OPINION:
Harvard University’s internal report confirms that the campus schools most committed to humanistic values — education, divinity, public health, and government — are also among the most hostile environments for Jewish students (“‘I am sorry’: Searing antisemitism report spurs apology, reforms from Harvard president,” Web, April 30). This moral failure demands urgent reform.
As the largest funder of American higher education, the federal government has both the right and responsibility to use its resources to enforce compliance with Title VI and other nondiscrimination laws. But rather than cutting off all university funding — much of which supports essential scientific research — it should apply pressure precisely where violations are most severe.
The White House must act not with blunt force, but with precision. What’s needed is not a wrecking ball, but a scalpel: targeted, principled intervention that addresses antisemitism in the departments where it is most deeply entrenched.
RACHEL FISH
Co-founder, Boundless Israel
Waltham, Massachusetts
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