US EditionLawsuits filed against US schools over classroom antisemitism
- In March 2025, a private school in Virginia expelled three Jewish students shortly after their parents brought forward reports of persistent antisemitic harassment aimed at their 11-year-old daughter.
- The expulsions followed persistent harassment including classmates calling the girl a 'baby-killer' and taunting her about her deceased uncle amidst escalation around the Israel-Gaza conflict.
- The school canceled its annual Holocaust survivor speaker program to avoid inflaming tensions and raised a Palestinian flag alongside the Israeli flag, which reportedly intensified the hostile environment.
- Kenneth Marcus of the Brandeis Center condemned the administration for dismissing the family's suffering and allowing antisemitism to persist, while the expulsion letter cited a 'profound lack of trust' as justification.
- The legal complaint demands enforcement of policies against discrimination, mandatory expert-led antisemitism training, oversight by an independent monitor, financial compensation, and a formal ruling recognizing violations of Virginia’s anti-discrimination laws.
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Jewish teen hid in locked classroom as antisemitic mob pounded on door: Lawsuit
The lawsuit comes as the Department of Education aims to resolve nearly 200 anti-Semitism complaints that piled up during the Biden administration. By Jessica Schwalb and Jessica Costescu, The Washington Free Beacon A Seattle teen feared for her life in a locked classroom as a mob of students pounded on the door, “threatening to physically assault her based on her Jewish identity,” according to a recently filed lawsuit. The incident was the culm…
Private Virginia School Accused of Punishing Parents, Who Alleged Jew-Hatred, by Expelling Kids
VIRGINIA (JNS) – The Nysmith School, a private institution in Herndon, Va., discriminated against a Jewish family, which complained about “persistent and severe” antisemitism, by expelling its three children, according to a complaint that the Louis Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed with the office of the Virginia attorney general. The 40-year-old Northern […]
Posh Virginia private school that allegedly praised Hitler expelled three Jewish students who faced antisemitic bullying: complaint
A Northern Virginia private school celebrated as one of the best in the country allegedly expelled three Jewish siblings who endured relentless antisemitic harassment in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel — all while their community celebrated Hitler as a "strong historical leader."
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