discuss and possibly […]

April 18, 2024 Lawmakers, Jewish groups brace for Columbia’s Capitol Hill antisemitism showdown (Politico)

Published in Politico on 4/17/2024; Story by Bianca Quilantan “By any measure, these universities have a major problem,” Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said. A scheduling conflict spared Columbia University President Minouche Shafik from the viral moment that contributed to toppling two other college presidents, only to land her center stage for congressional scrutiny in […]

April 15, 2024 ‘This is not pro-Palestinian, this is pro-hate: Ken Marcus’ (Fox News Live)

Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus discusses anti-Israel protestors in Chicago cheering Iranian attack on Israel (Fox News Live, 4/14/24).

April 10, 2024 Jewish Vanderbilt University Student Group Denied Admission to Multicultural Organization (Algemeiner)

Published in The Algemeiner on 4/9/24; Story by Dion J. Pierre Amid a burst of antisemitism on college campuses across the US, the Students Supporting Israel (SSI) chapter at Vanderbilt University has been denied membership in the Multicultural Leadership Council (MLC) branch of student government. According to The Vanderbilt Hustler, the group is the only one […]

April 2, 2024 Does Suing Colleges for Antisemitism Actually Work? (The Free Press)

Published in The Free Press on 3/27/24; Story by Eli Lake. At least 50 U.S. universities have been sued for Jew-hatred on campus since October 7. Will it solve the problem? On November 27, MIT postdoctoral associate Afif Aqrabawi posted on X that Zionists steal the organs of dead Palestinians. “I feel like I’ve seen this movie […]

March 26, 2024 Jewish students feel ‘unsafe’ on campus with anti-Israel sentiment on the rise (Washington Examiner)

Published in the Washington Examiner on 3/23/24; Story by Peter Cordi Jewish students are “under siege” on campus, and a poll released Monday revealed that the various anti-Israel efforts pushed in higher education nationwide have made the Jewish community feel increasingly unsafe. Seventy-three percent of Jewish students reported feeling less safe on campus after the Oct. 7 attack, and it […]

March 25, 2024 The Man Who Helped Redefine Campus Antisemitism (New York Times)

Published on front page of the New York Times on 3/24/24; Story by Vimal Patel. In government and as an outsider, Kenneth Marcus has tried to douse what he says is rising bias against Jews. Some see a crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech. In the early 2000s, as the uprising known as the second intifada instilled […]

March 21, 2024 L. Rachel Lerman on NewsNation’s ‘On Balance with Leland Vittert’: Berkeley School Antisemitism Complaint (3/20/24)

Brandeis Center General Counsel L. Rachel Lerman discusses the complaint LDB co-filed with the Anti-Defamation League to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD). The federal complaint cites BUSD for failing to take action to end nonstop bullying and harassment of Jewish students by peers and […]

March 19, 2024 ‘The Lead with Jake Tapper’ Segment on LDB Complaint against BUSD (CNN)

Segment aired 3/18/24 on CNN program “The Lead with Jake Tapper;” Segment reporter Nick Watt, producer Kat Jaeger. Includes interviews with Jewish students from Berkeley Unified School District schools, who experienced anti-Semitic discrimination and harassment. To learn more about the Brandeis Center’s complaint against BUSD filed with the U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil […]

March 18, 2024 Awash in Qatari money, have US campuses become incubators for Doha’s interests? (Times of Israel)

Published in Times of Israel on 3/14/24; Story by Tal Schneider The Gulf kingdom has lavished billions on US higher education as it seeks soft power, but some allege the money may also be fueling anti-Israel and anti-Jewish trends at schools One will not find many Qatari flags fluttering in College Station, the town that […]

March 8, 2024 Columbia’s proposals to tackle antisemitism draw mixed reviews from Jewish leaders (Jewish Insider)

Published in Jewish Insider 3/7/24; Story by Haley Cohen Task force punts on whether some slogans chanted at anti-Israel rallies are antisemitic The recommendations handed down earlier this week from Columbia University’s task force on antisemitism painted a picture of Jewish students feeling “isolation and pain” in the wake of pro-Palestinian protests that have gripped […]

