Gay's tenure was the shortest in Harvard's history, the newspaper said, and followed increasing pressure for her resignation last month, after University of Pennsylvania President stepped down.
"I have monitored, with vigilance, the kinds of speech that Israel-aligned parties are calling ‘antisemitic,’” Steinberg wrote, “and it simply does not pass the sniff test.”
Ivy League schools – which include Harvard and Penn – have long and well-documented histories of antisemitism, especially Harvard.
Presidents from MIT, Harvard, and UPenn testified following a Department of Education investigation into rising antisemitic incidents since the Hamas terror attack on Israel.
Israel’s war with Hamas, more than any other conflict, exposes tensions that the West would prefer to sweep under the rug.
Gay will submit three citation corrections for her dissertation to the university's Office of the Provost, the university spokesperson said.
Allegations that Claudine Gay plagiarized came after a congressional hearing on antisemitism at American universities put the university president under new scrutiny.
Like many interactions during the hearing, the vast distance between non-campus and campus, between “town and gown,” was clear. Ideological diversity is simply not a campus value.
We must show the world how Israel's current battle against Islamic fundamentalism continues an ancient struggle.
Of the 7921 applicants this year, 692 were selected which is only marginally less than the 722 students accepted in 2022.
JPOST Digital Library
