August 9, 2021 “Why we filed a discrimination complaint against Stanford” by Ronald Albucher and Sheila Levin (The Stanford Daily) The Stanford Daily ~ From The Community | Why we filed a discrimination complaint against Stanford by Ronald Albucher and Sheila Levin ~ Ronald Albucher is a psychiatrist and former CAPS director. Sheila Levin is a former clinical care manager for CAPS and an eating disorder specialist.The two filed complaints in June with state and federal civil […] Media Coverage Press Room
August 6, 2021 Jewish advocacy groups demand action from Hopkins concerning TA’s tweets (The News-Letter) The Johns Hopkins News-Letter ~ By MIN-SEO KIM | August 6, 2021 ~ Earlier this year, the Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) began an investigation into Rasha Anayah, a graduate student and teaching assistant (TA) for Applied Chemical Equilibrium and Reactivity with Lab, after reports surfaced that several of her tweets targeted Zionist and Jewish students. In the […] Media Coverage Press Room
July 29, 2021 Amid increasingly hostile campus environment, CAMERA teaches strategies to combat anti-Israel hate (JNS) JNS.org ~ by JNS Staff, July 28, 2021 ~ Dozens of college students from the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel and elsewhere gathered online for the annual CAMERA on Campus conference aimed at empowering young adults to be advocates for Israel in an increasingly hostile environment. As speaker, professor and author Gil Troy told […] Media Coverage Press Room
July 27, 2021 Are the anti-BDS laws aimed at Ben & Jerry’s constitutional? (The Forward) The Forward ~ By Arno Rosenfeld [July 27, 2021, The Forward] The Arkansas Times, a small monthly in Little Rock, hasn’t written a single article about Ben & Jerry’s recent decision to end sales in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Yet despite running a newspaper that he called “about as local and provincial as you can be,” publisher Alan Leveritt is […] Media Coverage Press Room
July 23, 2021 Will US anti-BDS laws cause a financial meltdown for Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever? (JNS) Cleveland Jewish News [by Sean Savage, July 22, 2021] The recent announcement that Ben & Jerry’s plans to end its sale of ice-cream in “occupied Palestinian territory,” primarily Judea and Samaria as well as eastern Jerusalem, has stirred a fierce reaction, including potential legal and financial repercussions for the ice-cream maker and its parent company […] Media Coverage Press Room
July 19, 2021 Jewish groups calls for Johns Hopkins to break silence on TA’s anti-Semitic posts (Campus Reform) Campus Reform Ben Zeisloft | Student Editor (Friday, July 16, 2021 2:30 PM) ~ Johns Hopkins University is not seriously addressing a teaching assistant’s anti-Semitic posts that indicated she may give Jewish students failing grades. That accusation comes from groups such as StandWithUs and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law. Both […] Media Coverage Press Room
July 16, 2021 Whatever happened to that John Hopkins teaching assistant who wanted to punish ‘Zionist students?’ (The Forward) The Forward Whatever happened to that John Hopkins teaching assistant who wanted to punish ‘Zionist students?’ by Stewart Ain (Forward ~ July 15, 2021) Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore has reportedly concluded its investigation into the actions of a teaching assistant who asked in a tweet last Nov. 15 if she could lower the grade […] Media Coverage Press Room
July 15, 2021 Jewish groups send letter to Johns Hopkins demanding more action over antisemitism allegations (Baltimore Jewish Times) Baltimore Jewish Times ~ By Jesse Berman July 14, 2021 ~ A July 9 letter addressed to administrators of Johns Hopkins University is demanding new action be taken some eight months after a Johns Hopkins teaching assistant created a social media post viewed as antisemitic. In November 2020, a teaching assistant, under the Twitter account […] Media Coverage Press Room
July 14, 2021 Brandeis Center and StandWithUs Demand Action from Johns Hopkins University! (Press Release) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Johns Hopkins Fails to Publicly Condemn or Address Teaching Assistant’s Poll on How to Grade ‘Zionists’ Brandeis Center and StandWithUs Demand Action (Baltimore, MD – July 14, 2021) – After more than six months and no public action by Johns Hopkins University to address its teaching assistant’s overtly anti-Semitic posts, the Louis […] Media Coverage Press Releases Press Room
July 14, 2021 We Will Not Be Silent (The Jewish Press) The Jewish Press ~ By Rabbi Mark N. Wildes ~ (Jewish Press – July 14, 2021) Any time you stand between the Capitol and the Washington Monument, sharing an afternoon with thousands of Jews, you can’t help but have feelings of pride. At the same time, it is sad that we need a rally in […] Media Coverage Press Room
