Antisemitism and Anti-Terrorism

The horrific Hamas terror attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023, have reignited an enormous antisemitism movement on college campuses and within our cities. Holtzman Vogel has been at the forefront of combating antisemitism, filing lawsuits on behalf of families, students, and organizations, in an effort to compel change at educational and professional institutions across the country.

The Hamas attacks have also brought terrorism financing to the forefront, as U.S.-based organizations continue to provide material support to terrorist organizations in violation of U.S. law. Holtzman Vogel is currently representing numerous victims of Hamas’s terrorism, both American and Israeli, as they seek justice for the atrocities of October 7 against organizations alleged to have provided such support.

Types of Cases:

Title VI
Title VII
Anti-Terrorism Act
Alien Tort Statute
Freedom of Information Act (state and federal)
FACE Act
First Amendment Antisemitism Matters

Representative Matters

Title VI Cases

Harvard University - We filed a Title VI complaint against Harvard University on behalf of the Brandeis Center and its members alleging discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students.
Harvard University – We currently represent a Jewish-Israeli victim of an assault on campus in both criminal proceedings brought against the assailants and in internal campus investigations. Media coverage of the case can be found here in the Harvard Crimson and here in the Boston Globe.
University of Massachusetts Amherst – We currently represent a Jewish student who was the victim of assault before the U.S. Department of Education and within the school’s administrative discipline system. The complaint can be found here.
Colorado College – We filed a complaint with the Department of Education alleging Title VI violations.

Anti-Terrorism Cases

AMP/NSJP - We filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Virginia against NSJP/AMP for providing material support for terrorism. The Plaintiffs here are a group of Israeli and dual-citizen victims of the October 7 attacks.
UNRWA USA - We filed a complaint in the District Court of Delaware against the domestic charity arm that raises money for UNRWA under anti-terrorism statutes. The Plaintiffs are a group of Israeli and dual-citizen victims of the October 7 attacks.
Palestine Chronicle - We filed a lawsuit on behalf of the one of rescued Israeli hostages against the Washington state-based nonprofit The Palestine Chronicle. The nonprofit employed as one of its “correspondents” the Hamas operative holding our client hostage in Gaza.

Title VII Cases

UCLA - We filed a series of EEOC/California state discrimination claims on behalf of group of Jewish faculty and staff.

Freedom of Information Cases

Rutgers University - We filed public records request for records from a professor at Rutgers University. After an improper denial of the request, we filed suit against Rutgers University.
University of Virginia - We filed public records requests seeking records from several professors and staff who have made antisemitic comments.
Brooklyn College - We filed public records requests seeking records from a professor who have made antisemitic comments.

FACE Act Cases

Los Angeles Riots – We filed a lawsuit on behalf of StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice and its members along with several individuals who were blocked from accessing Adas Torah Synagogue on June 23rd in Los Angeles by rioters. We are suing CodePink, Palestinian Youth Movement, and WESPAC Foundation for $4,000,000 in damages, plus attorney’s fees, under the federal and state FACE Acts. We are also seeking class certification.

First Amendment Antisemitism Matters

West Bank Executive Order – We filed a lawsuit on behalf of the pro-Israel nonprofit Texans for Israel, the Israel-based think tank Regavim, and other individuals challenging the recent Biden Executive Order prohibiting funding to Jewish advocacy groups in Judea and Samaria.