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August 25, 2026
‘Nothing To See Here!’ – Harvard’s Antisemitism Gets A Pass
Antisemitism is only one symptom of a much deeper crisis in higher education: hatred of Western values and America itself.
Adam Guillette • Aug 25, 2026
A federal judge’s decision to dismiss the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Harvard over antisemitism should alarm every American who believes universities have an obligation to protect their students.
Judge Stearns dismissed the case because the incidents were “too isolated and episodic” and mostly dated to the 2023-2024 school year — not because the harassment didn’t happen. Harvard’s own attorneys admitted the university failed to properly confront antisemitism in the past.
Jewish students at Harvard were spat on for wearing yarmulkes and jeered by peers with shouts of “dirty Jew.” But according to Judge Stearns, it’s all water under the bridge. Not for the Jewish students heading back to campus this fall.
The decision leaves Jewish students on college and university campuses across the country at risk of continued discrimination and violence. When the most powerful, most scrutinized university in the country can walk away from a federal antisemitism lawsuit on a technicality, that’s not just a Harvard problem. It signals to other schools that turn a blind eye that — with enough time — they can outrun accountability.
Across the country, universities have tolerated environments where Jewish students increasingly feel unwelcome, threatened, or isolated. UCLA agreed to pay $6 million to settle claims that it allowed a “Jew Exclusion Zone” on campus, where anti-Israel protesters segregated Jewish students and blocked them from parts of campus. UC Berkeley settled a lawsuit after at least 20 student organizations on campus adopted policies banning Zionist speakers — a practice the university itself acknowledged has “historically been used by some individuals and institutions as a pretext for excluding Jews.”
Unfortunately, antisemitism is only one symptom of a much deeper crisis in higher education: hatred of Western values and America itself. Over the past several years, I have visited universities across nearly every state in the country. What I have found is a culture increasingly hostile to the foundational values that built the United States. Campuses have become centers of anti-Americanism, ideological conformity, and grievance politics. Western civilization is treated as something to be dismantled rather than studied. Traditional religious beliefs are mocked.