Two Current Harvard Students Ask to Join Kestenbaum’s Antisemitism Lawsuit

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An anti-Israel rally at Harvard, September 2024.

A second-year Harvard Business School student and a second-year Harvard Law School student are asking a federal judge to allow them to join Alexander “Shabbos” Kestenbaum’s lawsuit against Harvard for “rampant anti-Jewish hatred and harassment.”

Kestenbaum completed his studies at Harvard Divinity School in 2024. Some other students who were part of his lawsuit agreed in January 2025 to a settlement with Harvard. The addition of the two other current students, if the judge approves it over opposition from Harvard’s lawyers, could help Kestenbaum counter the argument that his case is moot because he no longer attends the school.

The development comes as Harvard is under increasing pressure to respond further to a situation that already resulted in the January 2024 resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay and also forced the resignations of presidents of Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania. At least one anti-Israel advocacy group has set April 1 as a date for the return of the encampments that marred campuses in spring 2024; “set up camp to free Palestine and win back your own free speech,” the message says, listing dozens of colleges, including Harvard.