Last year, two different groups filed a federal lawsuit accusing Harvard of not doing enough to deal with anti-Semitism on campus. Yesteray, Harvard settled those complaints by agreeing to take a series of steps including adopting a specific standard of anti-Semitism.
In the settlement with the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education, and Students Against Antisemitism — a group of six Jewish students — Harvard agreed to make several changes to how it addresses antisemitism on campus.
Among them is adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism when reviewing complaints of antisemitic discrimination and harassment and posting a document online that clarifies people who identify as Jewish and Israeli are covered by the school’s non-discrimination and…
