Controversy and Backlash: University Leaders Testify on Campus Anti-Semitism

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This chapter discusses a hearing held by the House Education and the Workforce Committee regarding how colleges and universities handle anti-Semitism on their campuses. Testimonies from three university leaders, including the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, and MIT, are featured. The chapter focuses on the backlash received by university leaders for not explicitly stating that calling for the genocide of Jewish people would be a violation of their school's codes of conduct.

Three elite university presidents walk into Congress for a hearing on antisemitism. Only two still have their jobs. New York magazine reporter Nia Prater tells us what happened, and a Harvard professor of Jewish history explains why he thinks resignations won’t make campuses safer.

This episode was produced by Haleema Shah and Isabel Angell, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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