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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Alice Speri

‘We were attacked as bad Jews’: Columbia faculty who supported Gaza protests file claims with Trump’s antisemitism fund

a woman holds a microphone in front of another woman outside a home
Marianne Hirsch in front of the home of the Columbia President with Jewish pro-Palestinian students during a press conference about antisemitism directed at them. Photograph: Nina Berman

When Columbia University reached a settlement with the Trump administration last year, the deal included a $21m fund to compensate Jewish employees for an allegedly hostile work environment due to heated protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.

This week, as the window to file claims with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission came to a close, several Jewish faculty members filed claims to say they had experienced harassment as Jews on campus – but probably not on grounds Trump’s EEOC intended.

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