June 25, 2024 LDB Congratulates Brooklyn Parents who Persuaded NYC Schools Chancellor to Remove Local Community Ed Council Chair The Brandeis Center congratulates the dedicated Brooklyn parents who persuaded NYC Schools Chancellor David C. Banks to remove a local Community Education Council chair over anti-Semitic messages and events. We were proud to assist them in this effort. Last November, two dozen concerned Brooklyn parents sought the Brandeis Center’s help communicating to Chancellor Banks and the […] Highlights Press Releases
June 24, 2024 The Brandeis Center Hires Senior Legal Fellow Jody Forchheimer Washington, D.C. (June 24, 2024) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Jody Forchheimer as the organization’s newest Senior Legal Fellow. With the unprecedented and unceasing surge in American anti-Semitism – from higher education and K-12 campuses to workplaces and corporate boardrooms – the Brandeis Center remains steadfast in its […] Highlights Press Releases
June 17, 2024 U.S. Department of Education Opens Civil Rights Investigation into Chapman University Following Brandeis Center Complaint Showing Unchecked Anti-Semitism on Campus Washington, D.C., June 17, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened an investigation into a federal complaint filed by The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law alleging Chapman University failed to take action after anti-Semitic harassment and exclusion of Jewish students in violation of Title […] Highlights Press Releases
May 30, 2024 NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL AGREES TO SETTLE US EDUCATION DEPT ANTI-SEMITISM COMPLAINT INVOLVING NON-JEWISH BOY Mother of bullied middle-schooler testified at Congressional briefing this month Washington, D.C., May 30, 2024: A North Carolina public charter school agreed to settle a U.S. Department of Education investigation into severe, persistent, and pervasive anti-Semitic bullying that went unaddressed in one of its charter schools for two full academic years. The settlement requires the […] Highlights Press Releases
May 22, 2024 HARVARD SUED FOR TOLERATING RAMPANT AND PERVASIVE ANTI-SEMITISM Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 Complaint accuses Harvard of being “deliberately indifferent” and adopting double standard when it comes to Jew-hatred Washington, D.C., May 22, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is suing Harvard University for leaving “cruel anti-Semitic bullying, harassment, and discrimination” unaddressed for years, pre- and post-10/7. According to […] Highlights Press Releases
May 16, 2024 UC SANTA BARBARA HIT WITH FEDERAL COMPLAINT FOR PERMITTING RELENTLESS HARASSMENT OF JEWISH STUDENT PRESIDENT Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 Washington, D.C., May 16, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today filed a federal civil rights complaint against the University of Santa Barbara (UCSB) for leaving its own student government president, Tessa Veksler, utterly vulnerable to severe and persistent anti-Semitic bullying, harassment, intimidation, and threats. The […] Highlights Press Releases
May 9, 2024 FEDERAL COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST POMONA & OCCIDENTAL COLLEGES FOR SEVERE ANTI-SEMITIC BULLYING, INTIMIDATION AND PHYSICAL THREATS Brandeis Center/ADL file federal complaints with U.S. Dept of Education Contact: Brandeis Center, Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 l nicole@rosencomm.com ADL, Todd Gutnick 212-885-7755 | adlmedia@adl.org Washington, D.C., May 9, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today announced they have filed complaints with the U.S. Department of […] Highlights Press Releases
May 9, 2024 Brandeis Center, AJC, JCRC Prevent Showing of Antisemitic Film at Washington High School Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 May 8, 2024 — Washington, DC — A student group at Washington, DC’s largest high school, which had sued to compel the school to screen a documentary filled with antisemitic tropes and conspiracies, has agreed not to show the film. A coalition of Jewish groups and Jewish parents had supported […] Highlights Press Releases
May 8, 2024 U.S. Department of Education Opens Investigation into Anti-Semitism at Berkeley K-12 Schools Contact: Brandeis Center, Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 l nicole@rosencomm.com ADL, Todd Gutnick 212-885-7755 | adlmedia@adl.org Washington, D.C., May 7, 2024: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint that the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) failed to address non-stop “severe and persistent” bullying […] Highlights Press Releases
May 7, 2024 Jewish Groups Support High School’s Efforts to Ban Screening of Antisemitic Film Steve Gosset, American Jewish Committee, gossets@ajc.org, 917-596-3529Guila Franklin Siegel, JCRC of Greater Washington, gfsiegel@jcouncil.org, 301-651-2625Nicole Rosen, Brandeis Center, Nicole@rosencomm.com, 202-309-5724 Washington, D.C., May 7, 2024—A coalition of Jewish groups today said it backed a Washington, D.C. high school’s decision to ban the screening of a documentary that traffics in antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories, at […] Highlights Press Releases
