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Rabbi who left Harvard calls Trump threat ‘reasonable’ — but warns of looming consequences

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi David Wolpe, formerly a visiting scholar at Harvard University, has expressed nuanced views regarding the Trump administration's review of the federal funding of Harvard due to concerns about its handling of antisemitism on campus. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationAcademic FreedomFree SpeechPro Palestinian ActivismHarvard UniversityFederal FundingDavid WolpePolitical InfluenceInternational Students

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"Pro-Palestinian groups gather at Harvard University to show their support at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Oct. 14, 2023."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Wolpe, the emeritus rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, spent the 2023-2024 academic year as a visiting scholar at Harvard, and served briefly on an antisemitism task force appointed as a response to accusations that pro-Palestinian activism was making Jews on campus unsafe."
New York, United States
"The Trump administrations review of Harvards funding follows its withdrawal of $400 million in federal grants and contracts from Columbia University, which is now negotiating changes to how it handles antisemitism and other issues in hopes of restoring the money."
Israel
"Harvards handling of antisemitism on campus following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, said Tuesday that it is reasonable for the Trump administration to review the federal governments $9 billion investment in the school but that the grants should not be used as a blunt instrument or to suppress genuine free speech."

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