US EditionBarnard settles suit alleging antisemitism, agrees to changes including anti-discrimination official
- Last week, Barnard College settled a lawsuit accusing it of ignoring antisemitism and agreed to new measures including enhanced training and protest restrictions.
- The lawsuit, filed February 21, 2024, and expanded in June, followed campus protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict and alleged rising antisemitism at Barnard College.
- Barnard will establish a dedicated Title VI coordinator, ban masks at protests, and incorporate antisemitism education into anti-discrimination training, starting in fall 2025.
- From fall 2025, the college will implement new policies including annual zero-tolerance messages and campus-wide enforcement of anti-discrimination measures.
- Kasowitz noted the settlement sets a precedent, encouraging other universities to adopt similar measures against campus antisemitism.
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Barnard College has settled a lawsuit that accused the college of not doing enough to combat antisemitism on campus, agreeing to a litany of demands that include banning masks at protests and refusing to meet or negotiate with a coalition of pro-Palestinian student groups, according to a statement released Monday.
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Barnard College, Columbia University’s sister school, settled a lawsuit Monday with a group of Jewish students who accused the school of "egregious civil rights violations," agreeing to implement several measures to address anti-Semitism on its campus.The post Barnard College Settles Lawsuit With Jewish Students Who Alleged ‘Egregious Civil Rights Violations’ appeared first on .
Barnard settles lawsuit by Jewish and Israeli students, agrees to a litany of measures to address antisemitism - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Barnard College settled a lawsuit Monday filed by Jewish and Israeli students alleging that the school had failed to address antisemitism on its campus. The settlement of the lawsuit, which was filed by StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice, Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. and Barnard Jewish and Israeli student plaintiffs, includes a laundry list of measures the college must take to address antisemitism. “Barnard’s commitment to take meaningf…
Barnard College will ban masks, not engage with anti-Israel ‘apartheid divest’ student protest group after antisemitism lawsuit settlement
Barnard College leaders agreed to settle a scorching lawsuit by Jewish students contending the Columbia University-affiliated school failed to address rising antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, court papers filed Monday show.
Barnard reaches settlement with Jewish students in antisemitism lawsuit
Barnard College reached a settlement on Monday in a lawsuit brought by Jewish students which claimed that the school violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to address antisemitism.Under the agreement reached, Barnard will adopt an anti-masking policy at demonstrations; refuse to meet with anti-Israel campus groups, including Columbia University Apartheid Divest; “consider” adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance…
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