A federal judge on Monday declined to block Northwestern University from disciplining students who refused to complete an online anti-bias training that the graduate student plaintiffs say characterizes criticism of Israel as antisemitic.

The judge refused to grant a temporary restraining order sought by the graduate students. Their class action lawsuit, filed last week, alleged that Northwestern discriminated against the students, including some who are school employees, based on their national origin, violating federal and state civil rights and free speech laws. The lawsuit, which continues, was filed on behalf of two named graduate students and Northwestern Graduate Workers for Palestine.

At a hearing on Monday, attorneys for the graduate students argued that the training includes ch

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