Yes, some of them are very influential donors and some of them are sort of more normal-sized donors.

“This is a broad and growing intergenerational movement of alumni from many different sectors and industries. “We now have a movement of over 1,600 alumni who are calling for meaningful reforms on campus to ensure that every student is safe.” Rebecca Claire Brooks, a co-founder of the HCJAA, told CNN.

The group is asking for Harvard to recognize their alumni association as a formal special interest group, share concrete plans to ensure the protection of Jewish students on campus and to officially adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism. Organizers say it is the first Jewish alumni association in the history of the university. The HCJAA was formed last month in the wake of the school’s response to the October 7 attacks on Israel. More than 20 members of Congress press UPenn about antisemitism on campus (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) Charles Sykes/Invision/Charles Sykes/Invision/AP “We never thought we would have to argue for recognition of our own humanity.”Ī statue of founder Benjamin Franklin sits in front of College Hall at the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday, Jin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “We never thought that, at Harvard College, we would have to argue the point that terrorism against civilians demands immediate and unequivocal condemnation,” wrote members of the Harvard College Jewish Alumni Association (HCJAA) in an open letter to President Claudine Gay and Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana. High-profile billionaire alumni like Pershing Square founder Bill Ackman and former Victoria’s Secret CEO Leslie Wexner have already said that if Harvard doesn’t take steps to fix the problem they could face a donor exodus, but now the largest group yet of alumni - most of whom do not have billionaire status - are threatening to withdraw their donations. More than 1,600 alumni of Harvard University say that they will withhold donations to the school until Harvard takes urgent action to address antisemitism on campus, part of a wave of challenges to colleges across the county in addressing hate speech sparked by the Israel-Hamas war.

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