Overview

• Shabbos Kestenbaum and Harvard University filed a joint stipulation of dismissal, ending his lawsuit with prejudice and barring future litigation on the same claims.
• The settlement terms remain confidential, though both parties acknowledged mutual efforts to combat antisemitism on campus.
• Kestenbaum’s lawsuit followed allegations that Harvard failed to address antisemitic harassment, part of broader tensions after the October 2023 Hamas attack.
• Earlier this year, Harvard resolved two similar lawsuits by adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism and implementing new student protections.
• The Trump administration has frozen nearly $3 billion in federal funding to Harvard over its handling of antisemitism, intensifying scrutiny of the university's policies.