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SEN. JOHN FETTERMAN DRAMATICALLY WHIPS OFF HARVARD HOOD AT YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
COMMENCEMENT: ‘PROFOUNDLY DISAPPOINTED’

By Victor Nava

Published May 29, 2024, 6:33 p.m. ET

Sen. John Fetterman told Yeshiva University graduates Wednesday that he was
“profoundly disappointed” in Harvard University’s inability to address
antisemitism on campus before removing the ceremonial crimson academic hood
representing his alma mater.

The Pennsylvania Democrat expressed his disapproval of the Ivy League school
during his commencement address at the private Orthodox Jewish university, which
bestowed on him its “Hero of Israel” award, the institution’s highest honor.

“I have been profoundly disappointed [in] Harvard’s inability to stand up for
the Jewish community after Oct. 7,” Fetterman, 54, told the new grads at Louis
Armstrong Stadium in Queens.

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Fetterman took off his Harvard University academic hood during a speech to
Yeshiva University grads. REUTERS
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Fetterman wore a bracelet to show solidarity with the victims of the Oct. 7
music festival horror. Dennis A. Clark

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“Personally, I do not fundamentally believe that it is right for me to wear this
today,” the senator added as he removed the Harvard hood, identifying him as an
alum, from around his neck.

Fetterman, a staunch supporter of Israel’s war against Hamas, received a
standing ovation after the symbolic gesture.

“The Jewish community everywhere deserves our support,” he added.

“And I promise you will always have mine.”

Fetterman’s remarks were well received, and he was spotted dancing with students
and school leaders after delivering his speech.

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Fetterman was given the school’s “Hero of Israel” award Wednesday. REUTERS
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Fetterman holds up an Israeli flag with graduates on Wednesday. Dennis A. Clark

Former Harvard University president Claudine Gay faced a firestorm of criticism
in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on the Jewish state over her failure to
criticize 30 Harvard student groups that published a letter holding Israel
“entirely responsible” for Hamas’ deadly rampage.

Gay appeared on Dec. 5 before Congress, where she refused to say that anyone
calling for the genocide of Jewish people at the university would be punished.

Harvard faculty members stood behind Gay at the time, releasing a letter which
called on the administration to not bow to political pressure.

Gay resigned as president in January following unrelated plagiarism allegations,
but remains on the faculty as a professor of government and African and African
American studies.

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Fetterman wore a bracelet from the music festival in Israel where Hamas
terrorists slaughtered hundreds on Oct. 7. REUTERS
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Fetterman with Yeshiva University president and Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman. Dennis A.
Clark

Fetterman received his undergraduate degree in 1991 from Albright College in
Pennsylvania and obtained an MBA from the University of Connecticut in 1993.

The senator graduated from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in 1999 with a
master of public policy degree. He has previously said he doesn’t “recognize”
the school as the same place he once attended.

“As an alum of Harvard — look, I graduated 25 years ago, and of course, it was
always a little pinko,” he told Semafor in January. “But now, I don’t recognize
it.”

Last month, Fetterman endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. and current US Sen.
Mitt Romney (R-Utah) to take over the presidency of Harvard, which is currently
being held on an interim basis by Alan Garver, the university’s former provost.

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