Harvard, MIT Tax Status Probed by Congress Over Antisemitism (2)

The failure of the leaders of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to condemn antisemitism could affect their tax-exempt status, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said.

“If antisemitic speech crosses the line into unprotected conduct, it must be punished severely,” Representative Jason Smith, a Republican from Missouri, said in a letter to the schools Wednesday. “If disgusting antisemitic speech remains in the protected category, it should be condemned, not coddled. Your words and actions matter.”

Smith noted that the committee has primary jurisdiction over tax-exempt institutions ...