The Wall Street Journal writes that calls for the resignation of the directors of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are growing in the United States. Critics argue that elite universities are unwilling to fight anti-Semitism.
University leaders recently went to the congress to report and there they were able to answer whether calls for the genocide of Jews violate university rules. The House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday condemning the university leaders’ statements.
303 deputies voted in favor of the resolution, 126 deputies spoke against it. The resolution further condemns the spread of anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses. Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology did not respond to requests for comment from The Wall Street Journal.
The House Education Committee has announced that it will investigate anti-Semitism at other universities, including Stanford and the University of California. Both schools agreed to cooperate with investigators.
For years, liberal observers have warned that an “anti-colonial” stance is often important for a faculty member to work at an American university. Many students now adopt a radical position that rationalizes or justifies violence when it is perpetrated by groups of people perceived as oppressed.
Due to the activities of radical activists, Jewish students no longer feel safe in universities. Liberal observers and alumni believe that universities do not take anti-Semitism and its spread seriously enough. Recently, the president of the University of Pennsylvania resigned due to an anti-Semitism scandal.
2023-12-15 14:06:00
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