Brandeis Brief: January 2023
This month, Brandeis Center Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus challenged the country’s leading [...]
Kenneth L. Marcus to Return to the Louis D. Brandeis Center as Chairman of the Board
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) is pleased to announce that Kenneth L. Marcus, founder of the Brandeis Center, will be returning to LDB on August 1, 2020. Mr. Marcus will serve as Chairman of the Board, a newly-established position.
The executive order that defines and combats anti-Semitism without stifling speech
Is it anti-Semitism to support the destruction of the one and only Jewish nation-state—home to approximately half of the Jews in the world today? Is it anti-Semitism to say that Jews do not have a right to self-determination—that Jews have no right to exercise sovereignty within any borders in their ancestral homeland, the Land of Israel?
Prof. Amos Guiora at UCLA, The Crime of Complicity
On April 17, Professor Amos Guiora will speak at the University of California-Los Angeles. He will discuss issues and arguments from his internationally acclaimed book The Crime of Complicity: The Bystander in the Holocaust.
Eugene Kontorovich to Address LDB Chapters at University of Chicago and DePaul
On April 9, Northwestern Law Professor Eugene Kontorovich will speak to the LDB law student chapters at the University of Chicago and DePaul University law schools about anti-BDS laws and the First Amendment.
Alyza Lewin at Cleveland Marshall to Launch Newest LDB Chapter
On April 8, LDB President & General Counsel Alyza Lewin will speak at Cleveland Marshall College of Law to launch LDB’s 20th, and newest, law student Chapter.
Professor Amos Guiora to Address LDB at UVA
On April 2, Professor Amos Guiora will speak at the University of Virginia. He will discuss issues and arguments from his internationally acclaimed book The Crime of Complicity: The Bystander in the Holocaust.
Amos Guiora at Northeastern University School of Law
On March 25, Professor Amos Guiora will speak at Northeastern University School of Law. He will discuss issues and arguments from his internationally acclaimed book The Crime of Complicity: The Bystander in the Holocaust. He is a Professor of Law at the University of Utah SJ Quinney College of Law and is a retired lieutenant colonel in the Israel Defense Forces.
Alyza D. Lewin, “Using the Law to Combat Anti-Semitism”
LDB President Alyza D. Lewin will speak to a Hadassah Forum at the AIPAC Policy Conference on “Using the Law to Combat Anti-Semitism.” Anti-Semitism and efforts to boycott Israel are on the rise. Legal tools provide a mechanism to address this growing scourge.
Zionist Student Group Accuses UC Berkeley Middle East Center of Anti-Israel ‘Indoctrination’
A Zionist student group has accused the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) at the University of California, Berkeley, of displaying bias against Israel, raising concerns over its use of federal funding.