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Article: Student alleges anti-Jewish bias at Harvard Crimson
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- April 15, 1998
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ERICA NOONAN Associated Press Writer
AP Online
04-15-1998
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) _ The editors of the Harvard Crimson recently looked around the newsroom and came to a sudden realization: too many Jews.
Editors of the student newspaper said they wanted more diversity among the editors and columnists, and they added positions to include other ethnic groups.
But Justin Danilewitz, who is Jewish, says the concern was so great that it led to his exclusion from the editorial board. He aired his complaints in a Commentary magazine article titled ``Counting Noses at the Harvard Crimson.''
Crimson editors say that Danilewitz has the story wrong and that his failure had nothing to do with ...