Harvard University
Harvard University's "Veritas" shield is seen on a gate on Feb. 17, 2024. (PErica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
June 30, 2025, 12:46 pm
Trump administration finds Harvard violated Jewish students’ civil rights
The finding comes as two Jewish groups filed amicus briefs last week supporting the Trump administration in Harvard’s lawsuit against the funding freezes.
By Grace Gilson
Sen. Jon Fetterman, center, with Yeshiva University leadership, ahead of the university's commencement ceremony in Queens, May 29, 2024. (Luke Tress)
May 29, 2024, 6:32 pm
John Fetterman disavows Harvard, his alma mater, while receiving award from Yeshiva University
"I have been profoundly disappointed,” he said, mentioning “Harvard’s inability to stand up for the Jewish community after Oct. 7.”
By Luke Tress
A graduate displays a Palestinian flag during the 373rd Commencement at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 23, 2024. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
May 24, 2024, 5:01 pm
Harvard commencement roiled by student walkouts, confrontation involving Chabad rabbi
Protest of the school’s decision not to award diplomas to 13 pro-Palestinian student demonstrators
By Andrew Lapin
Harvard Yard on the university’s campus in Cambridge, Mass. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
January 23, 2024, 1:21 pm
After spurring president’s ouster, Jewish Harvard critics take aim at Jewish scholar heading antisemitism task force
There's an "intra-Jewish divide over the questions that lie at the heart of fighting antisemitism, and which Jews get to answer them."
By Andrew Lapin
US pro-Palestinian activists during a protest in support of the terror attack against Israel, in New York City, Oct. 8, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 10, 2023, 2:40 pm
Democrats lash socialist organization for backing rally supporting Hamas attack
Democratic Socialists of America castigated by Congress members, NY leadership after supporting protest; dozens of Harvard student groups blame Israel for terror onslaught
By Luke Tress
Ken Roth during the Munich Security Conference in 2018 (Hildenbrand / MSC, CC BY 3.0 DE via Wikimedia Commons)
January 19, 2023, 1:48 pm
Harvard offers fellowship to Israel critic Ken Roth after weeks of controversy
Roth, whose father was a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, frequently tweets criticism of Israel that his critics say sometimes veers into antisemitism.
By Andrew Lapin
Students and visitors mingle in Harvard Yard before the gates are locked in Cambridge, MA, Sept. 6, 2020. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
May 10, 2022, 1:18 pm
More than100 Harvard faculty and alumni denounce student paper’s BDS endorsement
The faculty also called the students’ decision to publish their editorial the day after Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, “thoughtless.”
By Andrew Lapin
Students walk by the Harvard Yard gate in Cambridge, MA, Sep. 16, 2021. (David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
May 2, 2022, 3:37 pm
Harvard Crimson endorses BDS movement while rejecting antisemitism
In an editorial, the board favorably compares BDS tactics to the anti-Apartheid movement,
By Andrew Lapin
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