The president, Claudine Gay, told the campus newspaper that she “should have had the presence of mind” to answer differently.
Tag: Anti-Semitism
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Campus Antisemitism, Free Speech and Double Standards
Colleges have discovered the virtues of free speech only now, when the speech in question hurts Jews.
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White House Disavows U.S. Islamic Group After Leader’s Oct. 7 Remarks
The director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a speech that he was “was happy to see” Palestinians break out of Gaza on the day Hamas attacked Israel.
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Universities Face Congressional Inquiry and Angry Donors Over Handling of Antisemitism
Congress has opened an investigation into Harvard, M.I.T. and University of Pennsylvania, a $100 million gift was withdrawn, and demands have grown for the universities’ presidents to resign.
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At a Hearing on Israel, University Presidents Walked Into a Trap
The nationwide uproar is likely to lead to a crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech.