Business Insider, Polly Thompson, Nov. 12, 2023
- Over 1,600 Harvard alumni have threatened to cut donations over its handling of antisemitism.
- “We never thought we would have to argue for recognition of our own humanity,” they wrote.
- The Biden administration told colleges they must do more to stop antisemitism and Islamophobia.
Harvard University is facing backlash from alumni over its handling of antisemitism on campus, with more than 1,600 former students saying they will pause donations to the university unless it does more to address the issue, CNN reported.
An open letter to the president of Harvard University, Claudine Gay, and the dean of Harvard College, Rakesh Khurana, has continued to rack up signatures from members of the Harvard College Jewish Alumni Association, who are calling on the university to protect students from antisemitic abuse.