Rabbi Abandons Antisemitism Advisory Group at Harvard, Tells the Sun That He ‘Could Not Be Helpful Given the Severity of the Problem’

The path forward, the rabbi says, requires an overhaul of the institutional policies and educational curriculum at these elite schools to rectify the ills plaguing their campuses following Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel.

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Rabbi David Wolpe at Sinai Temple on September 23, 2022, at Los Angeles. AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez

The resignation of a visiting scholar at the Harvard Divinity School, Rabbi David Wolpe, from the school’s recently inaugurated antisemitism advisory group is the first sign that the effort to combat antisemitism might be falling apart following the president of the Ivy League university’s disastrous Congressional testimony earlier this week. 

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