Presidents of Harvard, MIT, UPenn Asked to Testify Before Congress Over Campus Anti-Semitism

Presidents of three elite universities have been asked to testify before Congress over growing anti-Semitism on campus. Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce announced on Nov. 28 that her committee will hold a hearing on “Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Anti-Semitism” on Dec. 5. Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, Liz Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), and Sally Kornbluth, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will be major witnesses at the hearing. “Over the past several weeks, we’ve seen countless examples of anti-Semitic demonstrations on college campuses,” said Ms. Foxx. “Meanwhile, college administrators have largely stood by, allowing horrific rhetoric to fester and grow.”...