"Controversy Surrounds Harvard's Antisemitism Task Force Leadership Choice"
Harvard's new interim president, Alan Garber, announced the formation of two task forces to combat antisemitism and Islamophobia, but the choice of Derek J. Penslar, a professor of Jewish history, to co-chair the antisemitism task force has sparked criticism from figures like Lawrence H. Summers and Bill Ackman due to Penslar's past signing of a letter critical of Israel.