February 28, 2022 Antisemitism is back and Ben and Jerry’s is now feeding the beast – opinion (Jerusalem Post) Longtime contractor with Ben & Jerry’s Susannah Levin says the company’s decision to pull out of Israel demonstrated cowardice and she made this known in her resignation email. Jerusalem Post By DEBORAH GASTFREUND SCHUSS FEBRUARY 26, 2022 PRO-ISRAEL demonstrators protest against Ben and Jerry’s over its boycott of West Bank Israeli settlements and against antisemitism, in New […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 28, 2022 Fighting anti-Semitism where it starts (The Hill) The Hill BY DIANE B. KUNZ, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR, SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE, THE LOUIS D. BRANDEIS CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER LAW — 02/25/22 © iStock FBI Director Christopher Wray recently acknowledged “that the Jewish community in particular has suffered violence and faces very real threats from really across the hate spectrum.” Tragically, each week brings further examples […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 25, 2022 ‘Finally’: Duke Student Gov’t Recognizes Pro-Israel Club After Months of Controversy (Algemeiner) Algemeiner ~ By Dion J. Pierre | February 24, 2022 ~ Clocktower Quad at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Photo: Warren LeMay/Wikimedia Commons. Duke University’s student government voted on Wednesday to recognize Students Supporting Israel (SSI) as a registered campus club, months after it was controversially denied that status. While the Student Government (DSG) […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 24, 2022 Brandeis Center Commends Duke’s Decision to Reinstate SSI BRANDEIS CENTER PRESS RELEASE Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 Brandeis Center Commends Duke’s Decision to Reinstate SSI Washington, D.C., February 24: President of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, Alyza D. Lewin, issued the following statement today in response to Duke University’s student government’s unanimous decision, late last night, to officially […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 17, 2022 Brandeis Center Urges Education Department: Close Data Gap Between Religious Minorities and Other Groups Contact: Scott Piro 202-681-4845 Brandeis Center Urges Education Department: Close Data Gap Between Religious Minorities and Other Groups Washington, D.C. (February 17, 2022) – A submission by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) to the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) aims to close disparities in collection […] Media Coverage Press Releases Press Room
February 16, 2022 WATCH: Are DEI initiatives fueling anti-Semitism in higher ed? Featuring Kenneth L. Marcus! Campus Reform WATCH: Are DEI initiatives fueling anti-Semitism in higher ed? Brandeis Center Founder Kenneth Marcus joins Campus Reform to discuss an investigation of alleged anti-Semitism at Stanford University. Marcus adds historical context to these incidents, explaining how anti-Semitism is dealt with differently depending on whether the hatred comes from the left or right. Peter […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 11, 2022 Jewish SUNY New Paltz Students Said Excluded From Sexual Assault Awareness Group Over Support for Israel (Algemeiner) Algemeiner ~ By Dion J. Pierre | Feb. 11, 2022 ~ Jewish SUNY New Paltz Students Said Excluded From Sexual Assault Awareness Group Over Support for Israel Media Coverage Press Room
February 10, 2022 Ted Lieu Spearheads Bipartisan Letter From Members of Congress Calling on Education Dept. to End Delays of Investigating Antisemitism Complaints (Jewish Journal) Jewish Journal ~ Aaron Bandler | Feb. 10, 2022 ~ Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) headlined a bipartisan letter of nearly 40 members of Congress calling on the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to end their delays on investigating complaints of antisemitism on college campuses. The February 4 letter, which was also signed […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 10, 2022 US Lawmakers Call on Dept. of Education to End Delay of Campus Antisemitism Guidance (Algemeiner) Algemeiner ~ February 9, 2022 ~ US Lawmakers Call on Dept. of Education to End Delay of Campus Antisemitism Guidance by Dion J. Pierre Thirty-nine members of the US Congress have urged the Department of Education to issue promised Title VI guidance to protect Jewish students from antisemitism on college campuses, and to resolve long-outstanding […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 7, 2022 Jewishness, Whiteness and Privilege (Inside Higher Ed) Inside Higher Ed ~ By Elizabeth Redden | February 7, 2022 ~ The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating a complaint alleging that Jewish students enrolled in Brooklyn College’s graduate mental health counseling program have been subjected to anti-Semitic harassment from professors and peers. The complaint, filed on behalf of two Jewish […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 3, 2022 U.S. Dept. of Education Opens Investigation Into Anti-Semitism at Brooklyn College PRESS RELEASE ~ Contact: Nicole Rosen – 202-309-5724 U.S. Dept. of Education Opens Investigation Into Anti-Semitism at Brooklyn College Professors Maligned Jews as White, Privileged Oppressors and Advanced Age-Old Tropes Concerning Jewish Power Washington, D.C., February 3: The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it has opened a formal investigation into a […] Media Coverage Press Releases Press Room
