Alexander "Shabbos" Kestenbaum
Alexander “Shabbos” Kestenbaum is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School. He is the lead plaintiff in an ongoing Title VI lawsuit against Harvard.
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Harvard Discriminated Against Me and Other Jews. Trump Is Right To Threaten Its Funding.
Will the withholding of federal funds entirely solve antisemitism on college campuses? Certainly not. But that doesn’t mean the American taxpayer should be subsidizing it.
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With Billions at Risk, Eight Affiliates React
Across the country, the White House has taken the unprecedented step of dangling federal funds as a bargaining chip in its engagement with universities. This week, they came to Harvard under the auspices of an investigation into antisemitism. At a crossroads for our University and higher education as a whole, hear from eight affiliates — among them a former Harvard Hillel President, experts on authoritarianism, and a graduate suing the University — on what comes next. — Max A. Palys ’26 and Saul I.M. Arnow ’26, Editorial Chairs