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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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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