Harvard Bans Cisheterosexism but Shrugs at Antisemitism – WSJ

What constitutes bullying and harassment at Harvard? A mandatory Title IX training last year warned all undergraduate students that cisheterosexism, fatphobia and using the wrong pronouns qualified as abuse and perpetuated violence on campus.

But when I asked Harvard President Claudine Gay at a congressional hearing whether calls for the genocide of Jews violated the university s rules on bullying and harassment, she answered: It depends on the context. Pressed further, she said it would qualify when it crosses into conduct. I received similar answers from the presidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania.

This lack of moral clarity is shocking. If only it were surprising. In the months since Oct. 7, the mainstreaming of anti-Jewish hate has been on full display at the poisoned Ivy League and other so-called elite schools, as has the gutless lack of response from university leaders. When 34 Harvard student groups signed a statement that they hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence, Ms. Gay and other Harvard leaders were silent for days.

Since then, we have heard reports of Jewish students being spat on, verbally accosted and, in a widely circulated video, physically assaulted. We ve seen students march chanting There is only one solution: Intifada revolution, a call for violence against Israel. They follow that with a chant of Globalize the Intifada, implying that the hatred of Israel is a hatred of Jews everywhere, including on campus.

The Penn, Harvard and MIT presidents refusal to identify these calls for violence as policy violations is revealing, and their attempt to justify it with feigned concern for free speech is insulting. Just this year, Harvard placed dead last among 248 universities on the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression s College Free Speech Rankings, receiving the only score of zero out of 100.

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Congresswoman Elise Stefanik. (R-NY)