The Algemeiner, Dion J. Pierre, November 2, 2023
More than 1,200 Jewish alumni of Harvard University have signed a letter to the university’s president and dean declaring that they will no longer walk delicately around the college administration when it comes to the issue of antisemitism on campus.
“We write to you in anticipation of ready collaboration and a reasonable discussion of our concerns. But this does not mean we will tread lightly in this existential moment,” the letter from the Harvard College Jewish Alumni Association (HCJAA) to university president Claudine Gay and dean Rakesh Kumar, dispatched on Thursday, stated.
“For centuries, the posture of Jewish people has been one of conciliation, nursed by the hope that if we show the non-Jewish majority that we are conciliatory, we may escape harm, persecution, and extermination,” the letter continued. “Those days are behind us.”