A Massachusetts Institute of Technology researcher endured anti-Semitic harassment for months until he was ultimately fired "because he is Jewish and Israeli," according to a lawsuit against the elite university. During the fall 2024 semester, students working alongside the Israeli postdoctoral associate, referred to in the complaint as "John Doe," "began tormenting and shunning him based on his Jewish and Israeli identity," and treated him "like a pariah, spewing anti-Semitic slurs and