House reps demand MIT hand over records on ‘pervasive’ antisemitism: ‘We have grave concerns’

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce is asking the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to produce a trove of documents, citing an investigation into the school's response to antisemitism and its "failure" to protect Jewish students.

The Committee, led by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., wrote to MIT President Sally Kornbluth and MIT Corporation Chair Mark P. Gorenberg on Friday regarding "pervasive" antisemitism following "numerous deeply troubling incidents and developments" at the university.

Foxx wrote in the letter, "We have grave concerns regarding the inadequacy of MIT's response to antisemitism on its campus."

The demands from Congress come after Kornbluth made numerous statements on December 5 that the Committee said called into question MIT's willingness to address antisemitism seriously.

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Amid widespread backlash following her testimony, the MIT corporation said Kornbluth had done "excellent work in leading our community, including in addressing antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate, all of which we reject utterly at MIT, She has our full and unreserved support."

Foxx claimed the MIT Corporations' assessment stands at odds with the experiences of many Jewish MIT students, noting that a survey of 75 Jewish students found that 59% had experienced antisemitism since October 7 and 73% did not feel comfortable publicly being Jewish, Israeli or supportive of Israel on MIT's campus.

Many of the Committee's concerns stemmed from the actions of the MIT Coalition Against Apartheid (CAA), which issued a statement in the wake of the October 7 terrorist attacks. The group said they "hold the Israeli regime