The co-chairs of Harvard University’s Anti-Semitism Task Force resigned on Monday because they were unsure whether the university would implement the committee’s recommendations to end anti-Jewish hatred at the nation’s top universities. It is called the body.
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Harvard Business School professor Rafaela Sadoun has resigned from the President’s Task Force on Anti-Semitism, according to people familiar with the matter.
Harvard interim president Alan M. Garber in January appointed Mr. Sadoun to lead the task force as co-chair last month. Her decision to resign was confirmed in a statement from Sadun and Gerber on Sunday.
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Sadun’s decision to resign is just the latest setback for Gerber’s anti-Semitism task force, which has been plagued by controversy since its creation.
The commission’s other co-chair is history professor Derek Pensler, whose appointment drew criticism for his anti-Israel views.of wall street journal I got it.: “I don’t know what’s in Mr. Pensler’s mind, but I do care what’s in his head. If he can’t lead a credible investigation into campus anti-Semitism, That seems clear. [falsely] Equating Israel with apartheid. ”
Rabbi David Wolpe said in December after then-Harvard University President Claudine Gay testified before Congress that the question of whether calls for the extermination of Jews violated campus policy depended on the “circumstances.” resigned from the committee.
Harvard University has been reeling from one anti-Semitism crisis to the next. Earlier this month, a teachers’ association apologized for posting anti-Semitic images on social media.
A concert hosted by a Harvard University Jewish group this week featuring Israeli musician Yishai Ribo is facing pressure after staff at Sinclair Music Hall in Cambridge, Mass., refused to staff it. . (Similar tactics have been used against American Jewish reggae musician Matisyahu.) The concert is scheduled to be held on Tuesday after replacement staff is hired, but anti-Israel activists are I intend to protest this event, which I see as a demonstration of anti-Semitism.
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