You Should Know
The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, founded in 2007, is dedicated to promoting exemplary teaching and scholarship in Israeli history, politics, culture and society at Brandeis and beyond.
Jewish Sponsorship
Founded in 1948 by members of the American Jewish community, Brandeis University brings to American higher education a unique cultural perspective reflecting Jewish traditions of scholarship and community service and the commitment to social justice personified by Louis Dembitz Brandeis, the distinguished U.S. Supreme Court justice for whom the university is named.
Today, Brandeis remains committed to serving the American Jewish community, providing a forum of neutral ground for discussing and addressing issues of vital concern to the American Jewry.
As one of the last heirs of the tradition in American higher education of institutions founded as the special responsibility of particular denominational groups, Brandeis will remain an American university, proud of its Jewish heritage.
