Just days after two sociology professors at Hebrew University of Jerusalem were sanctioned for sexual misconduct with students, the university has rejected accusations of trying to hush up more than 100 reports of sexual harassment against female students on campus. “They are trying to sweep it under the carpet,” said Miriam Zalkinder, a former law student at the university in Jerusalem and a women’s rights activist. According to Onlife, a Hebrew-language news Web site, officials at a student hot line at Tel Aviv University report a similar attitude, saying that some 50 complaints of sexual harassment are passed on to the university authorities each year, with few tangible results.

In February, Gideon Aran, a sociology professor at the university, was found guilty of inappropriate conduct after having an affair with a student and then harassing her. The same month, Eyal Ben-Ari was suspended for two years without pay after a disciplinary panel ruled that he had engaged in “intimate relations” with three female students. “Most of the actions attributed to Professor Ben-Ari were carried out prior to the enactment of the law against sexual harassment, and therefore he was found guilty of conduct unbecoming a member of the faculty,” said a statement from the university.

Esther Shohami, Hebrew University’s dean of students, said the university was not suppressing reports of sexual harassment. “Every complaint of this mature that I receive is dealt with in the most direct and objective manner,” she said.