US EditionTrump Administration Accuses Harvard of Failing to Protect Jewish Students in Latest Lawsuit
The DOJ alleges Harvard ignored antisemitic harassment post-October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, risking billions in federal funds amid a broader campaign targeting elite universities, DOJ said.
- On 2026-03-22, the U.S. Justice Department filed a 44-page Title VI complaint against Harvard in the District of Massachusetts, alleging violations after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack.
- Citing campus reports, the complaint alleges harassment including concealed yarmulkes, a stolen mezuzah, shouted 'Heil Hitler' and pro-genocide posts on the Harvard-only Sidechat platform since October 7, 2023.
- Harvard University previously settled Kestenbaum v. Harvard and Brandeis Center v. Harvard, adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition and pledging annual antisemitism training.
- If successful, the lawsuit could freeze federal grants and seek repayment, threatening research funding, federal contracts and international-student programs and undermining Harvard's recent courtroom victories.
- Amid campus skepticism and fatigue, President Trump’s campaign since January 2025 targets Harvard following a Michigan synagogue rifle attack and a drop to around 7 percent Jewish enrollment, the Harvard Jewish Alumni Alliance reported.
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Trump administration accuses Harvard of failing to protect Jewish students in latest lawsuit
The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Harvard University on Friday for failing to protect Jewish students since the Israel-Gaza War broke out more than two years ago. “Since October 7th, 2023, too many of our educational institutions have allowed anti-Semitism to flourish on campus — Harvard included,” Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a [...]
Harvard Discriminated Against Jews, U.S. Government Says In New Lawsuit
The federal government is suing Harvard over what the Justice Department’s complaint calls the university’s “toothless non-response to the ongoing relentless antisemitic on-campus discrimination.”The suit was announced with a traditional press release that included quotes from Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. The assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Divis…
Trump Sues Harvard, Blames The Jews
President Trump talks more about Harvard than people who actually went there — which is to say a lot. After several universities made like Paul Weiss and rolled over and showed the Trump administration their belly, the president figured that Harvard would fold eventually. Columbia paid a $200 million settlement to restore its funding. Brown paid $50 million to Rhode Island workforce programs. Cornell agreed to $30 million over three years. Surel…
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