Two Jewish students at DePaul University, who police say were attacked last fall while showing support for Israel, filed a lawsuit against the college Wednesday, claiming it was negligent and failed to protect their safety while on campus.On Nov. 6, Max Long and Michael Kaminsky were outside DePaul' s student center, located in the 2200 block of North Sheffield Avenue in Lincoln Park, when they were approached and attacked by two men wearing black face masks, according to Chicago police. The men beat them with their fists and either a soda can or water bottle, according to the complaint filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court.Long suffered a concussion, and Kaminsky fractured his wrist during the attack, the complaint says. A DePaul Public Safety officer was also present but failed to intervene, according to the lawsuit. The incident is being investigated as a hate crime by the Chicago Police Department. No arrests have been made since the attack.Long and Kaminsky claim that "criminal activity was foreseeable," and DePaul should have known attacks on Jewish and Israeli students were imminent. The students accuse the university of creating an environment that puts Jewish and Israeli students "in harm’s way," and of intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, according to the lawsuit. They demand a jury trial and a judgment of at least $50,000."Jewish students should feel safe on their own campus," Kaminsky said at a news conference announcing the suit. "When universities infringe upon these rights, accountability must be demanded."A DePaul University spokesperson didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Jaclyn Clark, an attorney for two DePaul students who were attacked while supporting Israel, speaks at press conference announcing a lawsuit against DePaul University alleging the school failed to protect them and other Jewish and Israeli students. Police are investigating an attack on Michael Kaminsky and Max Long as a hate crime.Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times The attack took place several months after pro-Palestinian students erected an encampment on DePaul's campus, following a national trend that saw students call for an end to the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel. Around the time of the encampment, DePaul received reports of least one death threat, 13 harassment allegations, 16 instances of intimidation, four credible threats of violence, 34 reports of antisemitism, 77 reports of individual safety concerns, and four allegations of battery, according to the complaint. Related Students at Chicago’s college Gaza encampments hope police, threats stay away DePaul students pitch tents on campus, join pro-Palestinian protests Chicago police clear pro-Palestinian encampment on DePaul campus For a few weeks before the attack, Long, who lived in Israel and was a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, wore a sign around campus that read "Come talk about Israel with an IDF Soldier." Kaminsky, who founded the DePaul chapter of Students Supporting Israel, joined him."I was doing my duty to protect my people and defend my homeland," Long said about his time as an Israeli soldier. "I will never apologize. I have nothing to be ashamed of."A week before the attack, Long also got into an altercation with a student he'd previously had a conflict with. According to the complaint, that student said “In any other circumstance, [Max] would find [himself] bleeding and on the ground.” Around the same time, DePaul canceled a contract with a private security company it had hired during the encampment, which Long and Kaminsky claim left them vulnerable to physical violence."This case should put an end to the false narratives that seek to dismiss concerns about the rise of antisemitism on our college campuses by falsely calling them attacks on free speech," said Jaclyn Clark, one of the attorneys representing Long and Kaminsky. "Jewish students on college campuses are not looking to censor the speech of their classmates, they are living in constant fear for their safety on campus."We really see that as two separate issues, and whatever your political views are on the Israel/Palestine conflict, all students at college campuses in the United States deserve to be safe and have equal educational opportunities." ...read more read less