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An Open Letter to the Harvard Corporation
We are all members of the Harvard community, and each of us values our affiliation. It has been said that "places, like people, only prosper if they are loved," and know all of us love Harvard. We sign this pledge—committing to donate one dollar, and no more, to the University for the foreseeable future —not in anger, but in sadness and in hope.
Harvard has changed in ways that have made it unrecognizable to us. When living up to its ideals, Harvard fosters healthy disagreement but demands decency. It’s a place deeply imbued with a sense of moral purpose.
But Harvard's response to the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7th revealed that the University has lost its way.
Many questions of right and wrong are hard. But some are easy. Raping women is evil. Torturing and murdering children is evil. Filming those heinous acts to glorify the perpetrators, humiliate the victims, and bring further pain to the families of those harmed is evil.
It should not require three statements (the latter two following a faculty protest) for this University and its leadership to condemn these evils. Still more, University leaders, while giving proper due to the demands of free speech and robust debate, should have the moral courage to tell their students who support evil that those students are wrong.
Harvard's initial silence and its ongoing failure to condemn the abhorrent statement endorsed by 30 of its student groups is part of a larger problem. A campus culture has developed in which Jews feel unsafe, and there have been several instances of intimidation and even violence leveled at Jewish students. And those who do not adhere to an increasingly militant ideological line are unwelcome. The time has come for meaningful remediation, such as that advocated by the new Harvard College Jewish Alumni Association.
We want to support Harvard to further its mission of seeking truth, advancing new ideas, and promoting enduring knowledge—but we cannot do so until Harvard rediscovers its historic values and takes concrete steps to address the growing problem of antisemitism and intolerance that has taken hold within its gates.
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MAKE THE $1 PLEDGE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ELI BREMER
Board Chairman & Senior Advisor
BRAD GAINES
Board of Directors
NATHAN GEORGE
Board of Directors
OPERATIONAL STAFF
RILEY GAINES
RILEY SCOTT
KERI COTTERMAN
Spokeswoman
Executive Director
Finance Director
OTHERS WHO HAVE PLEDGED
Adrian Ashkenazy A.B. '96
Judy Greenstein A.B. '85
Kiran Lang A.B. '93/'94
Larry Carson A.B. '93
Edmond Safra A.B. '98
Rebecca Brooks A.B. '2017
Sara Siris Nash A.B. '99
Bradley Nash A.B. '99
Merav Galper A.B. '06
Ben Galper A.B '02, MPH '07
Tally Zingher A.B. '99 (Class Marshal), HLS '06, HKS '06
Yuval Grill A.B. '03
Adam Katz A.B. ‘07, JD/MBA ‘13
Samuel Swartz M.B.A. '20
Emily Shire A.B. '11
Dana Gibber A.B. '09
Stanley Stern M.B.A. '80
Jacob Victor A.B. '09
Harry Ritter A.B. '06
Rebecca Rohr Ritter A.B. '08
Salek Brodsky A.B. '96
Michael Broukhim A.B. '07
Johannah Lowin A.B. '09
Yuliya Krieger A.B. '10
Kiran Lang A.B. '93
Noah Swartz M.B.A. '2023
Zoe Bernstein A.B. '02
Reuben Kopel A.B. '98
Jessica Levin A.B. '87
Paige Holtzman A.B. '10
Dara Horn A.B. '99
Derek Lewis H.B.S. '05
Allison Gordon G.S.D. '06
Jesse Kellerman A.B. '01
Jessica Rosenfeld Cohen A.B. '07
Libby Shani A.B. '02
Evelyn Goldberger Sassoon A.B. '75
Heather Powell A.B. '03
Rabbi Matt Abelson A.B. '02
Kira Sirote A.B. '92
Peter Bronstein A.B. '65
Rebecca Stone A.B. '04
Michael Esrubilsky A.B. '97
Zoe Bernstein A.B '02
Naomi Steinberg A.B. '88
Alissa Brotman A.B. '97
Daina Gurevich A.B. '11
Aliza Stone Howard A.B. '10
Jonathan Bresman
A.B. '95-'96
Shuli Karkowsky J.D.
