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,
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 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.
"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.
Several other schools have recently settled similar lawsuits, and suits are pending against others, including the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.
The Ivy League school agreed to boost protections for Jewish students.
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'
A bipartisan bill called the Protecting Students on Campus Act, recently reintroduced in the Senate, aims to make it easier for students to file civil rights complaints against their schools.
"It is important that people understand where some of these attacks are coming from," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
Antisemitic incidents are increasing across Washington state, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The organization reports a significant rise in cases since October 7, 2023.
Stefanik's statement about Israel’s rights to the Biblical lands came just hours after Trump had lifted US sanctions on Jewish settler groups and individuals accused of violence against “Palestini