Harvard University hired a recent graduate of its divinity school, whom a court ordered to complete community service and courses in anger management and conflict resolution after an attack on an Israeli student in 2023, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
The paper reported that a LinkedIn profile, which is identified as “Elom T.,” belongs to Elom Tettey-Tamaklo, whom a Boston Municipal Court ordered to undergo the training and community service on April 29.
The judge did not require Tettey-Tamaklo and another attacker to issue a “statement of accountability from the defendants and recognition of the harm they caused the victim, Yoav Segev,” as the Suffolk County district attorney’s office requested.
According to the LinkedIn profile that reportedly belongs to him and which links to his writings, Tettey-Tamaklo has been a “graduate teaching fellow” at Harvard since August. The role, per the profile, involved advising faculty “on curriculum design,” consulting on “complex subject matter” and designing “innovative, client-oriented learning solutions.” The role appears to be related to migration and refugee studies.
The Harvard website does not list anywhere that Tettey-Tamaklo holds that role. “Teaching fellows at Harvard are typically paid a minimum salary that ranges from $3,400 to $11,040, according to Harvard’s graduate student union,” the Free Beacon reported. “They assist with courses, leading ‘sections,’ grading exams and offering office hours.”
It added that Tettey-Tamaklo might be pursuing a doctorate at the university, as teaching fellowships often go to doctoral candidates.
The Free Beacon reported that “the Trump administration demanded Harvard expel Tettey-Tamaklo over the assault. Instead, Harvard hired him.”
“Throughout the ordeal, the school never disciplined Tettey-Tamaklo or his compadre, Ibrahim Bharmal, and refused to cooperate with prosecutors in the case,” it added. (A judge reportedly dismissed the charges against the two after they completed the service and trainings.)
Tettey-Tamaklo and Bharmal were recorded on video, which was shared widely, blocking Segev’s path on Oct. 18, 2023 and covering his head with keffiyehs and assaulting.
David Wolpe, rabbi emeritus of Sinai Temple and a former visiting scholar at Harvard, noted that Bharmal won a Harvard Law Review fellowship.
“Two students at Harvard are charged with assaulting a Jewish student. One is given a fellowship and now, the other is hired by Harvard,” he stated. “No words.”