July 8, 2021 The Louis D. Brandeis Center Welcomes Rachel Lerman as Senior Counsel Washington, D.C., July 8, 2021: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) is pleased to announce the appointment of L. Rachel Lerman as Senior Counsel. Ms. Lerman is a nationally renowned appellate litigator who has spent over 25 years briefing and arguing state and national appeals. Ms. Lerman has been LDB’s […] Media Coverage Press Room
July 8, 2021 The Biden administration must step up to stop anti-Semitism (JNS) JNS.org ~ By Ida R. Eblinger Kelley ~ (July 8, 2021 / JNS) The Jewish community and its supporters will come to Washington, D.C., on July 11 to participate in the “No Fear” rally against anti-Semitism. At the footsteps of the U.S. Capitol, this is the time to demand our civil and human rights in the fight against anti-Semitism. […] Media Coverage Press Room
July 2, 2021 LDB’s former JIGSAW Fellow David Benger “Gets ‘Dicey’ With Anti-Zionists” (Jewish Link) Jewish Link ~ by Chana Fischer, July 2, 2021 ~ When native New Yorker David Benger was a law student at Harvard, his eyes were opened to a shocking world of outright discrimination. While serving as chapter president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights, Benger worked with countless undergraduate students, as young […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 16, 2021 DEI Training Gone Wrong? (Inside Higher Ed) Inside Higher Ed ~ By Elizabeth Redden ~ June 16, 2021 – Two Jewish employees of Stanford University’s Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) division filed federal and state complaints alleging a hostile environment for Jewish employees in a diversity, equity and inclusion program created internally for CAPS staff. “We have here a DEI program that […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 15, 2021 Stanford Federal Complaint Alleges Anti-Semitic Workplace ~ LDB Press Release PRESS RELEASE ~ Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 ~ Stanford Federal Complaint Alleges Anti-Semitic Workplace ~ Washington, D.C., June 15, 2021: Jewish employees at Stanford University have experienced severe and persistent anti-Jewish harassment, according to a complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). See […] Media Coverage Press Releases Press Room
June 15, 2021 Complaint filed against Stanford University for disregarding antisemitism concerns (Jewish Insider) Jewish Insider ~ By Melissa Weiss – June 15, 2021 – Two Stanford University mental health services providers filed a complaint against the California university for creating a hostile environment for Jewish staffers, according to documents obtained by Jewish Insider on Tuesday. The employees, Sheila Levin and Dr. Ronald Albucher, allege in a complaint filed by the Louis D. […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 1, 2021 Mitchell Webber Joins Brandeis Center’s Board of Directors The Louis D. Brandeis Center Press Release ~ Contact: Sarah Engelman ~ sarahe@brandeiscenter.com Washington, D.C., June 1: The Louis D Brandeis Center for Human Rights is pleased to announce the appointment of government investigations expert and former White House lawyer Mitchell Webber to the Brandeis Center’s Board of Directors. Mr. Webber’s appointment reflects the growing need for […] Media Coverage Press Room
May 14, 2021 New legislation urges University of Illinois to adopt IHRA definition (Jewish Insider) Jewish Insider By Gabby Deutch ~ May 14, 2021 ~ A new resolution introduced in the Illinois General Assembly on Wednesday calls on the board of trustees of the University of Illinois to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. The proposed non-binding resolution comes more than a year after a federal civil […] Media Coverage Press Room
April 26, 2021 A campus divided against itself (The Daily Illini) The Daily Illini ~ BY FARRAH ANDERSON, ASSISTANT INVESTIGATIVE NEWS & LONGFORM EDITOR APRIL 26, 2021 ~ Part One: Jewish Voices Jewish Studies professor Rachel Harris was setting up for class when a student entered her classroom visibly upset. After talking with the student, she learned he had been harassed on the quad by an […] Media Coverage Press Room
April 22, 2021 A Definition American Universities Need by Kenneth L. Marcus (Inside Higher Ed) Inside Higher Ed ~ By Kenneth L. Marcus (April 22, 2021) ~ Unless they endorse the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism, argues Kenneth L. Marcus, they’ll remain part of the problem instead of the solution. A Definition American Universities Need This month, the University of Minnesota student body widely approved a referendum condemning […] Media Coverage Press Room
April 20, 2021 How Tufts University Can Prevent Another Antisemitic Fiasco (Algemeiner) Algemeiner ~ By Susan Price (April 19, 2021) ~ Max Price recently joined an involuntary club that includes USC’s Rose Ritch and UCLA’s Rachel Beyda. All three had their suitability for student leadership questioned — purely because of their Zionism. Max retained his position, but if Tufts and other universities do not implement significant reforms, […] Media Coverage Press Room