Gabriela Berner A.B. '19
Aaron Rosenberg A.B. '99, J.D. '02
Lewis Chester MBA '97
Joshua Kosowksy A.B. '88, M.D. '96
Jeff Kosowksy A.B. '85,
A.M. '87, M.D. '95, PhD '95
Jon Jacobs A.B. '76
Judith Stern Lobel A.B. '85, J.D. '89
Nancy Rubin A.B. '83
Jennifer Popack A.B. '08
David Keidan A.B. '66,
MBA '68
Wolff Klabin A.B. '96
Dan Granirer A.B. '89
Michal Geller A.B. '95
Rachelle Soriano A.B. '08
Eliav Assouline MBA '02
Amy Comander A.B. '97
Anna Redmond A.B.,
A.M. '04
Ethan Taub
David Aronoff MBA '86
Mark Helprin A.B. '69,
A.M. '72
Beau Jewell MBA '14
Kelly Christiano A.B. '88
Miriam Kosowsky HLS '89
Jerry Fortinsky A.B. '73
Sam Weiss A.B. '76
Adam Smith A.B. '89
Claudine
Madras Gartenberg
A.B. '96, MBA '06
Sivan Gompers A.B. '15, MBA '22
Gideon Valkin A.B. '07
Ron Shiloh A.B. '98
Marlee Ehrlich A.B. '16
Jon Stein A.B. '97
Debra Zik A.B. '93
Lenn Goodman A.B. '65
Andy Barnett A.B. '97
Alexandra Lobel Gindi
A.B. '16
Jessica Fleischer A.B. '10
Irit Tau-Webber A.B. '97
Sharoll Fernandez Sinani EdM HGSE '23
Mark Lurie A.B. '95,
MBA '07
Linda Lourie A.B. '87
Laura Rapoport MPH '18
Julie Schenker J.D. '13
Chaim Schwarz J.D. '14
Abraham Rudy J.D. '14
Steven Eisenberg
MBA/J.D. '13
Dina Huebner A.B. '88
Sahil Mahtani A.B. '08
Geoff Rodkey A.B. '08
Maurice Lefkort HLS '89
Andrea Silbert
A.B. '86, MBA '92, KSG '92
George Flesh A.B. '68
Ira Robinson Ph.D. '80
Russell Rothstein A.B. '90
Richard Braverman
Fellow '89 Childrens/HMS
David Chesler A.B. '83
Marten Hirsch J.D. '91
Sandra Kinney MPP '81
Emily Benedek A.B. '80
Ruth Oratz A.B. '77
Jay Breese A.B. '69
David O'Connor
Laurie Jacobs J.D. '81
David Saemann A.B. '83
Jason Levine J.D. '94
Nicole Simourian
Chapman A.B. '88, MBA '94
Or-el Valknin J.D. '21
Sarah Tesar M.P.P. '16
Or Alcon LL.M. '17
Tamar Ben Artzi LL.M. '17
Nathan Low A.B. '82
Michael Norwich MBA '73
Elizabeth Rozen A.B. '81
Nicole Salama A.B. '97
Stanley Mark A.B. '73,
MBA '76
Susan Kalson A.B. '80
Michael Zaslow A.B. '73, M.D. '77
James Nuzzo J.D. '94
William Waller J.D. '94
Ari Vanderwalde A.B. '00, MPH '05
Marc Weinberger
Ezra Reinstein A.B. '94,
J.D. '98
David Gordon A.B. '02
Michael Tisch
Zach Yoshor A.B. '18
Marty Bowen A.B. '91
Aaron Grand A.B. '18
Bard Cosman A.B. '83
Wendy Allyn A.B. '87
Leila Schneps A.B. '83
Adam Taub A.B. '02
Thomas Richardson
A.B. '78
Gadi Slade MBA '00
Stephen Exelbert MBA '68
Joshua Markovic ALM '21
Jane Gerber M.A. '62
Ethan Oberman A.B. '99
Tiffany Denenberg
Etan Cohen A.B. '97
Lynn Hirshfield M.A. '84
Josh Ludmir A.B. '05
Kevin Sneader HBS '93
Emily Kaplan A.B. '08
Eben Broadbent
Alex Safian Ph.D. '87
Barb Cohen Ph.D. '84
Liran Gordon A.B. '81
Jordan Sennett A.B. '67
Ben Glass A.B. '94
