Amid calls to resign, Harvard University President Claudine Gay is getting support from members of the university's faculty following her comments about antisemitic speech on campus.
The Harvard president apologized for her statements before Congress last week. When asked whether calling for the "genocide of Jews" violated university policy, Gay said it depends on the context.
While Gay's future at Harvard is uncertain, another university president who participated in the same congressional hearing decided to resign.
Elizabeth Magill stepped down as president of the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday. Her nuanced answer to the same question about the "genocide of Jews" was met with the same outrage Gay has faced.
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