Judge calls out university for making Jewish students hide in a 'proverbial attic,' allows lawsuit to proceed

A New York justice called out a assemblage successful New York for its deficiency of enactment amid expanding antisemitism portion denying its question to disregard a lawsuit brought by Jewish students.

The justice said that Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, a tiny backstage four-year assemblage located successful Lower Manhattan, indispensable look charges for neglecting to assistance Jewish students who had to lock themselves successful a library during an anti-Israel rally connected Oct. 25, 2023. 

"Title VI places work connected colleges and universities to support their Jewish students from harassment, not connected those students to fell themselves distant successful a proverbial attic oregon effort to flight from a spot they person a close to be," US District Judge John Cronan wrote Wednesday successful the opinion.

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An anti-Israel protestation moved done Cooper Union successful New York City successful October 2023, arsenic Jewish students remained successful the library, which was reportedly locked for their safety. (Credit: Taylor Roslyn Lent)

"The physically threatening oregon humiliating behaviour that the Complaint alleges Jewish students successful the room experienced ‘is wholly extracurricular the ambit of the escaped code clause,’ … and was objectively severe," Cronan wrote. 

Cronan added, "The Court is dismayed by Cooper Union’s proposition that the Jewish students should person hidden upstairs oregon near the building, oregon that locking the room doors was capable to discharge its obligations nether Title VI." 

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act prohibits favoritism implicit race, color, and nationalist root for immoderate enactment oregon programme receiving national funding. 

He besides pointed retired that the New York authorities laws "provide comparable—if not greater—protections against discriminatory harassment successful acquisition than Title VI."

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A Cooper Union spokesperson said successful a connection to Fox News Digital, "We are a assemblage dedicated to being a welcoming and harmless spot of learning for each students. Since October 2023, reports connected societal media and successful the quality person cited inaccurate information, mischaracterizing the circumstances and our dedication to our students. Cooper Union ne'er suggested that students should hide, nor arsenic the grounds volition show, were the room doors locked. Rather, Cooper Union offered students options of support, including the quality to permission safely."

Harvard was sued for "antisemitism cancer" connected its campus, "damaging" its Jewish students.  (Getty)

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Multiple universities person faced lawsuits implicit anti-Israel protests connected their campuses since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas onslaught connected Israel.

In January, Harvard University settled 2 lawsuits it was successful alleging the assemblage had "an unbearable acquisition environment" and disregarded "severe and pervasive anti-Semitism connected campus." 

On July 9, 2024, New York University settled a lawsuit besides pertaining to protests besides sparked by the Oct. 7, 2023 violent attack. 

U.S. President Donald Trump shows his signature connected an enforcement bid successful Washington, U.S. January 20, 2025.  (REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli)

President Donald Trump issued an executive order last week that it "shall beryllium the argumentation of the United States to combat anti-Semitism vigorously, utilizing each disposable and due ineligible tools, to prosecute, remove, oregon different clasp to relationship the perpetrators of unlawful anti-Semitic harassment and violence."

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