On the University of Pennsylvania campus, Jewish students calling for more support have gotten it.
Locally, students on both sides of the issue have been dissatisfied with their universities' responses. Now, the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia has
Shouts of "free, free, free Palestine," could be heard on the Bryn Mawr campus Wednesday morning. As those voices were raised outside, students sat inside Taylor Hall at the president's office. "I want the college to encourage their students to call their congressmen, call their representatives, to call for a cease-fire," said Tala Qaraqe, who is from Palestine and a member of Students for Justice in Palestine."Our Palestinian peers are being silenced and being told the way they're articulating their freedom is anti-Semitic.
"I think the administration is sincere and they want things to be better here for Jews," said Yitzy Tanner, a UPenn senior as he left the Hillel building.In a statement, Magill now says, "We recognize it is our collective responsibility as a community to stand clearly and strongly against anti-Semitism in all its odious forms. Penn has work to do."
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