Ellen Schwartz A.B. '85
David Ben-Ur M.P.P. '94
Adam Jacobs A.B. '99
Lilly Icikson HKS '92
David Schreiber A.B. '77
Benjamin Phillips MBA '15
Alexandra Mandelbaum
A.B. '99
Ben Sher A.B. '99
David Landau A.B. '84
Brendan Schulman J.D. '99
Matthew Doberman
A.B. '97
William Lippman A.B. '88
Joshua Swidler A.B. '94
Jane Knop MBA '07
Laurence Goldfarb A.B. '88
Lynn Taylor A.B. '88
Peter Fishman M.P.P. '94
Eric Cohen '74
Nina Assouline A.B. '04
Charles Hall A.B. '79
Jonathan Jarashow
A.B. '90
Ben Unger A.B. '94
Edward Schifman
Jimmy Levine A.B. '87
David Wagner M.D. '87
Roy Ben-Dor MBA '11,
J.D. '11
Andy Goldfarb A.B. '89
MBA '93
Adam Jacobs A.B. '99
Jeffrey Rothstein A.B. '78
Donald Christopher
A.B. '74
Liran Gordon A.B. '81
Lori Bernstein A.B. '80
Francis Patrick Barron
A.B. '73, J.D. '78
Aviva Preminger A.B. '00
Jessica Moyal MBA '14
Jeff Kichaven J.D. '80
Alan Kaufman J.D. '70
Ellis Levine A.B. '59
Larry Bear J.D. '53
Michael Kosowsky
Ph.D. '20
Peter Mark A.B. '79
Stephen Myers A.B. '66
David Sack A.B. '74
Leila Schneps A.B. '83
Benjamin Gruenstein
A.B. '96, J.D. '99
Rachelie Alperovitz
HBS PLDA '22
David Glickman A.B. '01
Zachary Shrier A.B. '99
Ellen Simon J.D. '05
Bruce Schneider A.B. '64, M.D. '68
Karen Hoffmann
Rory Hachamovitch '02
Jonathan Tower H.B.S. '02
Jonathan Bush H.B.S. '97
Jeremy Freedman MBA '86
Joel Davidson A.B. '76
Amy Friedman A.B. '81
Oscar Starobin A.B. '50, M.D. '54
Warren Grossman A.B. '93
Mark Wagman Ph.D. '81
Adam Hurwich A.B. '87
Mark Hallett A.B. '65,
M.D. '69
Marjorie Greenberg
M.A. '68
Julian Treger A.B. '84
Richard Brail
Naomi Siegel A.B. '79,
MTS '84
Alissa Ballot J.D. '80
Dan Drosman J.D. '93
Michael Sherman J.D. '69
Robert Geller M.D. '83
Doron Grossman MBA '86
James Colen A.B. '90
Salvador Litvak A.B. '87
Kerry Roddy H Teeple
A.B. '87
Richard Licht A.B. '68,
J.D. '72
Michael Liftik A.B. '96
Michael Simons
Judith Tellerman GSE
MAT '71
Amir Goldman H.B.S. '99
Anthony Gardner A.B. '95
Ben Ganzfried A.B. '09
Deborah Kate Greenberg A.B. '73
Jennifer Waltzer MBA '86
Mark Levy A.B. '61
Rosemary Reiss A.B. '76
Matt Sack A.B. '12
Donna Friedman A.B. '89
Mark Rubin '84
Maya Arison A.B. '96
Tiana Koppel
Amie Perl A.B. '96, MBA '03
Irene Fayn MBA '05
Jennifer Koen H.B.S. '97
Silvanus Erickson
Alex Mints A.B. '01
Robert Rosen M.A. '70
David Landau H.C. '72
Stuart Gedal '84
Donna Karl
Bruce Fenton J.S. '70
Arthur Lev J.D. '86
Melvin Heineman A.B. '60
Mike Biorn '91
Jennifer Portnoff J.D. '97
Alan Kaufman J.D. '70
Kirk Roberts O.P.M '04
Robert Weitzner MBA '99
Matthew Weisman A.B. '97
Juliet Weissman A.B. '97
Anne Levy A.L.B. '03
James Marcus MBA '94
Daniel Sosnowik MPA '98
John Kamerer A.B. '89
