Jewish plea for safe MIT

A blistering letter signed by hundreds of Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni has rebuked the school for fostering a “national reputation for antisemitism” as Jewish students claim “bounties” are offered by pro-Palestine groups for identifying them.

The document, signed by more than 700 Jewish MIT alumni and allies, accused the school of failing to condemn president Sally Kornbluth (inset) for not taking enough action against antisemitism following her testimony on Capitol Hill last week.

“During the congressional testimony of December 5, 2023, President Kornbluth implied calls for genocide of Jews may not constitute bullying and harassment under MIT’s code of conduct, depending on context,” read the letter to the school’s governing body, the MIT Corporation.

Kornbluth, who is Jewish, caused a “public uproar” when she was the “only president that did not issue an apology,” the letter charged.

Dana Rubin, an Israeli student at MIT for a number of years who is now in a master’s computer science program, claimed antisemitism on campus is nothing new.

“I personally, and we as a community, have been reporting incidents of antisemitism for years, and nothing has been done,” she told The Post.

Rubin said she attended a counterprotest to a pro-Palestine rally on Nov. 9. She claimed pro-Palestine students filmed her and her peers, then doxed them online, offering “bounties” for the identities of people caught on film. Since then, she’s received threats.

The university said in a statement to The Post: “MIT and our president, Sally Kornbluth, reject antisemitism in all its forms.”

Jared Downing and Megan Palin