Carnegie Mellon graduate alleges 'cruel campaign of antisemitic abuse'Bill Schackner
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023 9:28 p.m.
Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewA Jewish woman and graduate of Carnegie Mellon University is suing the school in federal court, alleging she faced “a cruel campaign of antisemitic abuse” by campus faculty and administration.
Yael Canaan, 23, a New Jersey resident of Israeli ancestry, filed her complaint in U.S. District Court for Western Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh. The allegations involve her time in Carnegie Mellon’s School of Architecture between 2018 and this year. ...
Canaan alleges a professor in the School of Architecture told her in class that her studio project should have focused on “what Jews do to make themselves such a hated group,” according to the 39-page complaint filed Wednesday.
The lawsuit asserts the same professor later emailed Canaan a link to a violently antisemitic blog and cc’ed CMU’s chief diversity officer and the vice provost of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — campus officers responsible for protecting students from discrimination. ...
