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Amid rising on-campus antisemitism since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, Harvard University has reportedly instructed a Jewish student group to remove their menorah each night following its lighting, citing concerns over potential vandalism and its negative impact on the university’s image.

'You know what happens to the menorah? After everyone leaves the yard, we're going to pack it up. We have to hide it somewhere.'

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated at some of the most elite schools.

After one of the most trying weeks in the university’s recent history, some students question whether they have a place on campus.

Harvard forces a Jewish student group to hide its menorah each night after its lighting over fears of vandalism that “won’t look good” for the Ivy League school, the rabbi of Harvard Chabad said....

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated at some of the most elite schools.

 

Colleges profess openness, tolerance and a commitment to diversity. But when it comes to ideological diversity, they sing a different tune.

Colleges profess openness, tolerance, and a commitment to diversity. But when it comes to ideological diversity, they sing a different tune.

Colleges profess openness, tolerance, and a commitment to diversity. But they sing a different tune when it comes to ideological diversity. According to former Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz, less than three percent of the school's faculty identify as conservative. A 2017 study in Econ Journal Watch examined the party registrations of college professors at 40 top colleges and universities. In five departments, Democrats outnumbered Republicans 11.5-to-1.