A long-serving trustee has resigned over what he called the University of Pennsylvania's 'embrace of antisemitism,' the latest hit to the Ivy League institution roiled by an alumni and donor revolt over anti-Israel sentiment on campus.
A long-serving trustee has resigned over what he called the University of Pennsylvania’s “embrace of antisemitism,” the latest hit to the Ivy League institution roiled by an alumni and donor revolt over anti-that he was stepping down immediately, saying that he no longer believes the university is “acting in the best interests of the students or community.”
Mr. Gureghian, founder and CEO of the charter-school consulting group CSMI, said he held off until Friday’s board meeting to make his decision, hoping that his mind would be changed, but “I felt no such reassurance.” “I hold great hope for the future of the University of Pennsylvania, but for that hope to be realized, I believe you must commit to stop harboring haters,” he said.and President Liz Magill resign, saying that “leaders have for too long allowed this kind of anti-Jewish hate, which sanitizes Hamas’s atrocities, to infect their campuses.”“Sadly, their leadership has inadequately represented the ideals and values of our university and they should be held to account,” Mr. Wolfresponded to Mr.
“The fact that Penn hosted the Palestine Writes Literary Festival just a few weeks ago, and at that festival speakers condoned violent efforts to defeat Zionism, is abhorrent,” Mr. Gureghian said. “I was shocked to read of the hate-filled rhetoric being espoused on our campus at an event fully supported by the University.”of seeking to “purge dissent” by “organizing attacks on me and my fellow Jewish trustees for speaking out,” which Mr.
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