The long anticipated Final Report of the Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias has finally been released.

Even if Harvard were to completely prevail over the Trump administration, Trump’s intervention may well increase the pace of change at Harvard.

When people ask me how Harvard is doing I usually say two steps forward, one step back. Sometimes it feels like the accurate answer is one step forward, two steps back.

To date, the changes Harvard has implemented in addressing antisemitism have been temporary

We hope Harvard will act voluntarily to do what’s right.

HJAA Event September 22, 2023

When I spoke at a summit for the Harvard Jewish Alumni Alliance last week, I had to be escorted across campus by an armed guard.

It felt good to feel safe — until it fully sunk in that Jews now need a full security force at Harvard for an event about Jews and Israel.

Hundreds of Harvard community members donning miniature Israeli flags and hostage dog tags filed into Sanders Theatre for a summit about antisemitism and anti-Zionism on campus.

“In fighting antisemitism, we are fighting for what America stands for,” said U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt.

The tone for the HJAA event was set early on by Avigail Gimpel, a volunteer with a burial society in Israel that, after the Hamas-led terrorist attack of October 7, 2023, received bodies that were headless and others that were burned alive.

Boston Globe, Dan Glaun, September 22, 2024  A procession of speakers exhorted the audience packed inside Harvard University’s Sanders Theater