The Brandeis Center, Anti-Defamation League, and StandWithUs submitted a formal complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against Ohio State University, alleging that the university has failed to address the severe discrimination and harassment of Jewish and Israeli students following the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, which fostered “a hostile antisemitic environment that is now pervasive” at Ohio State.

The groups allege that since the events on Oct. 7, Jewish students at OSU have faced a litany of antisemitic incidents, including physical assaults, threatening graffiti in classrooms and university facilities, as well as the removal of posters and photos of kidnapped Israelis. The complaint seeks remedies under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.