Harvard Must Defend Claim It Was Indifferent to Antisemitism

Harvard College must face claims that it was deliberately indifferent to the plight of Jewish students in the Fall of 2023 when anti-Israel demonstrations were happening on campus, a federal court said.

The case, brought by students and nonprofit advocacy groups, stems from the protests on campus after Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023, and a professor’s decision to prevent students doing a pro-Israel project. The protests on campus after the Hamas attack also lead to the resignation of Harvard’s president, Claudine Gay.

The plaintiffs sufficiently claimed that the school knew about the harassment, Judge Richard G. Stearns of the ...