Ivy League antisemitism hearings

Extracted Attributes

• Event Type

  Congressional Hearing

• Key Witnesses

  Claudine Gay (Harvard), Liz Magill (UPenn), Sally Kornbluth (MIT)

• Committee Chair

  Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

• Organizing Body

  U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce

• Core Controversy

  Application of bullying and harassment policies to calls for genocide

• Primary Location

  Washington, D.C., United States

Timeline

• Hamas attacks on Israel, leading to a surge in campus protests and allegations of antisemitism. (Source: Shabbos Kestenbaum (Wikipedia))

  2023-10-07

• The House Committee on Education and the Workforce holds a hearing with the presidents of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT. (Source: 2023 United States Congress hearing on antisemitism (Wikipedia))

  2023-12-05

• Columbia University adopts the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. (Source: Exactly what is in the Ivy League deals (The Conversation))

  2025-03-01

• The federal government's Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism freezes over $2 billion in federal funding to Harvard. (Source: The biggest takeaways from Harvard's task force reports (CNN))

  2025-04-01

• Committee on Education and Workforce holds 'Beyond the Ivy League' hearing to examine the spread of antisemitism to other campuses. (Source: Hearing Recap: Beyond the Ivy League (House.gov))

  2025-05-07

Shabbos Kestenbaum

Shabbos Kestenbaum (born December 19, 1998) is an American Jewish activist. After the October 7 attacks on Israel, he filed a lawsuit against Harvard University alleging that the university failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from antisemitic harassment and discrimination.

Web Search Results

• Hearing Recap: "Beyond the Ivy League: Stopping ...

  | Hearing Recap: "Beyond the Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses" Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Print this Page Share by Email WASHINGTON, D.C., May 7, 2025 | | | Today, the Committee on Education and Workforce held a hearing to examine the rise in antisemitism on college campuses beyond the Ivy League. Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) opened the hearing by highlighting how campus antisemitism has spread rapidly across the nation. “The [...] | Today, the Committee on Education and Workforce held a hearing to examine the rise in antisemitism on college campuses beyond the Ivy League. Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) opened the hearing by highlighting how campus antisemitism has spread rapidly across the nation. “The scourge of antisemitism has taken root far beyond the country’s best-known ivory towers. And it’s our responsibility as a Committee to unearth and address antisemitism at these schools, too—especially as [...] scourge of antisemitism has taken root far beyond the country’s best-known ivory towers. And it’s our responsibility as a Committee to unearth and address antisemitism at these schools, too—especially as antisemitism is at a historic high in the United States. Antisemitism is proliferating at colleges across the country, both private and public, in rural, urban, and suburban settings.” Witnesses agreed that the rising antisemitism on college campuses is a significant concern and must be

• 2023 United States Congress hearing on antisemitism

  The Committee invited the presidents of four major universities to testify about antisemitism on their campuses. Those able to attend included Liz Magill of the University of Pennsylvania, Claudine Gay of Harvard, and Sally Kornbluth of MIT. The three presidents were joined by Pamela Nadell, a professor of history at American University. It was later reported that Minouche Shafik of Columbia University was invited to testify before the committee, but declined due to a "scheduling conflict" with [...] On December 5, 2023, the United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing regarding antisemitism on college campuses with the presidents of Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [...] Committee chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) led the hearing on December 5, and noted that the rise of antisemitism on college campuses is disturbing and threatening to Jewish students, faculty, and staff. Phrases such as "from the river to the sea" and "globalize the intifada" were described as "calling for the genocide of Jews," and the presidents were each asked whether such language violated their rules of bullying and harassment. During the hearing, when Kornbluth, who is Jewish, said she had

• The biggest takeaways from Harvard's task force reports on ...

  The reports’ release arrived amid a battle between the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university and the White House: Earlier this month, the federal government’s Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism froze over $2 billion in federal funding to the Ivy League institution. Harvard sued the Trump administration over the freeze last week. [...] The university received a failing grade from the Anti-Defamation League last year, which released a report assessing how US colleges combat antisemitism and protect Jewish students. In an updated report published in March, Harvard received a C, moving up two grades from an F the year before. Ivy League peers the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University each received a C, up from a D. Columbia University remained at a D. [...] Thank You! Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much appreciated. Ad Feedback # The biggest takeaways from Harvard’s task force reports on campus antisemitism and anti-Muslim bias By Andy Rose, Amanda Musa and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN 9 min read Updated 10:42 PM EDT, Thu May 1, 2025 Link Copied! Follow: See your latest updates A view of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 15. Faith Ninivaggi/Reuters/File CNN —

• Exactly what is in the Ivy League deals with the Trump ...

  Yet the school’s 22-page deal mentions antisemitism only once, where it says Columbia is required to hire an additional staff member to support Jewish students’ welfare. [...] The Trump White House accused Brown and Columbia of tolerating antisemitism during campus protests. But the administration neither followed federal standards for investigating antisemitism, nor did it dictate specific reforms to protect Jewish students. Ahead of its deal, Columbia in March 2025 adopted a new, broader definition of antisemitism that was created by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. The United Nations and most European Union countries also use this definition. [...] Higher education Federal Government Antisemitism Higher education reform Donald Trump UCLA Student safety Harvard University Trump administration US Treasury Department Jewish students Gaza war Columbia University ### Want to write? Write an article and join a growing community of more than 217,200 academics and researchers from 5,403 institutions. Register now ​ ​") ​ ​ ​ ​

• Harvard President Alan Garber slams faculty activism ...

  Garber appeared on the Identity/Crisis Podcast, hosted by the Shalom Hartman Institute. He and podcast host Yehuda Kurtzer discussed freedom of political discourse on Harvard's campus, some of it in the context of antisemitism that has plagued Ivy League universities in recent years. Harvard President Alan Garber has acknowledged issues with viewpoint diversity on campus. (Rick Friedman / AFP via Getty Images) [...] The school remains in a protracted battle with the Trump administration over antisemitism on campus. The administration pulled $2.7 billion in federal funding, setting up a court battle with the Ivy League institution. Harvard faculty and staff hold signs from inside Harvard Yard during a news conference by faculty supporters of the Harvard Out of Palestine coalition outside Harvard Yard. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) [...] Harvard students claim the university has enabled antisemitic campus protests, allegedly resulting in lenient discipline and a sudden post-Trump-era crackdown that they say reflects growing national backlash against university radicalism. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Harvard University's president took a jab at the school's faculty in a recent podcast, saying that activism in the classroom has led to student fears of speaking freely.