Craig Kornreich A.B. '91
Richard Licht A.B. '68,
J.D. '72
James Myers
Jeffrey Bernstein A.M. '95, Ph.D. '98
Corey Wilk J.D. '04
Lisa Michelson J.D. '87
Harold Kuskin A.B. '91,
J.D. '64
Lily Sassoon A.B. '13,
MBA '19
Eli Novershtern MPA '08
Ike Greenstein A.B. '13
Susan McCrensky Heitler A.B. '67
Rachel Zang A.B. '97
Theodore Bigman MBA '87
Jay Slater A.B. '75
Charles Harrison A.B. '71
Linda Brettler A.B. '85
David Kurlander A.B. '85
Andrea Silbert A.B. '86,
MPA '92
Joshua Heller A.B. '94
Mike Dybbs A.B. '97
Veronika Rundbaken
H.L.S. '12
Kenneth Prager M.D. '68
Julie Glasson M.D. '92
Andreas Müller L.L.M. '12
Steven Tepper J.D. '78
Shana Starobin A.B. '00
Susan Schwab A.B. '91
Paul Sherman A.B. '88
Yury Gruzglin '94
Sharon Rosenzweig-Lipson Ph.D. '93
Pearl Steinbuch '80
Adam Sidman A.B. '10
Jonathan Esensten A.B. '04
Stephen Siderow J.D. '91
Raquel Gardner M.D. '08
Joan Baron MBA '95
Matthew Sperling A.B. '89
Mark Rosen MBA '88
Sam Znaimer A.B. '77
David Hershenson A.B. '55
Mitchell Knisbacher J.D. '75
Aaron Nagiel A.B. '04
Keith Stiart A.B. '80
James Lavin A.B. '77
Sidney Rubenstein A.B. '85, M.D. '89
Jon Rosenblatt A.B. '67
Deborah Gelin A.B. '79,
MBA '83
Evan Schwartzfarb A.B. '96
Adina Isenberg H.M.S. '23
Rachel Hyman A.B. '95,
MBA '00
Sharon Silverstein MBA '90
Isaac Okereke A.B. '96
Irene Plotzker Ph.D. '79
Timothy Tyler A.L.M. '23
Nathan Birnbaum A.B. '68
Paul Baum A.B. '58
Andre St. Pierre A.B. '83
Jared Sleisenger A.B. '16
Bennet Evan Cooper
A.B. '83, J.D. '86
Anne Pearl A.B. '81
Ana Miranda Kreyszig
A.B. '90
Ezra Goodman J.D. '67
Donald Shapiro MBA '69
Mitchel Ross J.D. '70
Harry Rubin A.B. '85
Ben Connors MBA '84
Eli Noam A.B. '70, A.M. '72,
J.D. '75, Ph.D '75
Katherine Rosenberg-Wohl
A.B. '83, J.D. '86
David Rosenberg-Wohl
A.B. '83, J.D. '86
Kimberly Cooper A.B. '92
Jenny Colman A.B. '90
Janice Roca Rosenfeld
A.B. '87
David Weiner A.B. '00
Henri Shahrouz GSAS
Frederick Chen A.B. '91,
S.M. '91, Ph.D. '95, M.D. '97
Amanda Keidan '99
Gayle Squires A.B. '97
Lisa Szubin A.B. '88
Jay Katzman A.B. '87
Ellen Hochman MBA '84
Allon Kedem A.B. '02
Lynn Penner
Fred Lowenfels A.B. '66, J.D. '68
Jeffrey Chapman J.D. '83
Michelle Barmazel
MC/MPA '14
Kevin Steinberg A.B. '92
Brett Simon A.B. '79
Joel Hornstein A.B. '92
Eylon Goldfinger HBS '25
Erica Zabusky A.B. '84
Gal Lin HKS '17
David Ridl J.D. '81
Fernando Levy Hara
AMD '09
Jeffrey Chapman J.D. '83
Yuval Zukerman ALM '09
Claudine Cohen GMP '17
Andrew Arends A.B. '92
Josh Pincus MBA '17
Louisa Hoberman A.B. '63
Robert Glueck A.B. '73, M.D. '77
James Segel A.B. '67,
MPA KSG '76
Richard Gilbane A.B. '75
Harold Goldfarb A.B. '57
Gerald Marinoff M.D. '69
Allen Jeremias M.S.
