Campus Antisemitism
Jacob Baime, CEO of the Israel Campus Coalition, told JNS that there has been “a huge surge in Jewish pride and interest” since Oct. 7.
“The settlement is believed to be the largest private settlement in campus antisemitism cases,” Becket stated.
“Harvard will eventually come around,” Harrison Fields, a White House spokesman, told “The New York Times.”
Sources told JNS that the settlement, for an undisclosed amount, was part of a $21 million Columbia settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Jewish students were allegedly asked to leave because they were “assumed to be Zionists,” Rabbi Jessica Kirschner, executive director of Stanford Hillel, told JNS.
A Jewish doctoral candidate who left the university said she experienced “ancient stereotypes with modern progressive language, repackaged through social-justice discourse.”
The agreement is “a seismic shift” in the United States holding schools, which receive tax dollars, “accountable for antisemitic discrimination and harassment,” the U.S. education secretary said.
“Columbia has more progress to make before Jewish students can truly feel safe on its campus,” said Rep. Tim Walberg.
“The American people have the right to expect their universities to uphold national security, comply with the law and provide safe environments for all students,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
“No one should be denied access to opportunity or resources because of their race, color or national origin,” stated Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant U.S. attorney general.
“Israel was the issue that faculty were least involved in, least likely to report to us that they dealt with,” the professor Leonard Saxe told JNS.
The student is suing “Harvard not only for failing to protect him and other Jewish students, but for defending and rewarding antisemitism,” his lawyer told JNS.
