Harvard settles antisemitism suits
The definition, adopted by the the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance as well as more than 40 nations, says that certain kinds of criticism of Israel and Zionism can be antisemitic.
The lawsuits came after Harvard faced fierce criticism over its handling of anti-Israel protests that erupted on campus amid the Israel-Hamas war. Jewish students alleged they were bullied, spat on, intimidated, threatened and subjected to verbal and physical harassment.
"Elon Musk has repeatedly pushed for the racist and antisemitic 'Great Replacement' conspiracy theory, endorsed the Nazi-sympathizing German Political Party AfD, and allowed anti-Jewish hate to proliferate unabated on his website, X," said Goldman in the statement, which was emailed to Newsweek on Tuesday.
The nation’s richest Ivy League university lost millions in fundraising dollars after drawing donor ire over antisemitism on campus. These settlements could be the first step to assuaging those concerns.
The Ivy League school agreed to boost protections for Jewish students.
Harvard’s settlement of two antisemitism lawsuits Tuesday sparked pointed reactions from student groups on campus, ranging from reserved hope to fury and fears of censorship.
Harvard University settled two lawsuits alleging a failure to address antisemitism on campus, just one day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The lawsuits, filed by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law,
Harvard University has agreed to take several steps to fight antisemitism on its campus after a lawsuit claimed it ignored and tolerated that type of hate.
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed to remove funding and accreditation for schools fostering anti-Jewish discrimination.
The New York Republican said the U.S. needs to be the 'moral clarity on the U.N. Security Council and at the United Nations at large'
Antisemitism in the Lakewood area isn't just happening more often, incidents are becoming more aggressive and in plain sight.