March 5, 2024 Antisemitic teens terrorizing Jewish teacher with Hitler jabs, death threats as NYC school refuses to discipline them: ‘I live in fear’: lawsuit (New York Post)

Published in New York Post on 3/2/24; Story by Susan Edelman The kids are all reich. A Brooklyn high school has become a haven for Hitler-loving hooligans who terrorize Jewish teachers and classmates, The Post has learned. On Oct. 26, just three weeks after the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre of 1,200 Israelis, 40 to 50 […]

March 4, 2024 ‘Astonishing’ volume of investigations tests legal protections for Jewish students (The Forward)

The Department of Education has opened 48 cases tied to antisemitism at colleges and universities since Oct. 7, most related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Published 3/1/24 in The Forward; Story by Arno Rosenfeld A federal investigation or lawsuit related to antisemitism on college campuses has been opened or filed nearly every other day on average […]

February 29, 2024 Federal complaint alleges Berkeley public schools allowed discrimination against Jewish children (LA Times)

Published 2/28/24 in Los Angeles Times; Story by Jenny Jarvie The week after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Ilana Pearlman asked her 14-year-old son, Ezra, a ninth-grader at Berkeley High School who is Black and Jewish, if he felt safe. “Oh, yeah, I’ll be fine,” he told her. “I’m Black.” Pearlman, a 38-year-old midwife, […]

February 22, 2024 Matt Vogel: UVM’s remarkable turnaround has improved life for Jewish students (vtdigger)

Published in vtdigger on 2/20/24; op-ed article by Matt Vogel, executive director of UVM Hillel In the wake of a landmark settlement with the federal government, there has been a remarkable evolution in visible support for Jewish students. Jewish life at the University of Vermont has improved remarkably since April 3, 2023, when the U.S. […]

February 20, 2024 Universities denied grieving Jewish students accommodations: civil rights organization (The College Fix)

Published 10/25/23 by The College Fix; Story by Terrance Kible. ‘The world is watching,’ human rights group told universities. ‘Will you rise to the occasion?’ Amid rising campus antisemitism, civil rights groups wrote to more than 500 university presidents reminding them of their obligations to Jewish students and demanding protections that reportedly had been denied. Alyza […]

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February 15, 2024 Report: Unnecessary for Morningstar to refer to ‘occupied territory’ to assess companies (JNS)

Published by JNS on 2/8/24; Story by Mike Wagenheim “If the remaining BDS controversies come off Israeli companies after this, we can finally say that Morningstar is BDS free,” said Rich Goldberg of FDD. Morningstar, an investment firm headquartered in Chicago that manages and advises on about $264 billion in assets, released a comprehensive report on Wednesday […]

February 7, 2024 Statement on Morningstar report on anti-Israel bias (Jewish Federations of North America)

Published 2/7/24 by JFNA’s ‘FedBeat‘ The coalition of organizations that has worked for over two years to remove bias from ratings in Morningstar’s Sustainalytics ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) welcomes the independent expert report released this morning. This coalition along with other stakeholders pressed the company to engage independent experts to evaluate its methodology, and we believe the […]

February 5, 2024 Some Jewish parents angry and fearful when teachers back Palestinians (Washington Post)

Published 2/4/24 in the Washington Post; Story by Laura Meckler In Oakland, Calif., concerns about antisemitism and school culture prompt some Jewish families to leave In New York City, Jewish leaders, teachers and parents demanded that the schools do more to address what they see as antisemitism, staging a rally on the steps of the […]

February 1, 2024 UPenn faculty blocks main building in pro-Palestinian ‘die-in’ protest in violation of school policy (Washington Examiner)

Published 1/31/24 in Washington Examiner. Story by Peter Cordi. A pro-Palestinian University of Pennsylvania faculty group blocked the main entrance to the school’s College Hall during a “die-in” protest to mourn those who have died in Gaza after Israel’s response to Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack. Approximately 86 school faculty participated in or spectated the protest held by the Ivy […]

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