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Articles by Charles Covit
Bad Ideas Are Escaping the Ivory Tower
When Xavier Bautista, a 32-year-old city employee, was shot in Cambridge this summer, it took about an hour for anyone to notice. He was eventually spotted on the ground by a civilian passerby who notified police, but it was too late to save his life.
Islamism, the Subject We Still Avoid at Harvard
After the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, then-Harvard President Drew G. Faust was unequivocal: “The abhorrent hatred, racism, and violence carried out by neo-Nazi, KKK, and other white supremacist groups deserve our strongest condemnation.” Amidst racial justice protests in 2020, her successor Lawrence S.
Harvard’s Plan to Freeze Custodian Wages is Cruelly Hypocritical
With Harvard facing extraordinary financial headwinds, the University has proposed a novel idea for how to reduce the fiscal strain: a yearlong wage freeze for custodial workers.
Harvard’s Hyperfixation on Israel Is Academically Unserious
Harvard’s obsession with Israel isn’t just politically fraught — it’s intellectually embarrassing. As it stares down the barrel of a potential $9 billion dollar funding cut, Harvard is rightly contending with the obvious incidents of antisemitism, like vitriolic chants at protests or last spring’s encampment.
Dissent: On Tyrannical Middle Eastern Regimes, the Editorial Board Wavers
In an editorial blasting Congress for looking into Harvard’s foreign funding sources without scrutinizing Trump’s benefactors, the Board makes the assertion that Harvard should accept foreign donations — as long as they come with no strings attached. Such a viewpoint is not only deeply naive; it is morally inexcusable and reeks of the very hypocrisy the Board levies at Congress. As such, I dissent.
The Antisemitism Settlements Made Progress. Will Harvard Follow Through?
After a brutal year for Jewish students at Harvard, there is finally a glimmer of hope. Just one day after President Trump’s inauguration, Harvard settled two lawsuits accusing the University of mishandling antisemitism. The University will now take some critical, commendable steps forward, including adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism.
Reading the PSC Statement, I Have Never Been Prouder of the Jewish State
“Hi Dad, I am speaking to you from Mefalsim,” the man says gleefully, referring to the Israeli Kibbutz by the Gaza border. “Open your WhatsApp and look at all the killed. Look at how many I killed with my own hands, your son killed Jews!” That is the chilling phone call a Hamas terrorist made to his father on Oct. 7, 2023, in audio released by the Israeli Defense Forces. In my eyes, and those of nearly every Israeli and Jew I know, Oct.
Why Is a Harvard Center Celebrating a Man Israel Convicted of Murder?
An Israeli district court sentenced Nasser Abu Srour to life imprisonment in 1993 on charges that he and an accomplice killed Israeli police officer Chaim Nachmani, whom a news report from the time described as having been “stabbed and bludgeoned to death.” And yet Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies will on Oct. 1 co-sponsor a book talk on Abu Srour’s memoir, The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and Freedom.
FSJP Blocked Me on Instagram. Are They Really Free Speech Warriors?
This summer, Harvard Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine blocked me on Instagram. They blocked me after I commented on one of their posts, which sought to explain why criticism of Israel is not antisemitic. My comment did not dispute the claim made in the post, but instead brought attention to how the rhetoric of pro-Palestinian groups at Harvard has reached well past mere criticism.
What the Apartheid Wall Doesn’t Show
On Oct. 7, Hamid Abu Ar’ar was driving to work with his wife, Fatma, when a group of terrorists on motorcycles opened fire. A devout Muslim, Fatma was wearing a hijab, but that did not stop Hamas’ fighters, one after the other, from peppering her vehicle with bullets.
A Conversation With Peter Beinart
Last week, I spoke with Peter A. Beinart, one of American Jewry’s most prominent critics of Israel and, incidentally, a parent at the Jewish day school I attended. During a recent visit Beinart paid to Harvard to talk about the war between Israel and Hamas, I sat down with him to speak about how he understands Oct. 7 and its aftermath, in the region, in the United States, and, yes, on Harvard’s campus. In many ways, Beinart both embodies and straddles the divide among diaspora Jews.
Israel Must Tell the World: Hamas is Different
May 14, 2021, 11:30 AM Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post.
Could Normalization Deals Finally Shift Perceptions of Israel?
Oct 11, 2020, 8:12 AM Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. In much of the United States, it appears as though attitudes towards the Middle East’s only democracy are taking a turn for the worse.
Annexation: A Blow to Young Advocates for Israel
Jun 15, 2020, 5:23 PM Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. The youth of the Diaspora play an absolutely critical role in defending the “special relationship” between the United States and Israel.
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