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Kasowitz Files Lawsuit Against Harvard University Alleging Egregious Civil Rights Violations for Its Antisemitic Hostile Educational Environment

January 11, 2024 By admin Leave a Comment

NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2024 – Kasowitz Benson Torres, on behalf of several Jewish students at Harvard, has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Harvard University, alleging that Harvard is egregiously violating the civil rights of its Jewish students, who are subjected to a severe and pervasive antisemitic hostile educational environment, which has worsened since the October 7 Hamas murder, rape, and kidnapping of 1,200 Israelis. The plaintiffs are an individual Jewish student enrolled at Harvard Divinity School and Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. (SAA), whose Jewish members include students at Harvard Law School.

In their complaint, plaintiffs allege that Harvard’s tolerance and enabling of antisemitism permit students and faculty to harass, intimidate, and assault Jewish students, disrupt classes and other campus activities with continual antisemitic demonstrations calling for the murder of Jews and the destruction of Israel, the sole Jewish country in the world, and that Harvard’s response to antisemitic discrimination and harassment reflects an egregious double standard by which it treats Jewish students as unworthy of the protections it readily affords non-Jewish students.

The complaint alleges claims under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and seeks monetary damages and injunctive relief requiring Harvard to implement institutional, far-reaching, and concrete remedial measures, including disciplinary measures against deans, administrators, professors, and other employees responsible for antisemitic abuse, whether because they engage in it or permit it; against students who engage in such conduct; declining and returning any donations, whether from foreign countries or elsewhere, conditioned on the hiring or promotion of professors who espouse antisemitism or the inclusion of antisemitic coursework or curricula; and requiring antisemitism training for Harvard community members.

Partner Marc E. Kasowitz said, “It is clear that Harvard will not correct its deep-seated antisemitism problem voluntarily. Jewish students at Harvard are being subjected to vile and threatening antisemitic harassment and calls for the murder of Jews. Harvard must be forced to protect its Jewish students and stop applying a double standard when it comes to anti-Jewish bigotry.”

The Kasowitz Benson Torres team representing the Harvard University students is led by partners Marc E. Kasowitz, Daniel R. Benson, Mark P. Ressler and Andrew L. Schwartz, and includes associates Joshua E. Roberts, Andrew C. Bernstein, Emily A. Lowe, Zachary Josephs, and William Wolfe Taub.

Link to the complaint can be found here.

About Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP
Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP is a leading national law firm with a core focus on commercial litigation, complemented by exceptionally strong bankruptcy/restructuring, employment, and real estate transactional practices. Kasowitz is known for its creative, aggressive litigators and willingness to take on tough cases. The firm has extensive trial experience and is always trial-ready, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in every area of litigation. Kasowitz is committed to pursuing aggressive and innovative approaches to its clients’ most challenging legal matters. Headquartered in New York City, the firm also has offices in Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC. For more information, please visit www.kasowitz.com.

SOURCE Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP

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