but there's been real debate about# whether she should be allowed to stay.

There are dueling letters from# Harvard's broader community,## one calling on the university's governing board# to force her out, to support her.

One of those governing boards# has reportedly been meeting about that today.

It comes in response to last week's# congressional hearing about a rise## in antisemitism on some college campuses.

Laura Barron-Lopez has the latest.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: At Harvard University,# Cl audine Gay.

Gay, MIT president Sally Kornbluth,## and now outgoing University of Pennsylvania# president Liz Magill came under fire last## week for their testimony in a House hearing# on rising antisemitism on their campuses.

On Friday, Gay apologized for her remarks to The# Harvard Crimson, saying: "Calls for violence or## genocide against the Jewish community or any# religious or ethnic group are vile, they have## no place at Harvard, and those who threaten# our Jewish students will be held to account."

The flash point of last Tuesday's hearing,## a heated line of questioning from# Republ who herself has been criticized for not# calling out antisemitism in her own party.

REP. ELISE STEFANIK (R-NY): And, Dr. Gay,# at Harvard, does calling for the genocide## of Jews violate Harvard's rules of# bullying and harassment, yes or no?

CLAUDINE GAY (President, Harvard University):# It can be, depending on the context.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Stefanik was referring# to slo pro-Palestinian rallies on campus, such as "From# the river to the That phrase, adopted by Hamas, is seen by# some as a call for the destruction Israel## and the killing of Jewish people.

Others# say it's a decades-old rallying call for## a state where all Palestinians can# live freely alongside Israelis.

REP. ELISE STEFANIK: I will ask you one more time,# does calling for the genocide of Jews violate## Harvard's rules of bullying and harassment,# yes or no?

And is it antisemitic rhetoric?

CLAUDINE GAY: Antisemitic rhetoric, when it# crosses into conduct That amounts to bullying,## harassment, intimidation, that is# actionable conduct and we do take action.

REP. ELISE STEFANIK: So the answer is yes,## that calling for the genocide of Jews# viol CLAUDINE GAY: Again, it depends on the context.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: The day after the hearing,## Rabbi David Wolpe steppe RABBI DAVID WOLPE, Harvard Divinity School: I# felt as though there was a profound disconnect## between the attitude of the president's and my# perception of the seriousness LA URA BARRON-LOPEZ: Wolpe, a visiting# scholar at Harvard's Divinity School,## resigned over what he considers inaction# by the university to confront RA BBI DAVID WOLPE: Some of the things# that it seemed to me Harvard needed## to do almost immediately were to enforce# the exis bullying and so on more expeditiously, that# is, more immediately that they were doing it,## to undertake a major education campaign# about Judaism, antisemitism, Jewish history.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Even as pressure# mounts for Gay's resignation,## more than 600 faculty signed a letter saying# Harvard Steven Pinker, a professor of psychology,## didn't sign the letter, but said gays# firing would n STEVEN PINKER, Harvard University: The# reason that I don't think she should be## called on to resign is tha and they should be addressed directly,# rather than through a sacrificia I think that Harvard and American universities# in general need a clear and conspicuous policy## on free speech, so they don't selectively# squelch speech.

Reprehensible speech should## be answered by more speech, by being# refuted, not by being criminalized.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: At University of Pennsylvania,# the consequences were swift.

On Saturday,## university president Liz Magill announced# her resignation after donors, politicians,## and some students called for her ouster.# Days before, she issued a public apology.

LIZ MAGILL, Former President, University# Of Pennsylvania: I want to be clear,## a call for genocide of Jewish people# it would be harassment or intimidation.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Magill's testimony# last week was simi Claire Finkelstein is a professor of# law and philosophy at UPenn.

He said,## while Magill is a brilliant person,# her testimony was disastrous.

CLAIRE FINKELSTEIN, University of# Pennsylvania Law School: I'm not calling## for a restriction political speech and the ability to engage in it.

But what has gotten out of hand is the idea that# free speech on of openness to any kind of speech that even the# worst threats and harassment should be protected.

LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: Before Magill's resignation,## more than 70 members of Co letter demanding the three presidents step aside.# They said the testimony lacked moral clarity and## illuminated the problematic double standards# and dehumanization of Jewish communities.

Meanwhile, some progressive members, including# the only Palestinian-American in Congress,## Rashida Tlaib, say allegations of antisemitism## are being weaponized to silence# legitimate criticisms of Israel.

REP. RASHIDA TLAIB (D-MI): Americans have# a right to speak up, Americans have a right## to the institutions they work at or the# people that represent them to th is is my opinion, I believe# you should support X, Y, and Z. LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ: House Republicans# have opened an investigation into the## three universities and more than a dozen# Democratic lawmakers review and update their policies.

And, at MIT,# president Sally Kornbluth has not apologized,## receiving support from her# university's governing board.

For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Laura Barron-Lopez.