Crimson Editorial Supporting BDS Sparks Widespread Condemnation, Backlash—Letters by Larry Summers and Others
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The Crimson’s 4/29/22 Editorial in support of the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement has sparked condemnation, accusations of anti-semitism, and calls for a retraction on an international scale. Due to the sheer number of letters and articles on the Crimson’s editorial, including both dissent and support, we combined the responses into one post that we will continue to update. Authors include former Harvard University President Lawrence Summers, Alan Dershowitz, former Crimson editor Ira Stoll, and many others:
7/6/22 | City Journal + NY Post| BDS at Harvard
5/16/22 | Bloomberg | Stephen L. Carter | Why Harvard Professors Are Seeing Crimson Over Student Paper
5/13/22| Wall Street Journal | Ruth R. Wisse |Slavery, Anti-Semitism and Harvard’s Missing Moral Compass
5/11/22 | The Crimson |Nadine S. Bahour | I Am Palestinian and I Stand With The Crimson
5/11/22 | Israel Hayom |Rafael Medoff | Harvard, BDS and the Nazis
5/9/22 | The Crimson | The Crimson Faces Backlash Over Editorial Endorsing BDS Movement - including news that “Several prominent Harvard faculty members — including FAIR Advisor and Psychology professor, Steven A. Pinker, and former University President Lawrence H. Summers — signed onto a faculty petition denouncing the editorial.
5/9/22 | The Crimson | To the Editor: From Six Crimson Alumni In Regard to BDS
5/9/22 | Gatestone Institute | Alan M. Dershowitz | Harvard President Should Use His First Amendment Right to Condemn The Harvard Crimson's Antisemitism
5/8/22 | Common Sense (FAIR Advisor Bari Weiss) |Dara Horn | At Harvard, Facts Are For Losers
5/6/22 | Israel Hayom | Moshe Hill | We Mustn't Ignore Harvard's Descent Into Israel-Hatred
5/6/22 | The Algemeiner | Alan M. Dershowitz | The Harvard Crimson Normalizes Growing Campus Antisemitism
5/6/22 | The Crimson| Dan Swanson (former Crimson president) To the Editor: In Support of the BDS Editorial
5/6/22 | The Crimson | Alan M. Dershowitz | Letter to the Editor: Editorial Normalizes Growing Campus Anti-Semitism
5/4/22| The Crimson | Ira Stoll |To the Editor: In Response to ‘In Support of Boycott, Divest, Sanctions and a Free Palestine’
5/4/22| The Crimson | Natalie L. Kahn ‘23| I Am a Crimson Editor and I Stand with Israel
5/3/22 | New York Sun | Lawrence H. Summers| Antisemitism Comes to Harvard, in Both Intent and Effect
5/2/22 | Washington Free Beacon |Ira Stoll | Read the Letter The Harvard Crimson Won’t Publish (see 5/4 edited version they did publish)
5/2/22 | The Crimson | Rebecca S. Araten, Lauren A. Perl (students) | A Passover Plague: Harvard’s Israel Apartheid Week
5/2/22 | Harvard Independent | Alex Bernat (student) | Am Yisrael Chai: The People of Israel Must Live
4/30/22| Twitter (tweet + comments) | Crimson Editorial Chair | I am an Editorial Chair @thecrimson. I am also Jewish.