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Calling for genocide of Jews doesn’t violate school policy, university presidents tell Congress

Jewish MIT student, on the hearing: ‘Mostly it was just lip service — it was the same lip service that we’ve heard the whole time.’

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Pamela Nadell, Professor of History and Jewish Studies at American University, and Dr. Sally Kornbluth, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Pressed by lawmakers Wednesday, presidents of three top universities all refused to say that calling for the genocide of Jews was inherently a violation of their campus policies on harassment and bullying.

The presidents of Harvard, the University of...

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