A former member of Harvard University’s antisemitism advisory group will sit down with the House Education and Workforce Committee for an interview next week as part of the House’s investigation into antisemitism on campus.
Dara Horn will participate in a closed-door transcribed interview, the committee announced Wednesday, focusing on the Jewish studies visiting lecturer’s time on the Harvard Antisemitism Advisory Group, the short-lived predecessor to the school’s beleaguered Presidential Task Force on Antisemitism.
“Dr. Horn’s interview will provide important insight into Harvard’s response to pervasive antisemitism on its campus,” Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the committee, said in a press release. “The Committee will continue to use all its tools to examine the epidemic of antisemitism at Harvard and other universities and hold these institutions accountable for their failure to protect Jewish students.”
Horn has criticized Harvard’s attempts to deal with antisemitism on campus and is also part of a group of Jewish alumni reviewing Harvard’s class offerings for antisemitic content, according to the Boston Globe. Horn has said that “there are entire Harvard courses and programs and events that are premised on antisemitic lies.”
The scheduled interview comes after Foxx subpoenaed Harvard and, earlier this month, accused the school of “malfeasance” for what the North Carolina Republican described as Harvard’s “unsatisfactory production of documents” in response to the subpoena.
Before sending the subpoena, the committee had requested documents multiple times from the school, and lawmakers received numerous documents from Harvard that they said were already publicly available. Similarly, the committee said Harvard’s subpoena response contained thousands of documents it had already handed over.
Horn’s interview is set to take place on March 18.
The Advisory Group was established by since-ousted President Claudine Gay, who, in controversial Dec. 5 testimony before the House, seemingly downplayed antisemitism on campus. The committee launched its investigation two days later after Gay’s congressional appearance.
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After Gay resigned, interim Harvard President Alan Garber established dual task forces: one on antisemitism and the other on Islamophobia.
Garber’s task forces have been no stranger to controversy, either, with one co-chairperson of the antisemitism group facing harsh criticism for calling Israel an “apartheid regime” and another co-chairperson recently resigning the post while reportedly citing lack of university commitment to enacting task force recommendations.