Plaintiffs said antisemitism had been a ‘growing institutional problem’ at NYU even before the war between Israel and Hamas began last month
Reuters Nov 15, 2023 1:09 am IST
A demonstration at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14.Credit: JOSEPH PREZIOSO – AFP
New York University (NYU) was sued on Tuesday by three Jewish students who accused the school of creating a hostile environment in which Jewish students are subjected to pervasive antisemitic hatred, discrimination, harassment and intimidation.
Bella Ingber, Sabrina Maslavi and Saul Tawil said in their complaint filed in Manhattan federal court that NYU has refused to enforce its own policies against bigotry, including by allowing chants such as “gas the Jews” and “Hitler was right.”
The plaintiffs said antisemitism had been a “growing institutional problem” at NYU even before the war between Israel and Hamas began last month, and has since gotten worse.
- Jews in America lie low as antisemitism spirals in wake of Gaza war
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- Around 200,000 rally in Washington in support of Israel in wake of October 7 attack
They also said Jewish students’ complaints are “ignored, slow-walked, or met with gaslighting” by NYU administrators, including new President Linda Mills, who they say falsely dismisses antisemitism on campus as overstated.
NYU did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Mills became president in July.
The lawsuit seeks to require NYU to terminate employees, including administrators and professors, and suspend or expel students who engage in such abuse, and pay compensatory and punitive damages.
“NYU’s deliberate indifference toward the plight of its Jewish students under siege by egregious antisemitism has been outrageous,” Marc Kasowitz, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said in a statement.
But a new group has formed. The students must be expelled.
“(JTA) — George Washington University has suspended Students for Justice in Palestine for at least 90 days, making it the third U.S. college to curtail the group’s operations this month.”
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Rutgers disbands student bar association for antisemitism
@Sebastien
Quite true.
All thanks to President Trump who extended Title VI civil rights protections to Jewish and pro-Israel students by executive order when the Democrats opposed the legislation. And liberal Jewish groups ignorantly or mendaciously said he was good to Israel but antisemitic towards American Jews.