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Article: Harvard Crimson accused of bias - Jewish 'quota' alleged.
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- The Boston Herald
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- April 16, 1998
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Controversy has engulfed the Harvard students who run the university's Harvard Crimson newspaper as they wrestle with the issue of how many Jews are too many in the ranks of the paper's top jobs.
The simmering feud over how to diversify the staff of the paper erupted earlier this month with the publication of one disgruntled Jewish former staffer's story in a prominent national magazine.
Justin C. Danilewitz charges he was the odd Jewish man out as a sweeping affirmative action plan emerged from the paper's leadership this winter.
"I think, unofficially, they do have a quota system," Danilewitz said.
"With all the evidence I came ...