Anti-Defamation League Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against UMass Amherst

Published on May 6, 2024

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has filed a civil rights complaint against the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst), alleging that the state college has condoned and, at times, fostered a violent, anti-Semitic climate on campus. “UMass-Amherst has permitted numerous anti-Semitic incidents to occur on campus with impunity. While we do not have information demonstrating that all the incidents were reported, they all are widely known on campus, and speak to the climate of anti-Semitic harassment that has become commonplace at UMass-Amherst,” the complaint states. The ADL complaint also charges UMass Amherst with permitting “genocidal chants and rhetoric to permeate campus” and allowing anti-Semitic student groups to interrupt classroom and other activities on campus....

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