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Attacking Jews at Harvard Doesn’t Just Go Unpunished. It Gets Rewarded.
Police officers at a pro-Palestine protest area near Harvard University in April. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
Instead of discipline, the students behind an attack that went viral got a fellowship, accolades—and a commencement spotlight.
By Johanna Berkman
05.22.25 — Antisemitism
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In the year and a half since the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023, there have been so many alarming incidents on college campuses aimed at Jews. Many stick out for their grotesque imagery, for their outrageous slanders, and for their Soviet-style tactics. But the incident that I remember most vividly is the one that took place at Harvard University less than two weeks after Hamas invaded Israel, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping 250 more.

No one was physically injured that day. But the fact remained that the incident was wildly beyond the pale: a group of Harvard students surrounding another student, an Israeli named Yoav Segev, repeatedly screaming “Shame!” in his face, blocking his path, and forcing him to leave a part of campus that he was entitled to be in just as much as they were.

Video of the confrontation quickly went viral. You can watch it here.

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Johanna Berkman
Johanna Berkman is an award-winning Writer at Large at Air Mail who has written about Hamas in America.
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