Statement from MIT JAA regarding MIT 2025 graduation ceremony
Posted May 30, 2025
Yesterday, during the MIT 2025 graduation, a student speaker wrapped in a keffiyeh took the opportunity to hijack the ceremony and to dedicate the entirety of her speech to berating and defaming Israel and promoting Hamas-inspired propaganda. One attendee, who travelled from Israel with his family to receive his Ph.D. diploma, commented that his children were distraught over the speech, and he needed to explain to them why a random person half-way across the world hates them.
This is not what a graduation ceremony is meant to be. A graduation ceremony is meant to honor its graduates and their accomplishments.
MIT JAA is profoundly disappointed in the MIT leadership and administration who failed to prevent a rogue student from taking over yesterday’s graduation ceremony that was meant to celebrate the achievements of its student body.
MIT JAA is also profoundly disappointed in President Sally Kornbluth, who, speaking immediately after the student speaker, failed to address or acknowledge what had transpired.
We expect MIT to take immediate disciplinary action against this student speaker.
MIT JAA Presents a Zoom Event with Dr. Einat Wilf, June 18, 2025 at 1 pm: Antisemitism in Higher Education: Unmasking the Lie of Anti-Zionism
Please join MIT Jewish Alumni Alliance (MIT JAA) for an exclusive webinar entitled “Antisemitism in Higher Education: Unmasking the Lie of Anti-Zionism” featuring Dr. Einat Wilf.
The webinar will take place on June 18, 2025 at 1 p.m. EDT with a limit of 300 participants.
Dr. Einat Wilf is a leading intellectual and thought-leader on matters of foreign policy, economics, education, Israel, and the Jewish people. She is considered one of Israel’s most articulate representatives on the international stage. Her opinion articles are regularly published in international publications and she is frequently interviewed for television and radio programs around the world. She was a member of the Israeli Parliament from 2010-2013 on behalf of the Labor and Independence parties. Dr. Wilf is the author of six books, including her latest book entitled “The War of Return” on perpetuation of the Palestinian refugee issue.
The event will be moderated by MIT Physics Professor and co-founder of the MIT Kalaniyot Foundation, Dr. Or Hen, and includes an introduction by Dr. Lori Ullman, a founding member and leader of MIT JAA.
Please follow the link below to register for the event. Please note that the event is limited to 300 attendees, and the registration will become inactive after 300 attendees are registered.
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