Harvard must face lawsuit over antisemitism on campus, US judge says

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of Harvard campus on John F. Kennedy Street at Harvard University is pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2023 as leaders of various universities come under fire from their schools' Jewish communities for their handling of clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian contingents since Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel. REUTERS/Faith Ninivaggi/File Photo

(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit in which Jewish students accused Harvard University of letting its campus become a bastion of antisemitism.

Without ruling on the merits, U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns said the plaintiffs plausibly alleged that Harvard’s response to on-campus incidents was inadequate, and that “the facts as pled show that Harvard failed its Jewish students.”