Harvard to Adopt Broad Antisemitism Definition to Settle Lawsuits

Harvard University has agreed to strengthen its policies against antisemitism on campus as part of a settlement of two federal lawsuits accusing the school of not doing enough to prevent antisemitic discrimination and harassment.

Under the deal, Harvard will adopt the broad International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (“IHRA”) definition of antisemitism, which considers certain cases of anti-Zionist or anti-Israeli criticism as antisemitism.

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