Critics slammed Harvard’s antisemitism czar for his new book. He says he’s been misunderstood
Derek Penslar's latest book examines Zionist history through the emotions that shaped the movement
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Fast Forward After leading calls to oust Harvard’s president, Jewish critics take aim at Jewish scholar heading antisemitism task force
Derek Penslar, director of Harvard’s center for Jewish studies, has become a target of Bill Ackman and others for his views on Israel
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Fast Forward Bernie Steinberg, 78, a Harvard Hillel director who promoted pluralism, and courted controversy, to the end
An admired educator whose last public act was a controversial essay on anti-Israel protests at the Ivy League school
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News Many Jews criticized Harvard’s Oct. 7 response. Fewer are applauding President Claudine Gay’s resignation.
A campus controversy threatens to heighten Black-Jewish tensions while drafting Jews into ideological battles many never signed up for
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Opinion Claudine Gay’s resignation from Harvard was necessary but insufficient
The bungling of campus antisemitism is not about one person’s failures, but broader moral rot at our nation's universities
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Opinion How culture warriors weaponized Jewish grief and forced Harvard’s president to resign
Claudine Gay’s enemies are not our friends
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Fast Forward Claudine Gay resigns from Harvard, weeks after contentious antisemitism hearing
Gay had faced weeks of criticism and pressure from Jewish groups
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Opinion University presidents are hired to protect the brand, not Jewish students
University presidents are not the guardians of American democracy. They are bureaucrats appointed to maintain their endowments
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