Boston Globe, Jeremy C. Fox, November 1, 2023
More than 1,200 people identifying themselves as Harvard College students and alumni have signed an open letter to top administrators calling for more action to protect Jewish students from antisemitism as controversy over the war between Israel and Hamas continues to roil the campus.
The group, which calls itself the Harvard College Jewish Alumni Association, also seeks formal recognition from Harvard as a special interest group in the undated letter addressed to university President Claudine Gay and Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana.
The letter requests an in-person meeting with campus leaders to discuss “a steady uptick in reported incidents of harassment” at Harvard that began even before Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel onOct. 7 that spurred the war in Gaza.