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Antisemitism Comes to Harvard, in Both Intent and Effect

Apart from raw animus against the Jewish State, how could any thoughtful person today regard Russia and Israel on the same plane when Russia is waging a war of aggression?

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The campus of Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts. AP/Elise Amendola
LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS
LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS

During my presidency of Harvard 20 years ago I warned that “serious and thoughtful people are advocating measures that would be antisemitic in their effect if not their intent.” 

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LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS
LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS

Mr. Summers is the Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University, where he was President from 2001 to 2006. He also served as Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001 and Director of the National Economic Council from 2009 to 2010.

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