Several elite universities, including MIT, George Washington University, Arizona State University, New York University, and Rutgers University, are facing accusations of enabling antisemitic behavior and failing to protect Jewish students. Prominent law firms are planning to sue these universities for civil rights violations. Incidents of violence, threats, and hate speech targeting Jewish students have been reported, including rocks being thrown at windows, death threats, and chants of 'gas the Jews.' Jewish students are feeling unsafe and have filed federal lawsuits against the universities.
Several Jewish students at New York University have filed a federal lawsuit alleging the school is violating civil rights laws, and at Rutgers University, Muslim students tell @LisaRoznerTV they don't feel safe either. https://t.co/RgxDD2a3XO
#BREAKING: In the past week, Title VI lawsuits have been filed against @penn, @nyuniversity, and @Wellesley for failing to protect their Jewish students. https://t.co/FBoZM8FFQ6
BREAKING: 20 Jewish students had to be evacuated by the police from a campus building at Arizona State University @ASU after a crowd gathered in front of the building and started throwing rocks at the windows. What’s going on at the universities? 🇺🇸🇮🇱 https://t.co/B8LE8u0qvA
Jewish students sue NYU claiming university allows students to chant 'gas the Jews' https://t.co/Yf69FuZfZU
Arizona State University, another university where Jewish students face violence https://t.co/LdoOZjBOjY
At an @ASU student government meeting tonight, @sjpasu speakers inside were aggressive and disruptive while; other SJP students protested outside and threw rocks at the windows. Jewish students and Hillel staff had to be escorted back to Hillel by police for protection.
Arizona State University - Jewish students were targeted at a USG Senate meeting on campus and had to be escorted home by police. The antisemites threw rocks at the window and made death threats to the Jewish students. This is life for American Jewish students in 2023.
"At my George Washington University, we have seen antisemitic hate fests, rallies supporting murder of Israelis, unconscionable insults projected onto our library, our Hillel building broken into, our kidnapped posters torn, threats of violence." —Sabrina Soffer, George… https://t.co/K6DiTt9TjI
Prominent law firm plans to sue elite universities over alleged antisemitic mobs and civil rights violations https://t.co/5gH1IgBbUN https://t.co/aQsnOWnHlN
Major law firm to accuse elite universities of civil rights violations for enabling antisemitic mobs https://t.co/18Lpg53EGf
Jewish student doesn’t feel safe at MIT. https://t.co/HOkLlIiyvo