Harvard Slammed in House Probe for ‘Inaction’ on Antisemitism

A congressional committee hammered Harvard University for “major flaws” in its response to antisemitism on campus following Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, saying the school’s failures led to a hostile environment for Jewish students.

Harvard could have improved the campus climate by implementing recommendations from its own advisory group on antisemitism such as cracking down on classroom disruptions and enforcing existing university rules, the House Education and the Workforce Committee said in a report on Thursday. Former President Claudine Gay created the group before abruptly resigning in January.

“The committee’s report proves that former President Gay and Harvard’s leadership ...