Harvard University has settled two lawsuits accusing the Ivy League school of failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitic bullying and harassment on campus.

Harvard University will provide additional protections for Jewish students under a settlement announced on Tuesday.

Harvard University will provide additional protections to Jewish and Israeli students as part of two legal settlements that accused the Ivy League school of creating an environment of fear and hate by allowing antisemitism to run rampant on campus after ...

Harvard University has settled two lawsuits with Jewish groups that claimed the school had not taken appropriate steps to keep its campus from becoming a hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students in the aftermath of the October 7,

The definition has been at the center of debates over campus antisemitism for years. Now, Harvard has become the second university to officially add it into its nondiscrimination policy—to mixed reactions.

The adoption of the IHRA definition, even if meant to appease a new presidential administration, should be celebrated. But such a policy change is a bandage on an internal wound. Harvard still has work to do — if it cares to do it.

Many universities have been reluctant to embrace a definition that, among other things, considers some criticisms of Israel as antisemitic. The university’s decision was part of a lawsuit settlement.

Brandeis Center's complaint alleged that three Harvard Kennedy School students were discriminated against on the basis of their Israeli identities during a Spring 2023 course. Whe

Critics say the definition Harvard adopted conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism and could chill pro-Palestinian speech.

The litigation piece of the effort to hold Harvard accountable is, fortunately, not yet over. The only non-anonymous plaintiff in the case, Alexander “Shabbos” Kestenbaum, who spoke at the Republican National Convention and has repeatedly testified before Congress on the topic, is moving ahead with discovery in the case.

Harvard University settled legal claims alleging the Ivy League school didn’t do enough to protect Jewish students against a wave of antisemitism on campus. As part of the settlements announced Tuesday,

President Donald Trump instructed universities, including Harvard, to monitor international students who participated in activities in support of Palestine in an executive order Wednesday evening aimed at combating antisemitism.