These so-called elite universities have a glaring antisemitism problem

Two days after the most disastrous testimony in congressional history revealed the ugly antisemitism running rampant on America’s college campuses, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, which I chair, opened investigations into Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT. At first, I didn’t know what to expect.So-called elite universities are a black box for 99% of the American public. However, I knew that Jewish students needed support from Congress, and that these postsecondary institutions were derelict in their moral leadership. On Thursday, after a year of investigations into universities across the country, I released a shocking 325-page report detailing the committee’s findings — based on over 400,000 pages of documents, hearing testimony and transcribed interviews. What we discovered was a massive, systemic failure by university administrators to respond to the antisemitic displays roiling their campuses. What’s more, internal documents show university leaders viewed antisemitism as a public relations issue, not a pressing assault on the well-being of their Jewish students. The report shares new revelations about Harvard, where former president Claudine Gay consistently shaped university messaging behind the scenes to appease student protesters. In one instance, she approved a request by the dean of Harvard Medical School to remove the description of Hamas’ terrorism as “violent” from the draft of Harvard’s initial statement about the Oct.

7 assault on Israel Oct.7. Around 1,200 Israelis were murdered that day at the hands of Hamas.

Harvard’s decision not to characterize this terrorism as “violent” is unthinkable. In another instance, Gay refused to label the eliminationist slogan “From the River to the Sea” as antisemitic, despite its obvious call for the annihilation of the state of Israel and extermination of its Jewish population. Fellow Harvard leaders admitted the phrase contained “genocidal implica...