Skip to main content

Press Releases

August 1, 2024 Brandeis Center Settlement with North Carolina State Is a Significant Step Forward in Combating Campus Anti-Semitism

August 1, 2024, (Washington, D.C.): Brandeis Center lauds settlement under which North Carolina State University agrees to take meaningful action to combat anti-Semitism Washington, D.C., (August 1, 2024): Today, Kenneth L. Marcus, founder and chairman of the Brandeis Center, and Robin Pick, Senior Counsel at the Brandeis Center, issued the following statements in response to […]

July 9, 2024 The Brandeis Center Sues the U.S. Department of Education for Unlawfully Dismissing its Prior Anti-Semitism Complaint With the Office For Civil Rights Against the University Of Pennsylvania, In Violation of its Own Policies

July 9, 2024 (Washington, D.C.) – Today, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and the affiliated Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education filed a lawsuit against the U.S Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for failing to follow its own procedures in dismissing the Brandeis Center’s November 2023 complaint against […]

July 9, 2024 The Brandeis Center and Lieb at Law File Federal District Court Complaint Against the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys Union for Undertaking Acts to Expel and Otherwise Discipline Jewish and Non-Jewish Zionist Members in Retaliation for Opposing the Union’s Infamous Anti-Semitic Resolution Attacking Israel

July 9, 2024 (Washington, D.C.) – Today, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Lieb at Law, P.C. filed a federal District Court complaint against the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, UAW Local 2325 (“the ALAA”) and individual union officials for undertaking acts to expel and otherwise discipline two Jewish and […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Shares