A general view of the Baker Library/Bloomberg Center on February 17, 2024, at Harvard Business School in Allston, MA.
Harvard University failed to persuade a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit in which Jewish students accused the Ivy League school of letting its campus become a bastion of antisemitism.
Without ruling on the merits, U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns said the plaintiffs plausibly alleged that Harvard's response to on-campus incidents was inadequate, and that "the facts as pled show that Harvard failed its Jewish students."
Students sued in January, accusing Harvard of selectively enforcing its anti-discrimination policies to avoid protecting Jewish students from harassment, ignoring their pleas for protection, and hiring professors who supported anti-Jewish violence and spread antisemitic propaganda.
Stearns found sufficient allegations that Harvard acted with deliberate indifference toward its Jewish population.
Persons:
Richard Stearns, Stearns, Harvard, Harvard's, Claudine Gay, Gay
Organizations:
Baker Library, Bloomberg Center, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Ivy League, District, Harvard, U.S, Civil
Locations:
Allston ,, U.S, Israel, Gaza