Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Jewish Students Accuse American University Of Ignoring Antisemitism On Campus, Punishing Whistleblowers
Jewish students filed a complaint Wednesday with the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, alleging that American University, in Washington, D.C., failed to address antisemitism on campus and even punished those who came forward to report the harassment.
The complaint was filed on behalf of a dozen students by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and alleges that Jewish students have been targeted by "discrimination, harassment, and intimidation" because of their "ethnic identity and Israeli national origin." Students reportedly have been "shunned" in the classroom, dorm doors of Jewish students were vandalized with swastikas, one student was allegedly spat on several times and posters of hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7 have been torn down repeatedly.
"This is an egregious case of anti-Semitism that has run rampant on American University's campus. The university has failed in its legal obligation to protect its Jewish and Israeli students from discrimination and harassment and has instead chosen to retaliate and bully those students who were courageous enough to speak out," Deena Margolies, the Brandeis Center lawyer overseeing the AU complaint, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. "Because the administration has been derelict in addressing the anti-Semitism on its campus, it is not surprising that the situation has only worsened and intensified following October 7, necessitating the filing of our complaint with the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education."
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