Over 500 Harvard faculty members support university president Claudine Gay over antisemitism remarks

Over 500 Harvard faculty members support university president Claudine Gay over antisemitism remarks

More than 500 members of Harvard's faculty signed onto a letter supporting university president Claudine Gay amid tension over her testimony at an antisemitism hearing in Congress this month.

Gay is facing widespread calls for her resignation after she refused to state that calling for the genocide of Jews would constitute harassment or bullying on Harvard's campus. Gay is one of three top university presidents facing scrutiny. UPenn President Liz Magill has already been forced to resign.

“The critical work of defending a culture of free inquiry in our diverse community cannot proceed if we let its shape be dictated by outside forces,” the Harvard letter reads.

511 faculty members signed the letter as of Sunday.