Press Releases

In Case You Missed It, last week, the Education and the Workforce Committee released its report “Antisemitism on College Campuses Exposed,” highlighting the systematic failure by universities and their leaders to implement and uphold policies to protect their Jewish communities. The report reveals an utter failure by cowardly administrators to combat antisemitism. 

Chairwoman Virginia Foxx penned an op-ed for the New York Post that details the behind-the-scenes decision-making at universities across America during the fallout of the October 7 terror attack on Israel and how universities were more concerned about public relations and image than keeping their Jewish students safe.
 

These so-called elite universities have a glaring antisemitism problem
Rep. Virginia Foxx
October 31, 2024
 
[I] knew that Jewish students needed support from Congress, and that these postsecondary institutions were derelict in their moral leadership. 
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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. 
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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 implications” and compared the protests to KKK rallies, but Gay determined in a private email that labeling the phrase as such would “prompt [people to ask] what we’re doing about it, i.e. discipline.” 
 
The notion that antisemitic conduct may go unchallenged because those in authority were unwilling to pursue disciplinary action is deeply offensive.
 
Moreover, these examples show that the former president’s inability to act decisively and with moral clarity was just as pronounced in private meetings as it was before Congress.
 
It’s no wonder she lost her job. 
 
After reading additional internal documents, I realized aversion to accountability is the rule at so-called elite universities, not the exception. 
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In a telling moment among friends in a board meeting, Gay lashed out at Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), whom she described as a “purveyor of hate” and “supporter of proudboys” — a downright slanderous accusation and completely removed from reality. 
 
So-called leaders like Gay disparage oversight on the one hand, while showing extreme bias behind closed doors on the other, a contradiction that only validates the committee’s investigations. 
 
To Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern, UCLA, and every other university that failed to address antisemitism: You are on notice. 
 
The ivory towers are in a perilous position, and they are not beyond congressional action. 
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Back in April, on the steps of Columbia’s Lowe Memorial Library, I declared, “The inmates are running an asylum.”
 
Today, I offer a slight addendum: it’s more like the children are running the day care. 
 
To read the full op-ed, click here.