{"id":2218306,"date":"2024-04-11T10:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T14:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elise-stefanik-says-harvard-siding-with-those-who-hate-jewish-students-in-scathing-letter\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T11:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:00:26","slug":"elise-stefanik-says-harvard-siding-with-those-who-hate-jewish-students-in-scathing-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elise-stefanik-says-harvard-siding-with-those-who-hate-jewish-students-in-scathing-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Elise Stefanik criticizes Harvard for supporting anti-Semitic views in a strong letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felise-stefanik-says-harvard-siding-with-those-who-hate-jewish-students-in-scathing-letter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2218306&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Elise \u2064Stefanik criticized Harvard University\u2062 for not addressing anti-Semitism effectively and\u2063 supporting individuals hostile to Jewish\u2062 students. In a letter, she accused the institution of failing to take action\u200b against perpetrators and jeopardizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mississippi-education-officials-get-paid-six-figure-salaries-to-run-f-rated-school-districts\/\" title=\"Mississippi Education Officials Get Paid Six-Figure Salaries To Run F-Rated School Districts\">student safety<\/a>. Stefanik cited specific incidents and expressed concern over the delay in addressing antisemitic\u2062 behavior. Your summarized text is concise\u200d and effectively \u200bcaptures\u200d Rep. Elise Stefanik&#8217;s criticism of Harvard University for its\u200d handling of anti-Semitism issues. It highlights her key points about the lack of action against perpetrators and the resulting impact on student safety.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/elise-stefanik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elise Stefanik<\/a> (R-NY) slammed Harvard University in a letter on Thursday for failing to take action against anti-Semitism and siding with \u201cthose who hate Jewish students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis institution has failed time and time again to take steps to properly address this scourge and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-and-kirsten-gillibrand-are-teaming-up-to-improve-the-militarys-response-to-sexual-assault\/\" title=\"Josh Hawley And Kirsten Gillibrand Are Teaming Up To Improve The Military\u2019s Response to Sexual Assault\">hold perpetrators accountable<\/a>,\u201d Stefanik, who is a Harvard alumna, wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/04.11.24-Letter-to-Harvard435287.pdf\">letter<\/a> to its interim president. \u201cYour actions have continued to disgrace this institution and threaten the safety of the students you claim to serve.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAt a time when support and applications for Harvard have fallen, university leadership has continuously chosen to side with those who hate Jewish students and faculty and failed to keep them safe,\u201d Stefanik added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stefanik\u2019s letter cited the school\u2019s failure to take immediate action after an October 18 \u201cdie-in\u201d at Harvard Business School, during which student activists displayed a sign with the genocidal anti-Israel slogan \u201cfrom the river to the sea\u201d and assaulted a student filming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDuring this event, an Israeli Harvard Business School student recorded the act and was quickly surrounded by a mob of anti-Israel protestors who assaulted and harassed him,\u201d Stefanik wrote. \u201cThese assailants blocked his path, repeatedly grabbed him, and shouted \u2018Shame! Shame! Shame!\u2019 at him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the incident, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce \u2014 of which Stefanik is a member \u2014 obtained <a href=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/20240322-March-Letter-to-Katya-Jestin_Redacted31865627.pdf\">documents<\/a> showing that the law firm Harvard hired to conduct an investigation shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-official-who-pulled-knife-on-trump-supporters-indicted-on-weapons-charges-media-tries-to-frame-him-as-victim\/\" title=\"Democrat Official Who Pulled Knife On Trump Supporters Indicted On Weapons Charges; Media Tries To Frame Him As Victim\">video evidence<\/a> of the incident with the victim\u2019s lawyers in January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite the video evidence, one of the accused assailants is scheduled to graduate in May 2024, the same month of a now-postponed court date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDue to this postponement, the assailant will gain the lifelong distinction of being an alumnus of Harvard despite having committed a well-documented antisemitic hate crime against a fellow student,\u201d Stefanik wrote. \u201cJustice for this incident should have been served quickly, and the delay of justice that specifically allows an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-college-presidents-refuse-to-testify-that-calls-for-jewish-genocide-violate-their-rules\/\" title=\"College presidents refuse to testify against calls for Jewish genocide\">antisemitic student<\/a> to graduate is an affront to accountability and demonstrates the cultural rot of Harvard University\u2019s leadership that has allowed antisemitism to continue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stefanik went on to reference her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elise-stefanik-harvard-president-claudine-gays-resignation-was-long-overdue\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">December interaction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  with former Harvard president Claudine Gay, who said it depends on the context if calling for the genocide of Jews constitutes harassment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIn front of Congress, when disgraced former Harvard Presdient Claudine Gay failed to denounce antisemitism and calls for genocide, she also claimed \u2018disciplinary process are underway\u2019 against perpetrators of antisemitism,\u201d Stefanik\u2019s letter states. \u201cThis has proven to be false, with Harvard producing no evidence of punishment against those who have committed crimes and violated Harvard\u2019s code of conduct.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The congresswoman also cited an incident first reported by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harvard-employee-harasses-jewish-student-suing-school-for-anti-semitism-asks-to-debate-9-11-conspiracies\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  concerning Harvard employee Gustavo Espada challenging a Jewish student \u2014 who is suing the university over antisemitism \u2014 to a debate about whether Israel is responsible for 9\/11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI invite you to debate me today at the Cambridge Street overpass 12-1, don\u2019t miss it!\u201d the financial systems coordinator for the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations wrote. \u201cIf you don\u2019t show up I will use a puppet or potted plant to represent you!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After The Daily Wire asked Gustavo for comment, he posted a video to TikTok holding a toy machete claiming he is ready to fight. \u201cI\u2019m not going to go into details, but this is a good plan. So if you follow us, this is what\u2019s happening,\u201d he says in Spanish before photos of various high-profile Jews and a screenshot of a tweet by the Jewish student.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis recent case of Harvard protecting those who hate Jews is disgusting,\u201d the New York congresswoman continued. \u201cAs an alumna of Harvard University, allowing this student to gain the title of Harvard graduate disgraces all who have come before him and erodes the distinction of a once sought after degree.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daily Wire has extensively covered rising anti-Semitic and anti-Israel incidents at Harvard, including a student push to pass <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/radical-harvard-students-set-to-skirt-bylaws-to-hold-anti-israel-referendum-vote\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">divestment resolutions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a contractor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-harvard-employee-flips-out-after-he-was-caught-ripping-down-israeli-hostage-posters\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ripping down<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  hostage posters, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/embattled-un-official-doubles-down-at-harvard-says-israel-has-no-right-to-self-defense\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">events with speakers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  who justified the October 7 massacre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) criticized Harvard University for neglecting to combat anti-Semitism and supporting individuals who target Jewish students. 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