WASHINGTON — Antisemitism is on the rise in the U.S. and around the world following the Hamas Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel. It has been especially visible on some college and university campuses across the country.
Ivy League leaders testified before Congress Tuesday as their respective universities are under investigation over complaints of antisemitism and Islamophobic discrimination.
The U.S. Department of Education is probing Harvard and nine other schools in a federal civil rights investigation under Title VI. That law bans discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in institutions that receive federal funding. The schools are currently under investigation for possible discrimination based on shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics. Five of the complaints allege antisemitic harassment and two allege anti-Muslim harassment.
According to federal law, schools that violate Title VI can ultimately lose federal funding.
In a hearing on Capitol Hill, university leaders defended their plans to take a stronger stance against hatred. The presidents of MIT, Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania answered lawmakers’ questions about their schools’ responses to an alarming surge in antisemitism on campus.
“I know some Israeli and Jewish students feel unsafe on campus as they bear the horror of the Hamas attacks and the
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