Eight federal agencies are terminating roughly $450 million in grants to Harvard University in addition to the $2.2 billion that was terminated previously, the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism said in a May 13 statement published by the Department of Education.
“Harvard University has repeatedly failed to confront the pervasive race discrimination and anti-Semitic harassment plaguing its campus,” the statement said.
“Jewish students were subjected to pervasive insults, physical assault, and intimidation, with no meaningful response from Harvard’s leadership.”
In one incident, a protester who faced criminal charges for allegedly assaulting a Jewish student on campus was granted a $65,000 fellowship by the Harvard Law Review, an influential student-run journal, the task force said, adding that the fellowship was meant to “serve the public interest.”…