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.

The Ivy League school agreed to boost protections for Jewish students.

The definition, adopted by the the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance as well as more than 40 nations, says that certain kinds of criticism of Israel and Zionism can be antisemitic.

Harvard University has agreed to take several steps to fight antisemitism on its campus after a lawsuit claimed it ignored and tolerated that type of hate.

Harvard University has settled two lawsuits with Jewish groups accusing the school of fostering an antisemitic environment in the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, as President Donald Trump retakes office with a promise to more heavily police universities for such cases.

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.

Harvard has reached settlements in a pair of legal disputes that claimed the university failed to protect Jewish students since Hamas’ terrorist attacks in Israel, agreeing to a series of reforms

Harvard University has settled in two lawsuits that accused the school of antisemitism on campus.   The first, brought by Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish Americans

The school has also pledged to partner with an Israeli university and with one of the Jewish groups that sued it.

Harvard settles antisemitism suits as Trump defunding threats loom - Suits include Harvard agreeing to use hotly debated definition of antisemitism

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