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

The ADL says a ‘bureaucratic maze of inactions’ has allowed an anti-Semitic climate to fester on campus.
Anti-Defamation League Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against UMass–Amherst
An Israeli flag positioned next to posters of Israeli hostages taken in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks stands near a pro-Palestinian encampment at MIT in Boston, Mass., on April 29, 2024. Courtesy of Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
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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.

Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
Alice Giordano is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times. She is a former news correspondent for The Boston Globe, Associated Press, and the New England bureau of The New York Times.