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 […]
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