Trump: Harvard ‘Deliberately Indifferent’ to Anti-Semitism, Risks Losing All Fed Money | The American Spectator

In a scathing letter to Harvard on June 30, the Trump administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism concluded that the university’s actions towards Jewish students, faculty and staff since Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 is “deliberately indifferent” towards anti-Semitic harassment, and “…is in violent violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin.”

The Task Force fleshed out these claims in a whopping 57-page report. Highlights of the letter and report are below.

The Trump administration threatened that if Harvard failed to enact immediate changes, the university would lose all federal money. Alternatively, the Trump administration stated that Harvard is allowed to operate without any federal funding. (RELATED: Harvard’s Sacred Cash Cows)

The Trump administration found that almost 60 percent of Jewish students experienced negative bias or discrimination at Harvard, while 26 percent felt physically unsafe. A culture of fear set in among Jewish and Israeli students, and experiences of the students included being spat on in the face for wearing a yarmulke, being stalked on campus, and being jeered by peers with calls of “Heil Hitler.” Some students admitted to hiding their kippas or otherwise concealing their Jewish identity out of fear of harassment.

Mere weeks following the October 7 attack, a Jewish Israeli student was blocked by a group of students from accessing shared campus space, accosted with chants of “shame,” and physically assaulted for attempting to film a pro-Palestinian rally. While the incident was videotaped, the prosecution was significantly delayed as Harvard University police refused to assist in identifying most of the participants in the video. Only 18 months after the video was published, two students were charged with assault. However, Harvard then appointed one of the students as a class marshal for its 2025 graduation ceremony, and awarded the other a $65,000 Harvard Law School fellowship.

The Trump administration maintained that demonstrations blocked Jewish students’ access to shared spaces at Harvard at least a dozen times since the October 7 attack. Additionally, demonstrations violated Harvard’s rule of conduct and included calls for genocide and the murder of Jews.

Additionally, an encampment overran the school for several weeks, creating a culture of fear among Jews on campus, and Harvard meted out “lax and inconsistent” discipline on those responsible for the encampment, and discipline that was reviewed was often “downgraded.” Very few students ended up receiving any discipline at all, and none were suspended.

The ball is now in Harvard’s court. Unless it makes immediate reforms to change its culture of “deliberate indifference to anti-Semitism,” it will risk losing all federal funding.

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