November 6, 2023 Jewish Groups Demand Universities Protect Jewish Students (JewishLink) Published by JewishLink on 11/2/23; Story by Deborah Rubin As Israel battles Hamas terrorists, a battle is raging in the United States with college campuses exploding with antisemitic threats and violence directed against Jewish students. The alarming increase has resulted in physical assaults, including at Tulane and Columbia universities and the University of California-Berkeley, to threats posted […] Media Coverage
November 6, 2023 Pro-Palestinian left undermines White House’s focus on right-wing antisemitism (Washington Times) Published by The Washington Times on 11/1/23. Story by Valerie Richardson. President Biden rarely misses an opportunity to blast “MAGA Republican extremists,” but the pro-Hamas displays at U.S. universities are undercutting the administration’s framing of antisemitism as a right-wing problem. Mr. Biden forcefully condemned Hamas shortly after the Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli civilians and vowed to […] Media Coverage
November 1, 2023 Is There a ‘Right Way’ to Respond to Israel-Hamas War? (SHRM) Published by the Society of Human Resource Management on 10/30/23; Story by Matt Gonzales. The Oct. 7 attacks on Israel were personal to Walter Isenberg. Isenberg, co-founder and CEO of Sage Hospitality Group in Washington, D.C., recalled how his mother survived the Holocaust after the Nazis killed his grandparents. When learning about Hamas’ attacks, he found out […] Media Coverage
October 30, 2023 Brandeis Center demands action from Harvard over prof with ‘anti-Israel and antisemitic bias’ (Jewish Insider) Published October 30, 2023 by Jewish Insider. Story by Haley Cohen. The university had previously acknowledged the three Israeli students were targeted by anti-Zionist Jewish faculty member More than four months after Harvard University found that a professor at its John F. Kennedy School of Government discriminated against three Jewish Israeli graduate students, violating Title VI […] Media Coverage
October 23, 2023 Strategic co-ordinated litigation, clear public messaging can help combat antisemitism, lawyers say (Law360 Canada) Published 10/18/23 by Law360 Canada; Story by Cristin Schmitz Galvanized by growing bigotry, hate and violence directed at Jews here and abroad, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) is ramping up its legal fight against antisemitism, including honing its public messaging and inviting lawyers to volunteer with a CIJA legal task force that works […] Media Coverage
October 22, 2023 The disturbing rise of antisemitism on elite U.S. campuses (Deseret News) Published 10/14/23 by Deseret News; Story by Hanna Seariac Jewish groups are working to stop this new tide of antisemitism. While Harvard Divinity School student Shabbos Kestenbaum was observing the Sabbath and celebrating the sacred holiday Sukkot, he wasn’t expecting to hear that he should reach out to any of his friends or family in Israel […] Media Coverage
October 22, 2023 U.S. Jewish Leaders React to Attacks on Israel, Plead for HR Support (SHRM) Published 10/11/23 by the Society for Human Resource Management; Story by Matt Gonzales Be on the lookout for discrimination against employees of Jewish or Palestinian heritage Like many others in the Jewish community, Kenneth Marcus has been overcome with emotion since Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, launched one of the most […] Media Coverage
October 22, 2023 Instructor removed from class as Stanford, UC Berkeley respond to Israel-Hamas war (San Francisco Chronicle) This article, published 10/11/23 by the San Francisco Chronicle, links to the letter the Brandeis Center and nine other Jewish American organizations sent to more than 500 university presidents, in the wake of Hamas atrocities. University leaders, faculty and students are navigating a new level of tension at Stanford, UC Berkeley and other universities across the country […] Media Coverage
October 22, 2023 How to Support Israel During This Moment of Crisis (Philanthropy Rountable) Published by Philanthropy Roundtable on 10/12/23. Philanthropy Roundtable is providing a list of organizations offering humanitarian aid to Israel, as well as those actively working to fight a growing tide of antisemitism. Israel is in crisis after the terrorist organization Hamas launched unprecedented and brutal attacks against Israeli civilians, including young children and the elderly, over the […] Media Coverage
October 22, 2023 Middle East crisis pushes Education Department to curb campus protests (Politico) Published by Politico on 10/12/23. Story by Bianca Quilantan. A wave of student activism is putting pressure on the agency to release a proposal that could force university leaders to referee advocacy as well as discrimination. A Donald Trump-era push to squash antisemitism on college campuses is seeing new life as student protests erupt in the aftermath […] Media Coverage
October 11, 2023 Jewish orgs respond to ‘despicable’ statement from Harvard student groups after Hamas attacks (Campus Reform) Published 10/10/23 by Campus Reform. Story by William Biagini ‘These wrong-headed student voices are more pronounced in light of the administration’s failure to speak out quickly and firmly against the atrocities,’ said Brandeis Center founder Kenneth Marcus. Over 30 student organizations at Harvard University issued a joint statement on Sunday, asserting that Israel is “entirely responsible for all […] Media Coverage
