Harvard University’s embattled president Claudine Homosexual attended a college menorah lighting ceremony on Wednesday, as she continues to withstand resounding calls to resign over campus antisemitism.
The each day lighting ceremony, which was organized by the Harvard Chabad group, had roughly 100 college students come out for the commemoration.
Homosexual, alongside Professor Jeff Bussgang, was noticed lighting the first candle.
Photos from the occasion present Homosexual smiling ear-to-ear as she greets some Jewish college students on the menorah ceremony on the campus’ Harvard Park.
Harvard President Claudine Homosexual confronted intense backlash after she appeared earlier than Congress final week. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis by way of Getty Photos)
In an Instagram publish, the Harvard Chabad introduced Homosexual’s presence on the lighting.
The Ivy League president was blasted within the remark part, with people calling Homosexual’s participation within the occasion “performative” and “disgusting.”
“When someone asks for a definition of the word, ‘performative,’ we can show them this!” one individual wrote.
“What a joke,” one other wrote. “Absolutely disgraceful.”
“Resign,” others commented.
The Harvard trustees voted to maintain President Homosexual after she responded to a Congressional listening to with an educational, however controversial, reply to a query about hate speech on campus. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis by way of Getty Photos)
Her look got here the day after Harvard College’s highest governing physique introduced that they had been standing alongside Homosexual, and would not terminate her.
“As members of the Harvard Corporation, we today reaffirm our support for President Gay’s continued leadership of Harvard University. Our extensive deliberations affirm our confidence that President Gay is the right leader to help our community heal and to address the very serious societal issues we are facing,” Harvard Company wrote in a statement posted Tuesday morning.
“So many people have suffered tremendous damage and pain because of Hamas’s brutal terrorist attack, and the University’s initial statement should have been an immediate, direct, and unequivocal condemnation,” the assertion continued. “Calls for genocide are despicable and contrary to fundamental human values. President Gay has apologized for how she handled her congressional testimony and has committed to redoubling the University’s fight against antisemitism.”
Harvard President Claudine Homosexual (2nd L) attends a menorah lighting ceremony on the seventh evening of Hanukkah. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis by way of Getty Photos)
An in depth-up view of candles throughout the menorah lighting ceremony of Harvard’s Jewish group on December 13, 2023, in Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis by way of Getty Photos)
Homosexual, College of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill and Massachusetts Institute of Know-how President Sally Kornbluth every confronted intense backlash after they appeared earlier than Congress final week and had been grilled about their dealing with of antisemitism on their respective campuses following the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel in October.
Homosexual responded to Home Republican Convention Chairwoman Elise Stefanik’s query throughout the antisemitism listening to on whether or not calls for Jewish genocide on campus violated Harvard’s code of conduct.
“It can be, depending on the context,” Homosexual responded.
Harvard President Claudine Homosexual (2nd L) attends a menorah lighting ceremony on the seventh evening of Hanukkah with the College’s Jewish group on December 13, 2023, in Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis by way of Getty Photos)
Whereas Homosexual will maintain her job after telling Congress that requires Jewish genocide could not violate the Harvard code of conduct, Magill has resigned her publish at Penn.
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On Tuesday, the Harvard Company introduced that Homosexual would keep in her place, the Harvard Crimson reported.
Harvard College was not instantly out there for remark.
Fox Information Digital’s Chris Pandolfo, David Rutz and Brian Flood contributed to this report.
