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Israeli professor Shai Davidai outside of Columbia University, April 22, 2024. (Luke Tress)
May 1, 2024, 11:04 am
OPINION: Chaos and contradictions as free speech falls apart
'I’m all for campaigning for a cause about which you feel strongly, but if you don’t know why you’re there, go home!' writes Gemma Frenchman
By Gemma Frenchman
Students walk by the Harvard Yard gate in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sep. 16, 2021. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
February 19, 2024, 9:26 am
Congressional committee issues subpoenas to Harvard, stepping up antisemitism inquiry
Requests signal that the House investigation remains focused on discrimination against Jews and Israelis on campus
By Luke Tress (JTA)
A delegation of University of Pennsylvania professors visits a southern Israel kibbutz that was attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7, in January 2024. (Courtesy Israel Destination)
January 8, 2024, 9:32 am
Dozens of Penn professors spent the week in Israel, following their president’s resignation
Liz Magill resigned after being called to testify before Congress about antisemitism — and refraining from saying that calling for the genocide of Jews was a violation of the university’s code of conduct.
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
January 2, 2024, 6:18 pm
Harvard University president Claudine Gay resigns
Gay's short tenure is set to come to an end within hours in the wake of her calamitous congressional hearing appearance in which she declined to say outright that calls for the genocide of Jews violated campus rules. 
By Richard Ferrer
Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
December 13, 2023, 1:05 pm
Harvard president will remain in office despite criticism of her response to antisemitism
The board said its decision was unanimous, and the statement was signed by all 11 members, including its senior fellow and former Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, who is Jewish.
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
National Autism Research Center (Photo Credit: Dani Machlis/BGU)
August 12, 2020, 12:49 pm
Israeli and US scientists make possible autism diagnosis breakthrough
Researchers in a joint team including from Ben Gurion University, Harvard and MIT find apparent link between the condition and abnormal levels of fats in blood
By Jewish News Reporter
Harvard Yard (Wikipedia/Mancala)
February 20, 2020, 12:31 pm
Jewish students at Harvard form BDS-supporting group
Harvard Jewish Coalition for Peace said it was 'founded in the idea that Jewish liberation is inextricably bound up with the liberation of all people'.
By Jewish News Reporter
Alan Dershowitz
June 6, 2017, 5:17 pm
Alan Dershowitz critical of Harvard for rescinding places over Holocaust comments
Renowned lawyer and Israel supporter criticises university for 'intruding into the private lives of students'
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