Harvard settles major antisemitism lawsuit day after Trump inauguration

Published January 21, 2025 3:42pm ET



Harvard University agreed to settle a major antisemitism lawsuit just one day after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to remove funding and accreditation for schools fostering anti-Jewish discrimination.

The plaintiff in the civil rights lawsuit, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education, claimed the school demonstrated a “deliberately indifferent” approach to combatting “Jew-hatred” on campus.

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