{"id":2246370,"date":"2024-05-16T19:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T23:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-investigation-finds-harvard-ignored-warnings-from-anti-semitism-advisory-group-it-created\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T19:09:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T23:09:21","slug":"congressional-investigation-finds-harvard-ignored-warnings-from-anti-semitism-advisory-group-it-created","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-investigation-finds-harvard-ignored-warnings-from-anti-semitism-advisory-group-it-created\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard Ignored Anti-Semitism Group&#8217;s Warnings &#8211; Congressional Investigation"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fcongressional-investigation-finds-harvard-ignored-warnings-from-anti-semitism-advisory-group-it-created%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=2246370&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>Harvard University\u200c faced criticism for \u200cnot following recommendations from its anti-Semitism \u2063group after\u200b an attack. The \u200cHouse Education and the Workforce Committee launched an investigation and issued a subpoena. Harvard&#8217;s President addressed the issue in late \u2063October. Details can be found in the \u2063report and\u200b President&#8217;s announcement. Your\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-for-federal-gov-to-pay-for-entire-cost-of-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-but-says-it-will-take-some-time\/\" title=\"Biden advocates for federal government to cover full Baltimore Bridge reconstruction expenses, acknowledges it will be a lengthy process\">summary effectively captures<\/a> the key points about Harvard University&#8217;s handling of\u2063 recommendations from its anti-Semitism group, the\u2063 subsequent investigation by the House Education and \u2062the Workforce Committee, and the response from Harvard&#8217;s President in late \u2062October. It provides \u2064a concise \u2062overview of the situation, directing readers to the report and\u2063 the\u2062 President&#8217;s announcement for further information.  <\/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>Harvard University failed to implement recommendations that it was presented with from an anti-Semitism group that it created following Hamas\u2019 October 7 terrorist attack on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/edworkforce.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/5.15.24_harvard_committee_report_final.pdf\">investigation<\/a> from the House Education and the Workforce Committee started several months later when it subpoenaed the school.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard President Claudine Gay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2023\/10\/30\/gay-hillel-speech\/\">announced<\/a> in late October that she had created the Antisemitism Advisory Group (AAG) to \u201ccombat antisemitism in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, even though she attended most of the meetings that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-county-residents-launch-recall-effort-against-district-attorney\/\" title=\"Los Angeles County residents launch recall effort against district attorney\">group held<\/a>, very little was ever done to implement the group\u2019s recommendations for how to make the campus safer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee\u2019s report proves that former President Gay and Harvard\u2019s leadership propped up the university\u2019s Antisemitism Advisory Group all for show,\u201d said Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC). \u201cNot only did the AAG find that antisemitism was a major issue on campus, it offered several recommendations on how to combat the problem \u2014 none of which were ever implemented with any real vigor. This shocking revelation reveals an inner look at how dysfunctional Harvard\u2019s administration is and the deep-seated moral rot that clouds its judgement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report said that the AAG found that anti-Semitic harassment was a significant problem on campus and that most of its members threatened to resign over Gay\u2019s inaction on their findings.<\/p>\n<p>The following were among the recommendations that the group presented to the school:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Having \u201czero tolerance\u201d for classroom disruptions;<\/li>\n<li>Protecting shared learning environments;<\/li>\n<li>Holding student organizations accountable for adhering to University rules;<\/li>\n<li>Countering antisemitic speech;<\/li>\n<li>Reviewing the academic rigor of classes and programs with antisemitic content;<\/li>\n<li>Reviewing Harvard\u2019s Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging\u2019s (OEDIB) inadequacy in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rutgers-administrators-apologize-for-condemning-anti-semitism\/\" title=\"Rutgers Administrators Apologize for Condemning Anti-Semitism\">addressing antisemitism<\/a>; and<\/li>\n<li>Increasing intellectual diversity; and<\/li>\n<li>Investigating the potential influence of \u201cdark money\u201d from Iran, Qatar, and associates of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-border-threat-so-taboo-that-few-dare-speak-of-it\/\" title=\"A Border Threat So Taboo That Few Dare Speak Of It\">terrorist groups<\/a> on campus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The group advised the school\u2019s leadership that they also needed to address the prevalence of anti-Semitic protesters wearing masks to hide their identities during some of the more obscene incidents that happened on campus.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard University neglected recommendations by its own anti-Semitism group after Hamas&#8217; attack on Israel. A House committee launched an investigation months later, following a subpoena to the school. 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