Local News Critics protest Harvard’s choice to lead antisemitism task force Bill Ackman and Lawrence Summers decried the choice of Derek Penslar, a professor of Jewish history, who had signed a letter describing Israel as an apartheid regime. Sophie Park / The New York Times, File A Harvard University task force on antisemitism has gotten off to a rocky start, with complaints that the professor chosen to help lead the panel had signed a letter that was critical of Israel, describing it as “under a regime of apartheid.” Harvard’s new interim president, Alan Garber, announced the formation of two “presidential...