Bernard Aboda A.B. '79
Judith Tellerman GSE
MAT '71
David Cohen A.B. '80,
MBA '24
Ephraim Gerber C.A.S. '89
Marty Rosenthal A.B. '68
Robert Brown A.B. '70
John Smith A.B. '85
Richard Rockwell MBA '92
George Flesh A.B. '68
Jonathan Sheiman
Ph.D. '79
Bruce Schneider A.B. '64
Jonathan Burack A.B. '64
Jill DiLullo
Emily Van Dyke A.B. '03,
MPH '09
Tamer Yalav ALM '23
Eleonora Bershadskaya
MBA '19
Evan Bernstein A.L.M. '11
Roland Tec A.B. '88
Kerry Hurwitz H.K.S. '96
Jessica Hanover A.B. '95
James Marcus MBA '94
Mary Anne Mannes Sack
A.B. '79
Mary Jane Rein Ph.D. '93
Brian Eizenstat MBA '03
Daniel Goodkin A.B. '06
Rosina Lanson A.B. '06
Liane Clamen A.B. '91,
M.D. '98
Steven Janowsky Ph.D. '90
Joseph Gerstel J.D. '17
Neil Morganbesser A.B. '86,
P '24, P '27
Russell Wolff A.L.B. '06
Lance Dodes M.D. '70
Jeremy Hirsh A.B. '92
Carmelita Bouie A.L.M. '26
Michael Sarid A.B. '86
Jacques Stambouli H.B.S. MBA '02
Elliot Stein '13
Janet Pearl A.B. '87
Gordon Cohen Ph.D. '74
Rachel Altfest A.B. '01
Mike Bassett A.B. '64
Laura Biezup A.B. '89
Sam Weiss A.B. '76
Mia Kramarz MBA '09
Judah Weinberger
H.M.S. '80, G.S.A.S. '80
Jonathan Rosenfield '84
Henry William Taeusch
A.B. '61
Peter Segall M.A. '85
Daniel Hamburger
MBA '90
Eric Palley A.B. '84
Mark Heiman A.B. '00
Yael Kaufmann MBA '17
Diana Hurwitz A.B. '87
Martin Roth A.B. '04
Jordie Gerson H.D.S. '04
Michael Schwartz A.B. '96
Ari Brettman A.B. '04
Steven Schwartz A.B. '86,
J.D. '89
Lewis Rose
David Mansell MBA '98
Elliot Gershon A.B. '61,
M.D. '65
Susan Dyshel Sommovilla A.B. '70
Rebeca Permuth L.L.M. '99
Susan Stevenson Borowitz A.B. '81
Jayson Hymes M.P.H. '81
Assan Burger A.B. '04
Howard Lebowitz A.B. '85,
M.D. '90
David Joseph M.D. '85
David Frank J.D. '88
Jessica Kraetschmer
A.B. '93
Kirsten Glantz A.B. '94
Jonathan Dorfman A.B. '76
Henry Rascoff A.B. '92
Mark Abensohn A.B. '74
Bruce Lieberman A.B. '88
Noah Seton A.B. '00,
J.D. '04
Marnie Stiglitz A.B. '99
Judith Fox A.B. '79
Susan Dyshel Sommovilla A.B. '70
Rachel Sommovilla A.B. '99
Steven Laufer A.B. '99
Lawrence Hyatt MBA '80
Bradley Gendell MBA '98
Sharon Wildstein Reich
MBA '89
Stuart Gedal Ed. M. '84
Claudine Cohen GMP '17