Trump’s Education Department weighs in on anti-Semitism case
President Donald Trump’s Education Department has reopened an old discrimination case against Rutgers University and is revisiting what constitutes anti-Semitism.
New York Times smears Trump education official, downplays campus anti-Semitism
Speaking truth to power in the age of Trump apparently means downplaying anti-Semitism. At least, that’s the takeaway from an indefensibly ugly article published this week by the New York Times.
Justice at Stoughton High School
On July 19, an arbitrator found that Stoughton High School teacher Hilary Moll was wrongly suspended without pay by Stoughton Public Schools (“Stoughton”), for her response to an anti-Semitic incident at the high school.
July 2018 – New Leadership at the Brandeis Center
June saw exciting changes for the Louis D. Brandeis Center, with the naming of Alyza D. Lewin as the Brandeis Center's newest President. Ms. Lewin's appointment follows the confirmation of her predecessor and LDB Founder, Kenneth Marcus, to the position of Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the Department of Education.
L.A. City Attorney Mulls Prosecution of Anti-Israel Disruptors of UCLA Event
It began as yet another frustrating example of a university refusing to take swift action in a case of aggressive disruption of a pro-Israel event. The belligerent shutdown of a Students Supporting Israel panel discussion occurred at UCLA on May 17, 2018.
Another Win for LDB Against ASA’s Illegal Boycott of Israel
By confirming subject matter jurisdiction, a United States federal judge has again allowed the lawsuit brought by professors against the American Studies Association (ASA) for its boycott of Israeli universities and academic institutions to proceed.
10,000 reasons to protect students from religious bullying
Choking a Muslim student with her hijab. Punching a Sikh boy wearing a turban. Burning a Jewish boy with hot wax. A just-released Department of Education report found that an alarming 10,848 incidents of religiously-motivated bullying and harassment took place in U.S. public schools during 2015-16.
Alyza D. Lewin, Esq., Named Next Louis D. Brandeis Center President
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is pleased to announce the appointment of Alyza D. Lewin, Esq., to the position of President and General Counsel, effective upon the departure of LDB Founder and President Kenneth L. Marcus on June 25th, 2018.
UCLA Students File Criminal Complaints Against Anti-Israel Disruptors
Criminal complaints are now being filed by students following the belligerent disruption of a May 17, 2018 Students Supporting Israel [SSI] event at University of California Los Angeles. At least a half-dozen students announced they would visit the UCLA police department to file formal complaints reporting criminal disruption of a meeting, as well as disturbing the peace and conspiracy.
Emory Law Grad Embraces Tolerance, Jewish Atlanta
New Emory University School of Law graduate David Zev Rosenberg has a worldly awareness of the importance of tolerance.
