Reed College has agreed to expand its campus antisemitism protections to settle a federal civil rights complaint filed on behalf of two Jewish students who left the college after reporting antisemitic attacks in May 2024.
According to one of the students, other students tore down and smashed a mezuzah—a decorative case containing parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah—affixed to her dorm room door. Early the next morning, the student was hit in the head by a rock thrown through her window, according to a complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.
The students were represented by the Anti-Defamation League and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law. The two groups filed the complaint in September 2024, arguing that Reed violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it “did not take steps to promptly and effectively address the harassment” after the student reported it.
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