October 2, 2023 ‘Unfinished Business’: Biden Admin’s New Actions Against Antisemitism Laudable But Not Enough, Expert Says (Algemeiner) Published by Algemeiner on 9/29/23; Story by Dion J. Pierre The Biden administration’s latest announcement on taking new steps to combat anti-Jewish discrimination is a major development in the right direction, but the US still has “unfinished business” when it comes to federal agencies adopting the world’s most widely accepted definition of antisemitism, according to a leading […] Media Coverage
September 29, 2023 DAILY KICKOFF: FOUR BRANDEIS CENTER ATTORNEYS SEND LETTER TO U PENN PRESIDENT (JEWISH INSIDER) Story from Jewish Insider’s “Daily Kickoff” for September 22, 2023 Pressure is mounting on the University of Pennsylvania ahead of a conference featuring an array of anti-Israel speakers that is slated to begin today on the Philadelphia campus, Jewish Insider’s Matthew Kassel reports. Four attorneys at the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law are claiming in a detailed […] Media Coverage
September 29, 2023 WHITE HOUSE DOMESTIC POLICY ADVISOR COMMENTS ON BRANDEIS CENTER CASE On a call Thursday evening, September 14, with hundreds of rabbis, White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden commented on the Brandeis Center’s milestone Resolution Agreement with the University of Vermont, the first time the Biden administration applied Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to anti-Zionist discrimination. Tanden is the administration official responsible for overseeing […] Media Coverage
September 29, 2023 BDS RESOLUTIONS DOWN, ‘ANTI-ISRAEL EVENTS’ UP ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES LAST YEAR, ADL TALLY SHOWS (JTA) Published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on 9/13/23; Story by Andrew Lapin The number of student governments taking up resolutions to boycott Israel dropped sharply last year, even as anti-Israel activity on college campuses nearly doubled over the previous year, according to the latest tally by the Anti-Defamation League. The antisemitism watchdog releases an analysis of anti-Israel […] Media Coverage
September 27, 2023 Jewish groups sue CA school district, alleging antisemitic ethnic studies curricula (JNS) Published September 11, 2023 by Jewish News Syndicate; Story by Menachem Wecker The Santa Ana Unified School District allegedly discussed responding to the “Jewish question” internally, without alerting the public to or allowing it to comment upon antisemitic content in courses. The Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and […] Media Coverage
July 13, 2023 Is Affirmative Action a Jewish Value? (Unpacked) Published by Unpacked on July 7, 2023. Story by Noam Weissman and Sara Himeles. If you’ve been following the news lately, you probably heard about the seismic U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning affirmative action programs. This means that race can no longer be an explicit factor in college admissions. Justice Clarence Thomas, in his concurring opinion, wrote […] Media Coverage
June 22, 2023 Biden’s ‘National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism’ Expects Corporate America to Recognize Jewish Employee Resource Groups – So Does Federal Law (New York Law Journal) Reprinted with permission from the July 20, 2023 issue of New York Law Journal. © [2023] ALM Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. . Authored by Brandeis Center Director of Corporate Initiatives and Senior Counsel Rory Lancman. . The U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism recently released by President Joe Biden represents […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 9, 2023 Hostility against Jewish students ramps up on campuses (JNS) Published by Jewish News Syndicate on 6/9/23; Story by The Focus Project . The past academic year was marred by many attacks against students for simply being Jews and Zionists. . Graduation is traditionally a time of celebration and fulfillment—an opportunity for graduates to reflect on academic accomplishments and embark on the next chapter of […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 8, 2023 White House Releases First-Ever Strategy to Combat Antisemitism (SHRM) Published in SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management, on June 7, 2023; Story by Matt Gonzales . President Joe Biden in May rolled out a plan to reduce antisemitism in the U.S.—a widespread issue that has worsened since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. . The first-ever National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism outlines more than 100 […] Media Coverage Press Room
June 8, 2023 ‘Fighting with love:’ Jewish students stand up, push back against campus anti-Semitism (NorthJersey.com) Published 6/8/23 by NorthJersey.com, part of the USA Today Network. Story by Deena Yellin. . When Kaylee Werner arrived at Indiana University in the fall of 2021, she was shocked by the hostility to Jewish students on the Bloomington campus. . Her peers had been harassed in their dorms, six swastikas were discovered drawn on campus buildings and an […] Media Coverage Press Room