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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

Brandeis University

Brandeis University President Ron Liebowitz speaks during a press conference on October 2, 2017 in Waltham, Massachusetts. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP)
September 26, 2024, 3:27 am
Brandeis head quits after no-confidence vote citing budget crisis, anti-Israel protests
Ronald Liebowitz to step down Nov. 1; in motion calling for vote, faculty take particular issue with university’s decision last year to ban Students for Justice in Palestine
By jacob gurvis
A sign on the Brandeis University campus with the school's emblem and motto reads, "Truth even unto its innermost parts." (Wikimedia via JTA)
April 25, 2024, 11:16 pm
Brandeis extends transfer deadline to accommodate Jewish students who feel unsafe
Historically Jewish school cites ‘current atmosphere’ of anti-Israel campus protests as reason for measure, touts environment that allows ‘Jewish students to thrive’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A sign on the Brandeis University campus with the school's emblem and motto reads, "Truth even unto its innermost parts." (Wikimedia via JTA)
November 7, 2023, 5:32 pm
Brandeis bans Students for Justice in Palestine, saying it ‘openly supports Hamas’
University says support for Hamas is not protected by institution’s free speech principles; SJP will no longer receive funding or be able to hold activities on campus
By jacob gurvis
A sign on the Brandeis University campus with the school's emblem and motto reads, "Truth even unto its innermost parts." (Wikimedia via JTA)
October 27, 2023, 6:05 am
Brandeis senate that didn’t rebuke Hamas doesn’t speak for us, student statements say
Missives aim to demonstrate that recent vote by legislative body not representative of majority view at the university founded in 1948 by US Jewish community leaders
By jacob gurvis
File: A sign marks the entrance of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, October 20, 2010. (Josh Reynolds/AP)
July 3, 2023, 4:11 pm
Brandeis University president sorry for ad calling school ‘anything but Orthodox’
Apology that New York Times advertisement ‘missed the mark’ comes after school initially defended it as ‘a play on words meant to highlight Brandeis’ unique story’
By Ben Sales
File: A sign marks the entrance of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, October 20, 2010. (Josh Reynolds/AP)
June 28, 2023, 11:55 am
Orthodox Brandeis students slam ad calling university ‘anything but Orthodox’
In response to criticism, school defends ad in New York Times as ‘a play on words meant to highlight Brandeis’ unique story’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Brandeis University students assemble messages in honor of their classmate who died in a shuttle bus crash that injured dozens of Brandeis students, following a gathering in the Shapiro Student Center, Nov. 20, 2022. (Penny Schwartz via JTA)
November 21, 2022, 5:09 am
Brandeis University reels after bus accident leaves 1 student dead, dozens injured
Jewish students hold vigils as Hillel leaders quickly organize gatherings to offer support
By Penny Schwartz
This Federal Bureau of Investigation handout image shows undated images of a woman identified as Aafia Siddiqui (FBI)
January 16, 2022, 8:34 am
Texas attacker sought release of Aafia Siddiqui, who blamed Israel for her jailing
Neuroscientist is serving 86 years in US for trying to shoot American soldiers in Afghanistan; didn’t want ‘Zionist Jews’ in jury at trial, said they should be genetically tested
By AP and ToI Staff
Brandeis University President Ron Liebowitz speaks at a news conference in Waltham, Massachusetts, October 2, 2017. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images via JTA)
March 17, 2021, 8:35 am
Brandeis president says university’s contract proposal aims to force him out
Ron Liebowitz, who has received a one-year extension offer as chance to ‘improve’ fundraising, says deal wouldn’t allow him to honor commitments to donors
By Shira Hanau
Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro (Mike Lovett/ Courtesy of Brandeis University via JTA)
March 16, 2021, 12:16 am
Carl Shapiro, Brandeis benefactor who lost millions to Madoff, dies at 108
Shapiro’s foundation with wife Ruth supported US medical institutions, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, cultural centers and local initiatives in Boston, Palm Beach, and Florida
By Penny Schwartz
The Carl J. Shapiro Science Center at Brandeis University (Courtesy of Brandeis)
August 21, 2020, 8:59 am
Brandeis targeted by bomb threat a week before school starts
A third of Boston-area university’s undergrads are Jewish
By JTA
Project Kesher made the donation of the archives of a Jewish women’s group that supported Jews in the former Soviet Union at a conference on October 23, 2019, at the Brandeis University library in Waltham, Massachusetts.(Project Keshet)
October 26, 2019, 5:19 am
Brandeis acquires archives of group that supported Soviet Jews
Founded in 1989, Project Kesher aimed to help Jews who chose to remain in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus
By JTA
Morton Mandel, shown in 2018, founded more than a dozen nonprofit organizations and served as president of United Way Services in Cleveland. (Alyssa Schmitt/Cleveland Jewish News via JTA)
October 17, 2019, 4:21 am
Morton Mandel, Jewish businessman and philanthropist, dies at 98
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation has supported Jewish education and Holocaust studies in US; Rivlin mourns ‘true mensch’
By JTA
Yeshiva University in New York City (photo credit: Facebook)
September 2, 2019, 12:23 am
Photos of thousands of Yeshiva University students on white nationalist website
Pictures used to illustrate so-called Jewish racial characteristics and mock the appearance of Jews; school says no threat found to those whose photos were used
By JTA
File: A sign marks the entrance of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, October 20, 2010. (Josh Reynolds/AP)
August 22, 2019, 7:41 am
Photos of Brandeis students, professors posted on anti-Semitic website
University says there is no threat to campus safety; officials investigating ‘obviously disturbing’ incident
By AP
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