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Jewish News 24 · Aug 13, 2026

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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday by U.S. President ​Donald Trump’s administration that alleged ‌Harvard University failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston said the ‌Trump ​administration’s lawsuit, filed ⁠in March, had not ⁠plausibly shown an ongoing violation of federal civil rights law on Harvard’s campus. Stearns said the government’s allegations focused ​largely on incidents amid protests over Israel’s war in Gaza during ⁠the 2023/24 school year, ⁠with only a handful of ​later incidents alleged in March 2025 that ​were “too isolated and episodic” to support ‌a claim of ongoing civil rights violations.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday by U.S. President ​Donald Trump’s administration that alleged ‌Harvard University failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston said the ‌Trump ​administration’s lawsuit, filed ⁠in March, had not ⁠plausibly shown an ongoing violation of federal civil rights law on Harvard’s campus. Stearns said the government’s allegations focused ​largely on incidents amid protests over Israel’s war in Gaza during ⁠the 2023/24 school year, ⁠with only a handful of ​later incidents alleged in March 2025 that ​were “too isolated and episodic” to support ‌a claim of ongoing civil rights violations.

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