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Capturing the moments of celebration as Harvard recognizes the Class of 2021.

Cambridge commits to reviewing municipal contracts for ties to firms that allegedly violate human rights, endorses Democratic bill in Congress to restrict some aid to Jewish state

One of the speakers featured during IAW was BDS leader and self-proclaimed co-founder Omar Barghouti. Barghouti has repeatedly rejected a two-state solution, which would create an independent Palestinian state next to Israel, ensuring self-determination for both peoples. Barghouti has also dismissed the historic ties of Jews to the Land of Israel, asserting repeatedly that Jews do not have a legitimate claim to the land. Finally, he has endorsed a particularly nasty form of historical revisionism that whitewashes completely the persecution faced by Jewish refugees from Arab nations. In an ...

Widener Library at Harvard University. Photo: Joseph Williams. JNS.org – The Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee ended its annual Israeli Apartheid Week, which included a roster of anti-Israel and antisemitic speakers and programs. Programs, held from April 26-30 virtually this year, included webinars titled “Healthcare Injustices in Palestine and the COVID-19 Pandemic,” and “Divestment as a Historical Tool for Justice,” which was a discussion with Harvard Professor Cornel West, a supporter of BDS, and BDS movement co-founder Omar Barghouti. Featured panelists included Sw...

'The Free World' explains how culture heated up during the Cold War The author Louis Menand at his home in Cambridge, Mass., April 2, 2021. Menand’s new book, “The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War,” features a very large cast, including George Orwell, James Baldwin, Susan Sontag and the Beatles. Tony Luong/The New York Times. by Marc Tracy (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- In the spring of 1999, Louis Menand taught a class called “Art and Thought of the 1960s” at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He assigned Malcolm X, Joan Didion, “Portnoy’s Complaint.” Toward th...