October 4, 2002

A Surge of Anti-Semitism or McCarthyism?

By THOMAS BARTLETT

Harvard president's speech and a new Web site stir debate on bigotry and free expression

It's unlikely that any of those in the packed sanctuary on Harvard University's campus expected the words of Lawrence H. Summers to cause such a stir. Most of those in attendance simply wanted to hear the university's president's annual morning-prayers address.

But what Mr. Summers said that morning last month has been heard far beyond the walls of the Memorial Church. He warned of an "upturn

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