January 23, 2025 Harvard University settles two antisemitism lawsuits one day after Trump takes office (CNN) Published by CNN on 1/21/2025 CNN- One day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, who has said he would “remove the Jew haters” if reelected, Harvard University has settled two lawsuits accusing the Ivy League school of failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitic bullying and harassment on campus. In the settlement with the Louis D. Brandeis […] Media Coverage
January 22, 2025 Harvard University Reaches Campus Antisemitism Settlements (The Wall Street Journal) Ivy League school agrees to boost protections for Jewish students Published by The Wall Street Journal on 1/21/2025 Harvard University settled legal claims alleging the Ivy League school didn’t do enough to protect Jewish students against a wave of antisemitism on campus. As part of the settlements announced Tuesday, Harvard agreed to make clear in […] Media Coverage
January 22, 2025 Harvard Adopts a Definition of Antisemitism for Discipline Cases (The New York Times) Many universities have been reluctant to embrace a definition that, among other things, considers some criticisms of Israel as antisemitic. The university’s decision was part of a lawsuit settlement. Published by The New York Times on 1/21/2025 Harvard University will adopt a definition of antisemitism when investigating discipline cases as part of several moves meant […] Media Coverage
January 22, 2025 ‘A Watershed Moment’: Harvard, Settling Antisemitism Lawsuit, Promises To Implement ‘Strongest’ Protections of Jewish Students (NY Sun) ‘We now have a Harvard standard that other colleges will strive to meet,’ a leading authority on antisemitism and civil rights in higher education tells the Sun. Published by the NY Sun on 01/21/2025. Harvard University, as part of a settlement agreement to resolve two Title VI civil rights lawsuits levied against the school, will implement its […] Media Coverage
January 21, 2025 Harvard agrees to implement IHRA definition of antisemitism as part of settlement (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 01/21/2025. Harvard University has agreed to implement the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism as part of a resolution to two Title VI lawsuits that it settled in federal court in Boston. One of the lawsuits, filed in May by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under […] Media Coverage
January 16, 2025 Many colleges are settling antisemitism cases. Some Republicans blast ‘toothless’ agreements (AP News) Published by AP News on 1/16/2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Many colleges accused of tolerating antisemitism on their campuses have been settling with federal civil rights investigators in the weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who urged a tougher response to campus protests against the war in Gaza. By settling with the Education Department, the schools […] Media Coverage
January 15, 2025 Universities work to settle discrimination cases in waning days of the Biden administration (Jewish Insider) Trump ran on a promise that, if reelected, U.S. universities would lose accreditation and federal support if they fail to stop the rising level of antisemitism that has roiled campuses nationwide since the Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel Published by Jewish Insider on 1/13/2025 Universities across the country are scrambling to prepare for a tougher […] Media Coverage
January 15, 2025 How to Protect Civil Rights in Schools Without a Department of Education: Fmr. Assistant Sec. Kenneth L. Marcus (Epoch TV) Published on 12/14/2024 How to Protect Civil Rights in Schools Without a Department of Education: Fmr. Assistant Sec. Kenneth L. Marcus Media Coverage
January 15, 2025 Amid war and an election, the Jewish mainstream bends to the right — and not just on Israel (JTA) Published by JTA on 12/15/24 As head of the nonprofit Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, Kenneth Marcus was early — critics would say premature — in using aggressive legal tactics to fight antisemitism on college campuses and other public spaces. The former assistant secretary for civil rights in the first Trump administration, Marcus remembers when […] Media Coverage
December 18, 2024 Lawmakers, health care providers raise alarm about growing antisemitism in medical field (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 12/18/24 Rep. Jamie Raskin said he was ‘shocked and astonished’ by the degree of anti-Jewish discrimination among health care providers Speaking on a panel on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, lawmakers, medical professionals and Jewish community advocates sounded the alarm about the spread of antisemitism in the health care field, both within […] Media Coverage