Jewish students at Chapman University were subjected to discrimination and harassment with “direct approval” of the highly- ranked private school in southern California, a new lawsuit alleges.

The new suit is different from others against universities over their responses to Jew-hatred in that it accuses Chapman of violating a statute that lawyers typically invoke in instances of workplace discrimination, according to Matthew Mainen, a litigation attorney at the National Jewish Advocacy Center.

“We’re curious to see how the courts take to this new application of this law, because we really think there’s an opportunity here to expand civil rights law,” he told JNS.

Bob Hitchcock, director of strategic communications at the university, told JNS that “we are aware of the matter and are r

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