Press Release: StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice Files Title VI Complaint Against UC Davis

Federal complaint describes a pervasively hostile and antisemitic campus climate at UC Davis, details incidents of unlawful discrimination and harassment against Jews (Davis, CA — April 1, 2024)  – StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice (SCLJ) on April 1, 2024,  filed a federal Title VI complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on […]

Middlebury College Tries to Cover Up its Disturbing Response to Antisemitism Charges in StandWithUs’ Title VI Filing

On February 16, 2024,  StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice (SCLJ ) filed a Title VI  federal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, detailing how Middlebury College showed deliberate indifference to its Jewish students’ complaints of a hostile, antisemitic campus environment. In the days since, the College has posted and reposted […]

StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice Files Title VI Complaint Against Middlebury College Detailing Pervasive Antisemitism

A federal Title VI complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights unveiled on February 16 details of how Jewish students at Middlebury College, who reported to the administration concerns about a pervasively hostile campus climate for Jews since October 7, 2023, were met with unlawful and disparate treatment by the […]

Press Release: StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice Files Title VI Complaint Against Middlebury College Detailing Pervasive Antisemitism

( Middlebury, Vermont — February 16, 2024) A federal Title VI complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights unveiled on February 16 details of how Jewish students at Middlebury College, who reported to the administration concerns about a pervasively hostile campus climate for Jews since October 7, 2023, were met […]

OCR Opens Investigation Into SWU Title VI Complaint Against GW – April 2023

(Washington DC – April 4, 2023) — On April 4, 2023, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) informed StandWithUs that it is opening a full investigation into our Title VI complaint alleging antisemitic discrimination and retaliation against Jewish and Israeli students at George Washington University (GW). StandWithUs filed its Title VI complaint […]

StandWithUs Statement on GWU Findings re: Title VI Complaint

On March 27, 2023, GW announced that its internal investigation into antisemitism in a mandatory psychology course, carried out by a firm that GW selected and hired , has fully exonerated the university. Yet GW apparently has not released the report itself. If the university wants its description of the results of the investigation to […]

StandWithUs Responds to Lara Sheehi’s Article re: Title VI Complaint at George Washington U

StandWithUs’ filing of a Title VI complaint at George Washington University (GW) was for one primary purpose: to seek a remedy for the antisemitic climate created by Dr. Sheehi’s conduct in her mandatory diversity course at GW, as reported by her students who experienced the discrimination. Despite her mischaracterization of StandWithUs’ motives in filing the […]

StandWithUs files Title VI complaint against GWU for discriminatory, retaliatory antisemitic conduct

(Washington D.C, January 12, 2023) – On January 12, 2023, StandWithUs filed a complaint alleging a violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, alleging a pervasive, hostile, and discriminatory environment for Jewish and Israeli students within the Professional Psychology Program (“Program”) at […]

StandWithUs Thanks Congressman Ted Lieu For Spearheading Letter to DOE about Title VI

February 9th, 2022 Photo: Evgenia Parajanian / Shutterstock.com StandWithUs would like to express sincere gratitude to Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-33) for spearheading a bipartisan letter to the United States Department of Education (DOE), asking the DOE to provide much needed technical assistance to the higher educations community about antisemitism, its various manifestations, and the protections […]

StandWithUs, With Students & Alumna, Submits Title VI Complaint Against Hunter College (CUNY)

Jewish News Syndicate November 12, 2021, JNS Wire On November 10, 2021 StandWithUs, along with Jessica Shafran and Raphi Cooper, current students attending the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, and Silberman alumna Morr Mazal Barton, submitted a complaint against the Silberman School and Hunter College, part of the City University of New York […]

StandWithUs, With Students & Alumna, Submits Title VI Complaint Against Hunter College (CUNY)

(LOS ANGELES, CA) — On November 10, 2021 StandWithUs, along with Jessica Shafran and Raphi Cooper, current students attending the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, and Silberman alumna Morr Mazal Barton, submitted a complaint against the Silberman School and Hunter College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, to […]

StandWithUs Letter to UNC Chancellor Guskiewicz Demanding Proactive Measures to Comply with Title VI

August 27, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( chancellor@unc.edu ) Dear Chancellor Guskiewicz, We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international non-profit Israel education organization. We write to request that you immediately enact protective measures and issue guidelines to ensure that the University […]

UCLA Title VI Supplemental Information Letter

July 1, 2021 VIA EMAIL: ( Maria.Asturias@ed.gov ) Maria Asturias, Civil Rights Attorney U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights 50 United Nations Plaza, Suite 1543 San Francisco, CA 94102 Re: Supplemental Information Relevant to OCR Case No. 09-20-2016 Dear Ms. Asturias, We write to bring to the attention of the Office for Civil […]

Letter to President-Elect Biden re Title VI Protection for Jewish Students Facing Discrimination

December 1, 2020 RE: Continuing Longstanding Executive Policy of Extending Title VI Protection to Jewish Students Facing Antisemitic Discrimination Dear President-Elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. Transition Team: We write on behalf of the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department and the StandWithUs Center for Combating Antisemitism, divisions of StandWithUs, an international, non-profit education organization supporting Israel and […]

OCR Responds to SWU and Zachor Legal Institute Title VI Filings Against UCLA 1-3-20

UCLA sign on the University of California, Los Angeles (Photo: Michael Gordon / Shutterstock.com) (Los Angeles, CA, January 6, 2020)  — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) has notified StandWithUs and Zachor Legal Institute on January 3rd that it has accepted each of their respective complaints alleging that UCLA violated Title VI of […]

StandWithUs Applauds the Application of Title VI to Jewish Students

(Los Angeles, CA – December 11, 2019 ) StandWithUs applauds today the clarification that Title VI protections apply to Jewish students. With antisemitism on the rise, including on our nation’s campuses, this assurance is crucial. We recognize the vital importance of the IHRA definition, including its recognition that antisemitism often takes the form of hostility […]

UCLA Student & StandWithUs Submit Title VI Complaint Against UCLA Alleging Inaction on Antisemitism

(Los Angeles, CA — October 7, 2019) – University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) student Shayna Lavi and the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department have submitted a complaint against UCLA to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”). The complaint alleges that the university is in violation of its obligations under Title VI of […]