November 18, 2025 Private school in Virginia to pay nearly $150,000 to settle Jew-hatred suit (JNS) Published by JNS on 11/18/2025 The Nysmith School, a private institution in Herndon, Va., agreed to pay Jewish parents $100,000 and legal fees up to another $46,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that headmaster Ken Nysmith expelled three siblings after their parents complained about one, their 11-year-old daughter, being subject to antisemitic harassment at the school. “Combating […] Media Coverage Uncategorized
November 18, 2025 Settlement reached in antisemitic bullying at Virginia private school (Washington Post) Published by the Washington Post on 11/18/2025 A Virginia private school has agreed to adopt new policies to combat religious discrimination and pay $100,000 to a Jewish couple after the parents alleged that one of their children was bullied with antisemitic taunts and that the school’s headmaster reacted by expelling the girl and two of […] Media Coverage
November 14, 2025 Legal Aid lawyers union settles after 3 members allegedly ridiculed, targeted for pro-Israel stance (New York Post) Published by New York Post on 11/14/2025 The union repping taxpayer-funded Legal Aid lawyers agreed to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by members who were allegedly ridiculed and targeted for opposing a union-approved anti-Israel resolution as antisemitic. The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, UAW Local 2325, agreed to pay the three pro-Israel members a total of $315,000 […] Media Coverage
November 14, 2025 Brandeis Center hosts first legal summit to strategize over antisemitism cases (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 11/14/2025 The historic rise of antisemitism brought on by the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks has posed a unique set of challenges to lawyers litigating incidents targeting Jewish students and employees. More than 60 attorneys and heads of Jewish legal organizations gathered on Monday for an inaugural legal summit in […] Media Coverage
November 13, 2025 Settlement will ‘impose some adult supervision’ on legal union, Brandeis Center says (JNS) Published by JNS on 11/13/2025 The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law said on Thursday that it and the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys had agreed to settle a lawsuit, which the center filed last year on behalf of three members of the union, and to pay the three $315,000. The Brandeis […] Media Coverage
November 13, 2025 Brandeis Center wins settlement over anti-Israel union activity (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 11/13/2025 The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, a union representing over 3,000 legal workers, has acknowledged “inappropriate” communication around Israel and antisemitism as part of a settlement reached on Thursday brought on behalf of three union members who sued to block an anti-Israel resolution proposed weeks after the Oct. 7, […] Media Coverage
November 13, 2025 NYC legal aid union settles with lawyers who claimed anti-Israel bias (Reuters) Published by Reuters on 11/13/2025 A union representing New York-based legal aid lawyers said Thursday it will pay $315,000 to settle claims that it tried to retaliate against three of its members after they challenged the union’s issuance of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and “an end to Israeli apartheid.” As part of the […] Media Coverage
November 10, 2025 Ed Dept to investigate complaint against NY fashion school over Jew-hatred, says Brandeis Center Published by JNS on November 6, 2025 The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law said on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Education will be opening an investigation into the Fashion Institute of Technology over a complaint it, along with the Anti-Defamation League, filed against the school in September 2024. The center […] Media Coverage Press Room Highlights
November 10, 2025 Brandeis Urging U.S. Court to Allow Lawsuit over Fashion School’s ‘Punch a Zionist’ Practice (The Jewish Edition) Published by The Jewish Edition on November 7, 2025 The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has asked the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to allow a Jewish plaintiff to proceed anonymously in her lawsuit against the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). The center argued that the district […] Highlights Media Coverage Press Room
November 10, 2025 Brandeis Center Seeks Anonymity for Jewish Victim in Antisemitism Lawsuit (The Algemeiner) Published by The Algemeiner on November 7, 2025 The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has asked a US federal court to allow a whistleblower of antisemitism at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) to pursue her lawsuit anonymously and avoid acts of retaliation which may await those who come forward to […] Media Coverage Press Room Highlights
October 30, 2025 ADL joins growing field of legal aid providers fighting antisemitism (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 10/30/2025 Responding to historic levels of antisemitism in the U.S., the Anti-Defamation League and Gibson Dunn LLP announced on Wednesday a new joint network offering pro bono legal assistance to victims of antisemitic incidents. The new initiative joins an already crowded space of Jewish groups offering legal services, including the […] Media Coverage
