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November 17, 2020 Department of Education Opens Investigation into Alleged Anti-Semitism at UIUC

PRESS RELEASE ~ U.S. Department of Education Opens Federal Investigation Into Alleged Anti-Semitic Hostile Environment at University of Illinois ~ Contact: Nicole Rosen ~ nicole@rosencomm.com Read the Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 17, 2020):  The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint alleging Jewish students at the […]

November 16, 2020 University of Illinois Commits to Address Anti-Semitism on Campus

PRESS RELEASE ~ University of Illinois Commits to Address Anti-Semitism at UIUC   Jewish Students at UIUC have faced an unrelenting campaign of anti-Semitic harassment Contact: Nicole Rosen 202-309-5724 nicole@rosencomm.com WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 16, 2020):  The University of Illinois, in coordination with the Jewish community, today announced commitments to address the alarming increase in anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist […]

October 29, 2020 Brandeis Center Applauds U.S. Decision Permitting Jerusalem-Born Americans to Say They Were Born in Israel

Brandeis Center President Alyza Lewin has long led the fight to provide Americans with this right, having argued forcefully on this issue before the U.S. Supreme Court and elsewhere. Washington, D.C., October 29, 2020: LDB Press Release The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law applauds the Trump Administration’s announcement that Americans born in Jerusalem […]

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October 23, 2020 University of Illinois Jewish Students File Complaint With U.S. Department of Education

Jewish students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (“UIUC”) have faced an unrelenting campaign of anti-Semitic harassment, according to a complaint filed with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”). Read LDB’s Press Release University of Illinois Jewish Students File Complaint With U.S. Department of Education Alleging Anti-Semitic Hostile Environment Contact: Nicole […]

October 1, 2020 Brandeis Center Applauds NYU~Department of Education Landmark Settlement on Anti-Semitism

Thursday, October 1, 2020 Read Brandeis Center’s Press Release Alyza Lewin, President of the Louis D. Brandeis Center, issued the following statement regarding the OCR-NYU Agreement: “The Dept of Education’s Office of Civil Rights groundbreaking settlement with NYU confirms the importance of the Executive Order. To effectively combat anti-Semitism, universities must first be able to […]

August 12, 2020 LDB Commends FSU President for Adopting the IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism

Washington, D.C., August 12, 2020: LDB Commends FSU President ~ Press Release The Louis D. Brandeis Center commends Florida State University President John Thrasher for adopting the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism. In his letter to the FSU community this afternoon, Thrasher wrote, “The United States, the State of Florida, and Florida State University recognize the International […]

February 6, 2019 Statement on ASA Litigation

When the American Studies Association adopted an academic boycott of Israel, several members of the ASA filed a lawsuit against that form of economic warfare against Israel, which discriminates against Israeli academics and violates fundamental principles of academic freedom.

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May 18, 2018 School District Required to Withdraw Punishment Against Teacher Who Stood Up Against Anti-Semitism

For over a year, three teachers at Stoughton High School have suffered from disciplinary measures for standing up against anti-Semitism in the school.  Last week, in a case challenging the school district’s actions, an arbitrator rightly determined that the discipline taken against one of the teachers, Ms. Jaime Regan, was without just cause and required the school district to “immediately remove the letter of reprimand from Ms. Regan’s personnel records and purge all reference to the letter of reprimand” from her file.

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February 12, 2018 LDB Files Amicus Brief in Support of Arizona Anti-BDS Law

On Friday, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) filed an amicus brief in support of HB 2617, an Arizona state law that requires state contractors to certify that they are not “engaging in a boycott of Israel.” The Brandeis Center filed its brief in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenging the First Amendment implications of the law.

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