Harvard, Penn and MIT presidents to testify before Congress on antisemitism
The presidents of Harvard University, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania are scheduled to testify before Congress next week at a hearing on antisemitism on campus, lawmakers announced Tuesday.
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The hearing, will be held by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. It comes as tensions have surged on some college campuses following the Oct. 7 terror attacks by Hamas against Israel.
Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx, who chairs the committee, is vowing to hold university leaders accountable for antisemitism in the wake of the Hamas attack and amid the Israel-Hamas war.
The hearing announcement makes no mention of plans to investigate Islamophobia or other forms of hate.
바카라 게임 웹사이트College administrators have largely stood by, allowing horrific rhetoric to fester and grow,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Foxx said in a . 바카라 게임 웹사이트College and university presidents have a responsibility to foster and uphold a safe learning environment for their students and staff. Now is not a time for indecision or milquetoast statements.바카라 게임 웹사이트
According to the House committee, the hearing will include testimony from Harvard President Claudine Gay, MIT President Sally Kornbluth and Penn President Liz Magill.
바카라 게임 웹사이트President Gay looks forward to sharing updates and information on the university바카라 게임 웹사이트s work to support the Harvard community and combat antisemitism,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Harvard spokesperson Jason Newton said in a statement to CNN.
An MIT spokesperson confirmed Kornbluth plans to testify next week, saying the school president 바카라 게임 웹사이트welcomes the opportunity to engage바카라 게임 웹사이트 with lawmakers.
바카라 게임 웹사이트President Magill understands the critical importance of fighting antisemitism and other forms of hate on Penn바카라 게임 웹사이트s campus and looks forward to sharing the actions Penn is taking at next week바카라 게임 웹사이트s hearing,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Penn spokesperson Steve Silverman told CNN in a statement.
In recent weeks, there have been hundreds of protests and counterprotests on college campuses, with some of them turning violent.
The faces and names of some students allegedly linked to anti-Israel statements were displayed on mobile billboards near the campuses of both Harvard and Columbia. Another Ivy League school, the University of Pennsylvania, alerted the FBI to violent antisemitic threats made against some faculty members.
Last weekend three Palestinian college students were shot in Burlington, Vermont. Authorities are investigating whether the attack was motivated by hate.
The Department of Education recently launched a first-of-its-kind investigation into seven schools, including Cornell University, Columbia and Penn, after receiving complaints about alleged incidents of antisemitism and Islamophobia.
Some angry donors have vowed to close their checkbooks in protest to how schools have handled alleged acts of antisemitism. Private-equity billionaire Marc Rowan has organized a campaign to oust Magill as president of Penn, an effort backed by prominent alumni including 바카라 게임 웹사이트Law & Order바카라 게임 웹사이트 creator Dick Wolf and former U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman.
Another billionaire, hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman, blasted students who protest against Israel, telling CNN: 바카라 게임 웹사이트These kids in college have sh*t for brains.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Earlier this month, Nir Barkat, Israel바카라 게임 웹사이트s minister of economy and industry, told CNN that American universities that fail to crack down on antisemitism will pay a 바카라 게임 웹사이트heavy price.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Facing criticism from officials and donors, some universities have unveiled new steps aimed at countering antisemitism and hate. Earlier this month, to fight what the school described as an 바카라 게임 웹사이트ancient, but terribly resilient, form of hatred.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The University of Pennsylvania also announced an action plan designed to fight antisemitism. After antisemitic messages were displayed on campus buildings, Magill condemned the action, : 바카라 게임 웹사이트Projecting hateful messages on our campus is not debate, it is cowardice, and it has no place at Penn.바카라 게임 웹사이트