February 3, 2022 Federal civil-rights officials open investigation into anti-Semitism at Brooklyn College (JNS) JNS ~ By Sean Savage ~ (February 3, 2022 / JNS) The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint alleging Jewish students at Brooklyn College have been subjected to severe and persistent anti-Semitic harassment from both professors and peers. The complaint—submitted by the Louis D. […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 3, 2022 Brooklyn College Facing Federal Civil Rights Inquiry Over ‘Hostile Environment’ for Jewish Students (Algemeiner) Algemeiner by Dion J. Pierre ~ Feb. 3, 2022 ~ The US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is formally investigating a complaint alleging antisemitic harassment of Jewish students at Brooklyn College, a legal advocacy group announced Thursday. Filed in February 2021 by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, the complaint said that […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 2, 2022 Education Dept. regulations addressing campus antisemitism have been delayed more than two years (eJewish Philanthropy | eJP) eJewish Philanthropy | eJP ~ By Ben Sales | February 2, 2022 ~ The U.S. Department of Education has repeatedly delayed a process that aims to codify civil rights protections for Jewish college students, eJewishPhilanthropy has learned. The delays have taken place under the presidential administrations of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and relate to Trump’s […] Media Coverage Press Room
February 1, 2022 Whoopi Goldberg regrets saying Holocaust not about race (AP) AP News – February 1, 2022 – NEW YORK (AP) — Whoopi Goldberg expressed regret Tuesday for saying on “The View” a day earlier that race was not a factor in the Holocaust, saying she was “deeply, deeply grateful” for getting an education on the topic. “The View” brought on Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 25, 2022 Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Affirmative Action at Harvard and U.N.C. (New York Times) New York Times By Adam Liptak and Anemona Hartocollis Jan. 24, 2022 ~ WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are lawful, raising serious doubts about the future of affirmative action in higher education. The court has repeatedly upheld similar programs, most recently […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 24, 2022 Brandeis Center Commends U.S. Supreme Court for Granting Cert! Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 Brandeis Center Commends U.S. Supreme Court for Agreeing to Decide Whether Harvard and UNC Admissions Policies Discriminate Washington, D.C., January 24, 2022: The Brandeis Center applauds the Supreme Court for this morning’s announcement that it would grant cert, as the Center had urged, in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, as […] Media Coverage Press Releases Press Room
January 20, 2022 “AMP should inspire dialogue, not incite division,” by Jacob Baime (The Times of Israel) The Times of Israel Less than two months after Zahra Billoo, a longtime leader of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), lambasted Jewish houses of worship before a packed room at the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) convention in Chicago, a Texas synagogue was targeted by an Islamist hostage-taker. On November 27, 2021, Billoo warned 3,000 AMP conference-goers to […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 18, 2022 ‘The FBI got it wrong’: Jewish leaders criticise law enforcement statement on synagogue siege (Independent) Independent ‘The FBI got it wrong’: Jewish leaders criticise law enforcement statement on synagogue siege Failure to understand antisemitism ‘is something of a pattern with law enforcement in the United States’, Jewish civil rights leader says Bevan Hurley Joe Biden says Texas synagogue attack was ‘an act of terror’ Jewish leaders have condemned the FBI for claiming the Texas […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 14, 2022 ‘Deeply Troubling’: Federal Commissioner Addresses Antisemitism Allegations in Stanford Diversity Trainings (Algemeiner) Algemeiner ~ By Dion J. Pierre | January 13, 2022 @ 4:44 pm ~ A commissioner for the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) this week addressed allegations that Stanford University’s diversity and inclusion trainings fostered a hostile work environment for Jews, calling them “troubling.” The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights filed a complaint in […] Media Coverage Press Room
January 13, 2022 Battling Antisemitism on Campus (Hadassah Magazine) Hadassah Magazine ~ By Rahel Musleah January 2022 Image from Alamy When Max Price entered Tufts University in 2018, excited to study international relations and economics, he did not expect that his college experience would include being intimidated, harassed and marginalized on the Medford, Mass., campus. In his years at the university, he has been slandered in […] Media Coverage Press Room