Two legal advocacy groups are suing to block the city from divesting from “entities complicit in human rights violations in Israel and Palestine.” Divestment activists say the effort is an attempt to chill free speech.
For the second time this year, a Massachusetts city is locked in a legal battle over an anti-Israel divestment policy. A group of 10 taxpayers sued Northampton last month, challenging the lawfulness of its resolution to divest from Israel.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 25, 2026 Gevura Fund v. US Department of EducationLandmark Lawsuit Filed Against U.S. Department of Education for Failure to Enforce Agreement Addressing Antisemitism in Philadelphia Schools Philadelphia, PA — The National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC) and the Deborah Project today announced the filing of a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education’s … Read more
Northampton faces a lawsuit over a resolution its City Council passed last year to divest from companies “complicit in human rights violations in Israel And Palestine.”
A national organization representing 10 Northampton residents has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a resolution unanimously approved by the City Council last fall that calls for divestment from companies allegedly complicit in violations of international law and human rights in Israel and Palestine.
The National Jewish Advocacy Center and the Deborah Project have issues with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Both Jewish groups have filed a lawsuit alleging that the office did not craft a serious agreement with the School District of Philadelphia to eradicate antisemitism in the district. The suit also says that … Read more
A group of residents in Northampton, Mass., filed a lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block a city resolution mandating divestment from companies tied to Israel, arguing the measure is unlawful and driven by ideology.
A nonprofit advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, accusing the U.S. Department of Education of failing to enforce civil rights protections for Jewish students in the School District of Philadelphia.
Medford’s latest political fight has jumped from City Hall chambers to a federal courtroom, with two residents asking a judge to put the brakes on the city’s new Values-Aligned Local Investments Ordinance.
The Gevura Fund and the National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC), along with the law firm of Libby Hoopes Brooks & Mulvey. P.C., have filed a lawsuit in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging a City of Medford ordinance that unlawfully mandates divestment of public funds based on political and ideological criteria, read … Read more