May 7, 2024 Lawsuit targets rampant antisemitism in NYC public school CONTACT: Jim Walden, 212-335-2031 As students glorify Adolf Hitler and chant “Fuck the Jews,”DOE accused of empowering student bigots. NEW YORK (May 3, 2024) – Today, Walden Macht & Haran and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed a lawsuit against Origins High School, the City of New York, the New […] Highlights Press Releases
May 7, 2024 SNOWBALLING ANTI-SEMITISM PROMPTS BRANDEIS CENTER/ADL TO EXPAND CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT AGAINST BERKELEY K-12 SCHOOLS Contact: Brandeis Center, Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 l nicole@rosencomm.com ADL, Todd Gutnick 212-885-7755 | adlmedia@adl.org Washington, D.C. (May 6, 2024) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today expanded their complaint against the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD), sounding the alarm that the already-hostile environment for Jewish […] Highlights Press Releases
May 2, 2024 ADL and Brandeis Center File Title VI Complaint Against UMass-Amherst, Alleging Pervasive Antisemitic Climate for Jewish Students Media Contact: Nicole Rosen, nicole@rosencomm.com, 202-309-5724 Complaint claims school failed to protect students, including after violent antisemitic assault May 2, 2024 – ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law today announced that they submitted a formal complaint against the University of Massachusetts Amherst with the U.S. Department […] Highlights Press Releases
May 2, 2024 BRANDEIS CENTER: IHRA “GAME-CHANGING” FOR JEWISH STUDENTS Legislation Codifies Marcus’ 2004 Department of Education Dear Colleague Letter Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2024) – Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus issued the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives’ approval of the long-awaited Anti-Semitism Awareness Act (AAA) to combat “soaring” anti-Semitism on college […] Highlights Press Releases
April 9, 2024 Brandeis Center, StandWithUs & ADL File Title VI Complaint Against Ohio State, Alleging Pervasive Antisemitic Climate for Jewish Students Complaint claims OSU repeatedly failed to address incidents, leaving students vulnerable Contacts: Brandeis Center, Nicole Rosen | 202-309-5724 | Nicole@rosencomm.com StandWithUs, Jennifer Kutner, 310-245-4109 | jenniferk@standwithus.com ADL, Todd Gutnick | 212-885-7755 | adlmedia@adl.org New York, NY (April 9, 2024) – Three Jewish defense organizations today submitted a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office […] Highlights Press Releases
March 1, 2024 The Brandeis Center Welcomes New Staff Washington, D.C. (March 1, 2024) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) is pleased to welcome three new staff members to its rapidly expanding team: Senior Education Counsel Marci Lerner Miller, New York Senior Counsel David M. Dince, and Senior Counsel Robin N. Pick. The addition of three more attorneys […] Highlights Press Releases
February 29, 2024 Brandeis Center/ADL/StandWithUs Launch Pro Bono K-12 Anti-Semitism Helpline Contact: Brandeis Center, Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 ADL, Todd Gutnick 212-885-7755 | adlmedia@adl.org StandWithUs, Jennifer Kutner, 310-245-4109, jenniferk@standwithus.org Washington, D.C., Feb. 29, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), and StandWithUs, along with four leading law firms, today announced a new pilot helpline to provide pro bono legal […] Highlights Press Releases Press Room
February 28, 2024 Brandeis Center/ADL File Federal Complaint Against Berkeley K-12 Schools for ‘Severe and Persistent’ Anti-Semitic Bullying Contact: Brandeis Center, Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 ADL, Todd Gutnick 212-885-7755 | adlmedia@adl.org Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2024: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) for failing […] Highlights Press Releases
November 28, 2023 BRANDEIS CENTER SUES UC BERKELEY FOR “LONGSTANDING, UNCHECKED SPREAD OF ANTI-SEMITISM” Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 Once a Beacon of Civil Rights, Berkeley Now Home to Physical Intimidation and Violence Against Jews and 23 Orgs that Ban “Zionists” Washington, D.C., Nov. 28, 2023: The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is suing the University of California (UC) Regents, UC President Michael Drake, UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, and other […] Press Releases
November 27, 2023 JOIN ‘THE BRANDIS CENTER’ AND ‘JEWISH AMERICANS FOR FAIRNESS IN EDUCATION’ Washington, D.C. (November 27, 2023) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (the Brandeis Center or LDB) today announces its relaunch as a membership organization, as well as the launch of its sister grassroots membership organization, Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education (JAFE). Membership is free. Those who want to join the Brandeis Center and […] Press Releases Press Room
November 20, 2023 U.S. Department of Education Officially Opens Civil Rights Investigation into University of Pennsylvania and Wellesley College; UPenn Case Complaint Filed by Brandeis Center and Wellesley Complaint Filed by Brandeis and Jewish on Campus For Immediate Release November 16, 2023 Contact: Alex Sommer, alex@tuskstrategies.com Brandeis Center Seeks Detailed Remedies to Address Emboldened Anti-Semitism on College Campuses Washington, D.C. (November 16, 2023) – Today, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education announced it would open an investigation into the University of Pennsylvania and Wellesley College for their […] Press Releases