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Modern Workplace Anti-Semitism: Legal Rights and Risks, with Rory Lancman

Rory Lancman
Director of Corporate Initiatives and Senior Counsel, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
The talk
Anti-Semitism was rising in American workplaces before October 7, and it has exploded since. Rory Lancman counsels Jewish employees and the companies they work for, and he explains what the law protects and where the lines are.
Speaker

Rory Lancman
Senior Counsel, the Brandeis Center
Rory Lancman is director of corporate initiatives and senior counsel at the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law. He advises company legal and HR leaders on what the law asks of them on anti-Semitism at work, and he represents employees and union members bringing discrimination claims. He trained at Columbia Law School and worked as a litigator, and he served in the New York State Assembly and on the New York City Council.
Photo: courtesy of the Brandeis Center
Rory starts with who Jews are, a people as well as a faith, and why that matters for spotting discrimination at work. Then he gets into how anti-Israel activism turns on Jewish colleagues: boycotts, petitions, posters, and staff meetings and chat channels that go after Israel. He walks through what federal and state law protect, the recent cases where hostility to Israel crossed into unlawful discrimination, and the line between protected speech and discriminatory conduct. He ends with what an employer can actually do about it.
He joins us live for a 45-minute talk, and then takes your questions.
It’s free for AIC members, and members’ questions go first. For everyone else it’s $18.
It runs on Zoom. On a computer you join in your browser or the Zoom app, no account needed. On a phone or tablet you need the free Zoom Workplace app.
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