When Jews First Memorialized Past Destruction
The burnt beams and the mikveh.
August 31, 2026
It lost the battle at Harvard, but it’s winning the war.
Earlier this month, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Trump administration against Harvard accusing the university of failing to protect Jewish students. While it’s possible to see the government’s loss as evidence that its strategy for combating anti-Semitism on college campuses is failing, Kenneth Marcus sees something else:
The burnt beams and the mikveh.
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It lost the battle at Harvard, but it’s winning the war.
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Earlier this month, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Trump administration against Harvard accusing the university of failing to protect Jewish students. While it’s possible to see the government’s loss as evidence that its strategy for combating anti-Semitism on college campuses is failing, Kenneth Marcus sees something else:
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