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A Republican-led congressional committee has announced a formal investigation
into potential antisemitism on the campuses of Harvard and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in Cambridge following testimony earlier this week by
presidents of the universities. Claudine Gay, of Harvard and Sally Kornbluth of
MIT were two of three school leaders were grilled by lawmakers earlier this week
about how their institutions had responded to instances of antisemitism on
campuses.Liz Magill of the University of Pennsylvania was also questioned by
lawmakers, and that campus is also part of the committee's probe. "The testimony
we received earlier this week from Presidents Gay, Magill, and Kornbluth about
the responses of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT to the rampant antisemitism displayed
on their campuses by students and faculty was absolutely unacceptable,"
Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina Republican, said it a written
statement."Committee members have deep concerns with their leadership and their
failure to take steps to provide Jewish students the safe learning environment
they are due under law," the written statement said. The committee said the
formal investigation will examine the learning environments at Harvard, UPenn,
and MIT and their policies and disciplinary procedures. "This investigation will
include substantial document requests, and the committee will not hesitate to
utilize compulsory measures including subpoenas if a full response is not
immediately forthcoming," the written statement said. "MIT rejects antisemitism
in all its forms. Antisemitism is real and rising in the world. We cannot let it
poison our community," a spokesperson for MIT said in a written statement,
responding to the inquiry. "MIT will work with the committee to address its
questions."WCVB has also reached out to Harvard for comment regarding the
committee probe. In a statement posted Wednesday by Harvard on social media, Gay
condemned calls for violence against Jewish students.“Let me be clear: Calls for
violence or genocide against the Jewish community, or any religious or ethnic
group are vile, they have no place at Harvard, those who threaten our Jewish
students will be held to account,” Gay wrote Wednesday.White House spokesman
Andrew Bates issued a statement Wednesday criticizing Gay, Magill and
Kornbluth's responses for not going far enough to condemn antisemitism on
campuses.“It’s unbelievable that this needs to be said: calls for genocide are
monstrous and antithetical to everything we represent as a country,” he said.
“Any statements that advocate for the systematic murder of Jews are dangerous
and revolting — and we should all stand firmly against them, on the side of
human dignity and the most basic values that unite us as Americans.”Information
from the Associated Press was used in this report.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —

A Republican-led congressional committee has announced a formal investigation
into potential antisemitism on the campuses of Harvard and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in Cambridge following testimony earlier this week by
presidents of the universities.

Claudine Gay, of Harvard and Sally Kornbluth of MIT were two of three school
leaders were grilled by lawmakers earlier this week about how their institutions
had responded to instances of antisemitism on campuses.

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Liz Magill of the University of Pennsylvania was also questioned by lawmakers,
and that campus is also part of the committee's probe.

"The testimony we received earlier this week from Presidents Gay, Magill, and
Kornbluth about the responses of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT to the rampant
antisemitism displayed on their campuses by students and faculty was absolutely
unacceptable," Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina Republican, said it a
written statement.

"Committee members have deep concerns with their leadership and their failure to
take steps to provide Jewish students the safe learning environment they are due
under law," the written statement said.


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The committee said the formal investigation will examine the learning
environments at Harvard, UPenn, and MIT and their policies and disciplinary
procedures.



"This investigation will include substantial document requests, and the
committee will not hesitate to utilize compulsory measures including subpoenas
if a full response is not immediately forthcoming," the written statement said.

"MIT rejects antisemitism in all its forms. Antisemitism is real and rising in
the world. We cannot let it poison our community," a spokesperson for MIT said
in a written statement, responding to the inquiry. "MIT will work with the
committee to address its questions."


WCVB has also reached out to Harvard for comment regarding the committee probe.

In a statement posted Wednesday by Harvard on social media, Gay condemned calls
for violence against Jewish students.

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“Let me be clear: Calls for violence or genocide against the Jewish community,
or any religious or ethnic group are vile, they have no place at Harvard, those
who threaten our Jewish students will be held to account,” Gay wrote Wednesday.

White House spokesman Andrew Bates issued a statement Wednesday criticizing Gay,
Magill and Kornbluth's responses for not going far enough to condemn
antisemitism on campuses.

“It’s unbelievable that this needs to be said: calls for genocide are monstrous
and antithetical to everything we represent as a country,” he said. “Any
statements that advocate for the systematic murder of Jews are dangerous and
revolting — and we should all stand firmly against them, on the side of human
dignity and the most basic values that unite us as Americans.”

Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.


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