Columbia University violated federal civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students from harassment, according to the findings of investigation by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights.
Findings from the office, announced on May 22, showed that the university acted with “deliberate indifference” toward the harassment of Jewish students by other students from Oct. 7, 2023—when Hamas-led terrorists launched attacks on Israel, prompting an Israeli military counteroffensive in Gaza—through to the present, the Office for Civil Rights said in a statement.
Anthony Archeval, the office’s acting director, said the findings document the “hostile environment” that Jewish students at Columbia endured over the past 19 months, disrupting their education and well-being….