Three recent reports—two from the Buckley Institute, a Yale-affiliated organization focused on free speech and intellectual diversity, and another from the Harvard Jewish Alumni Alliance (HJAA)—suggest that it is time for a reckoning at Yale. They describe an institution moving in directions that conflict with its stated ideals, and potentially, with the law.
Drawn from the Bible’s Urim v’Tumim, Yale’s motto of Lux et Veritas (“Light and Truth”) appears emblazoned across campus in both Hebrew and Latin. Famously, Harvard’s motto claims Truth; Columbia’s invokes Light, while Yale lays claim to both. Failures at Harvard and Columbia have drawn national attention to the abuse of Jews on their campuses and the ideological environment that promotes it.
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