House Committee Calls on Harvard to Turn Over Campus Antisemitism Records

Congress began more closely scrutinizing how Harvard and other U.S. colleges handle antisemitic incidents, following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

Students walk through Harvard Yard, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., April 27, 2022. Charles Krupa/AP Photo

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is advancing an investigation into the prevalence of antisemitic activity at Harvard University, with a new request this week for the Ivy League institution to turn over documents detailing its internal reporting and adjudication of harassment targeting Jewish individuals on campus.

Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) sent a nine-page letter to Harvard on Tuesday, giving the university until Jan. 23 to turn over a broad range of documents on how it handles incidents targeting Jewish individuals on campus. Among the records Ms. Foxx requested were all reports of antisemitic acts or incidents at Harvard and records of resulting investigations and disciplinary actions.