Harvard University has “benefited from” tools from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, but it wasn’t clear if the Ivy League school, whose campus has been marred with Jew-hatred, actually used the tools.
“We’ve particularly benefited from his work to combat antisemitism,” said university president Alan Garber, referring to Jewish billionaire philanthropist Robert Kraft, who founded the foundation, at an annual Shabbat dinner that the Harvard Business School hosts with Kraft, according to the Harvard Crimson.
“The work of this organization is extraordinary, not only in bringing antisemitism to the attention of the world but in actually gathering data and information to pinpoint where it is a huge issue, to pinpoint trends,” Garber added at the Feb. 28 dinner, per the Crimson, a student paper.
Kraft, 83, a businessman and owner of the New England Patriots, holds an MBA from Harvard.
“University spokesperson Jason A. Newton wrote in an emailed statement that officials ‘have met with representatives of FCAS to learn about their approach to the vital work of standing up to antisemitism and hate,’” per the Crimson. “FCAS did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the organization’s involvement with Harvard.”
In January, Harvard resolved two federal lawsuits alleging Jew-hatred on campus.
