Lawsuit: The New School Ignored Antisemitic Assault, Rewarded Anti-Israel Protesters

Jewish student was ‘pushed and spat on,’ lawsuit alleges

Sophie Shabot, an American Jew with Israeli citizenship, is suing The New School over alleged antisemitic harassment and discrimination, claiming she experienced verbal abuse and social exclusion on campus.

“As Shabot walked on and around campus, students hurled antisemitic and antiIsrael epithets at her, including ‘Zio cunt,’ ‘Zio bitch,’ ‘baby-killer,’ and ‘genocidal maniac,’” the lawsuit alleges. 

The lawsuit lists several incidents in which Shabot was allegedly pushed, ambushed, and “verbally assaulted,” among other things. 

“Shabot was taunted by her classmates and her workspace was vandalized. She was pushed and spat on and, as she attempted to flee the assault, a protester screamed at her through a megaphone, ‘Fuck Israel, fuck you, bitch,’” it states. 

In addition, the school “was saturated with antisemitic and anti-Israel protests, graffiti, leaflets, and signs in violation of the University’s time, place, and manner restrictions,” the lawsuit states.