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Wait Till the Jews Are Blamed for Bringing Down Harvard
We must stop the Trump Administration from using antisemitism as an excuse for its attacks on academic freedom and research
The atmosphere at a recent meeting of academic physician-scientists was somber and subdued, despite exciting and innovative presentations on human disease-relevant research. When a trainee mentioned that their grant was cancelled by Trump Administration cuts, the person sitting next to me sighed and said, "and now they will blame us for this mess." He meant the Jews.
Then, the U.S. Government imposed further multi-billion dollar freezes on research funds to Cornell, Northwestern and Harvard Universities, citing concerns regarding antisemitism on their campuses. As another colleague said: "How does canceling a cancer grant protect Jewish students?"
The more I thought about it, the clearer it became. The Trump Administration is not weaponizing antisemitism to suppress pro-Palestinians on campus, as I had previously thought. They are weaponizing the discomfort experienced by some Jewish students amid mostly peaceful pro-Palestinian protests to suppress academic freedom, freedom of speech and independent research at America's most prestigious institutions. And when they succeed, they will indeed blame us, the Jews.
And the horrific truth is: they will have a smoking gun.
*snip*
And as a Jewish Israeli, and the son of Holocaust survivors, it is horrifying to think that a biased interpretation of the prejudice that led to the deaths of so many of my parents' relatives is now being used as a tool to destroy the very institutions that made America truly great.
I fear the day we will be blamed for the destruction of American science, and the real antisemitic wave that will follow.
That is why I call on all Jewish communities and federations, on the Anti-Defamation League, on Hillel International and their local campus chapters and on Jewish faculty and students at the universities under attack to stand up and tell this administration: Stop using us as an excuse for your attacks on academic freedom and research. Not in our name.
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-04-17/ty-article-opinion/.premium/wait-till-the-jews-are-blamed-for-bringing-down-harvard/00000196-3db9-d78d-a1de-3db982650000
The atmosphere at a recent meeting of academic physician-scientists was somber and subdued, despite exciting and innovative presentations on human disease-relevant research. When a trainee mentioned that their grant was cancelled by Trump Administration cuts, the person sitting next to me sighed and said, "and now they will blame us for this mess." He meant the Jews.
Then, the U.S. Government imposed further multi-billion dollar freezes on research funds to Cornell, Northwestern and Harvard Universities, citing concerns regarding antisemitism on their campuses. As another colleague said: "How does canceling a cancer grant protect Jewish students?"
The more I thought about it, the clearer it became. The Trump Administration is not weaponizing antisemitism to suppress pro-Palestinians on campus, as I had previously thought. They are weaponizing the discomfort experienced by some Jewish students amid mostly peaceful pro-Palestinian protests to suppress academic freedom, freedom of speech and independent research at America's most prestigious institutions. And when they succeed, they will indeed blame us, the Jews.
And the horrific truth is: they will have a smoking gun.
*snip*
And as a Jewish Israeli, and the son of Holocaust survivors, it is horrifying to think that a biased interpretation of the prejudice that led to the deaths of so many of my parents' relatives is now being used as a tool to destroy the very institutions that made America truly great.
I fear the day we will be blamed for the destruction of American science, and the real antisemitic wave that will follow.
That is why I call on all Jewish communities and federations, on the Anti-Defamation League, on Hillel International and their local campus chapters and on Jewish faculty and students at the universities under attack to stand up and tell this administration: Stop using us as an excuse for your attacks on academic freedom and research. Not in our name.
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-04-17/ty-article-opinion/.premium/wait-till-the-jews-are-blamed-for-bringing-down-harvard/00000196-3db9-d78d-a1de-3db982650000
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I can still bust out like 1/2 of The Element Song off the top of my head, 1000 years later 
