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 […]