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<\/a><\/p>\nWendy Raymond, the president of Haverford College, testifies during the House Education and Workforce Committee hearing in Congress, May 7, 2025. (Tom Williams\/CQ Roll Call)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Guangtian Ha, a religion professor at the Pennsylvania liberal arts college, was accused of sending the victim approximately 50 messages between October 2025 and May 2026, according to a federal indictment. He also posted information about the victim\u2019s home address and family.<\/p>\n
Haverford President Wendy Raymond said in a message to the college community that Ha was placed on administrative leave and barred from campus during the criminal case. Ha, who taught courses on Islam and religion in Asia, was on sabbatical and not teaching this semester.<\/p>\n
Raymond said she was \u201cheartbroken and furious\u201d about the allegations, adding that \u201cany form of harassment or discrimination based on identity is unacceptable, antithetical to our values, and has no place at Haverford.\u201d She said a Haverford representative had contacted people who were targeted by \u201cthese heinous online attacks, which were antisemitic in nature.\u201d <\/p>\n
Ha contacted a victim through at least four different X accounts, according to the indictment. In various messages, he called the person a \u201cJew pig,\u201d urged them to leave the country and the township and said, \u201cIf jews are so special then they should also be placed in special camps and receive special treatments.\u201d <\/p>\n
Ha is also accused of posting an image of the victim\u2019s home mailbox, which identified their address. After the victim took security measures, Ha allegedly wrote, \u201cThe goyim have woken up, jew. Run. Flee. Leave. Blurring your home on google map and installing a security camera next to your mailbox won\u2019t help.\u201d He also threatened the victim\u2019s family and their son by name, according to the indictment. <\/p>\n
JTA could not reach Ha for comment.<\/p>\n
Ha was previously named in a 2024 antisemitism lawsuit against the school, which Haverford settled in August. The group Jews at Haverford said in the lawsuit that students and faculty showed \u201csevere and pervasive hostility toward Jewish students\u201d in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. <\/p>\n
That lawsuit accused Ha of writing posts that attacked Jews \u201ccommitted to Israel.\u201d In one post, Ha said he \u201cwill never forgive\u201d Haverford community members who were \u201csilent on this genocide or even tacitly support it,\u201d referring to Gaza, adding, \u201cI know their names and I know their faces.\u201d<\/p>\n
As part of the settlement, Raymond said that discrimination or harassment against students who were Jewish, Israeli or identified with Zionism violated the school\u2019s policy. Haverford declined to clarify whether Ha was penalized as a result of the 2024 lawsuit or any other allegations of antisemitism on campus prior to his arrest.<\/p>\n
In 2025, Republican New York Rep. Elise Stefanik questioned Raymond during a hearing on campus antisemitism. Stefanik, whose grilling of university leaders in 2023 prompted two to step down, appeared to warn Raymond that her job was on the line after Raymond refused to discuss individual cases of alleged antisemitism. <\/p>\n
\u201cRespectfully, president of Haverford, many people have sat in this position who are no longer in the positions as president of universities for their failure to answer straightforward questions,\u201d said Stefanik.<\/p>\n