October 30, 2025 The legal debate over Trump’s Title VI campus crackdown (Higher Ed Dive) Published by Higher Ed Dive on 10/30/2025 The September ruling in Harvard University’s favor restoring roughly $2.2 billion in federal funding struck a short-term blow against the Trump administration’s use of civil rights investigations against universities. The administration pulled the funding in April after Harvard rejected a series of sweeping demands, claiming it was suspending the […] Media Coverage Press Room Highlights
October 23, 2025 CAIR sues Northwestern University, alleges Jew-hatred training violates civil-rights law (JNS) Published by JNS on 10/21/2025 The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit against Northwestern University in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Oct. 15, alleging that the private school’s mandatory antisemitism bias training program violates federal civil rights law. Some 300 students at the school […] Media Coverage Highlights
October 23, 2025 Brandeis Center requests federal court to overturn Penn antisemitism lawsuit dismissal in new brief (Daily Pennsylvanian) Published by the Daily Pennsylvanian on 10/23/2025 The Brandeis Center filed an amicus brief on Wednesday urging a federal court to reverse the dismissal of a lawsuit which accused Penn of insufficiently responding to antisemitism on campus. The Oct. 22 brief — submitted by a Jewish legal rights advocacy group in the 3rd United States Circuit Court […] Media Coverage
October 16, 2025 Warner Bros. Discovery Speaks Out Against Israeli Film Boycott: ‘Our Policies Prohibit Discrimination of Any Kind’ (Variety) Published by Variety on 10/16/2025 Warner Bros. Discovery has responded to a legal letter regarding calls for a boycott of Israeli film institutions, acknowledging such a pledge would likely violate its internal policies. “Warner Bros. Discovery is committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful environment for its employees, collaborators, and other stakeholders,” a spokesperson for WBD […] Media Coverage
October 12, 2025 BDS Movement Dies in Court? Top Lawyers Promise to Smash Hollywood’s Anti-Israel Boycott (JFeed) Published by JFeed on 10/9/2025 In EXCLUSIVE interview to JFeed, Mr. Rory Lancman, Director of Corporate Initiatives and Senior Counsel at the Brandeis Center, expose the developments of the Hollywood boycott to the “Israeli Blacklist”. A major American Jewish civil rights organization has directly confronted the US film industry, sending a forceful legal warning to major studios, talent […] Media Coverage
October 1, 2025 Hollywood’s anti-Israel boycott against the law, according to Jewish civil rights group (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 10/1/2025 The current boycott by Hollywood actors, directors and other industry workers against Israeli counterparts “violates federal and state civil rights laws,” according to a letter distributed on Wednesday by a Jewish civil rights group to major U.S. film industry leaders, Jewish Insider has learned. The letter was sent by […] Media Coverage Highlights
October 1, 2025 Jewish civil-rights group warns ‘Hollywood Blacklist’ of Israeli film institutions illegal (JNS) Published by JNS on 10/1/2025 Organizations and professionals within the U.S. film industry would be violating federal and state antidiscrimination laws if they follow through with a boycott of the Israeli film industry, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law stated on Wednesday. In a letter sent to top studios, distributors, platforms, talent agencies […] Media Coverage
September 29, 2025 Lawsuit: MIT tolerated anti-Semitism, forced out Jewish researcher (Campus Reform) Published by Campus Reform on 9/22/2025 A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researcher is suing the university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, alleging he was harassed and ultimately fired because of his Jewish and Israeli identity. According to the complaint, students and his supervising professor shunned him, used anti-Semitic slurs, and eventually pushed him out of the lab […] Media Coverage
September 17, 2025 Zohran Mamdani would dismantle NYC’s definition of ‘antisemitism’ approved by Holocaust remembrance group (NY Post) Published by the NY Post on 9/15/2025 Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani said he would drop a Holocaust remembrance group’s definition of “antisemitism” if he becomes mayor — a turnaround in police that has some Jewish rights advocates on edge. Mamdani confirmed he would oppose the definition used by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance if he becomes mayor, […] Media Coverage
September 15, 2025 UMass Amherst: Anti-Israel boycott related to conference dropped, nonmembers can attend (JNS) Published by JNS on 09/11/2025 The University of Massachusetts Amherst has barred an academic group that plans to hold a conference later this fall on its campus from excluding scholars who receive funding from Israeli institutions. The Coalition of Women in German, an organization based at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, is scheduled […] Media Coverage