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M Elizabeth Magill photographed at her Inauguration (EastEndQuaker, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
December 9, 2023, 6:15 pm
Penn university head Liz Magill quits, days after dithering on calls for Jewish genocide
Her subsequent clarification was widely panned as insufficient
By The Times of Israel
Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, and Sally Kornbluth, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023, in Washington, DC. The Committee held a hearing to investigate antisemitism on college campuses. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
December 6, 2023, 3:04 pm
Harvard, MIT and Penn presidents grilled on antisemitism at congressional hearing
Penn President Liz Magill said that whether calling for the genocide of Jews is against the university's code of conduct "is a context-dependent decision."
By Andrew Lapin
Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania have announced steps to fight antisemitism after weeks of turmoil on their campuses and others.(Wikimedia, David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images, Columbia University. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg)
November 2, 2023, 12:54 pm
Harvard, Penn, Columbia announce steps to address antisemitism
The announcements come as those schools have contended with complaints that their administrations have not taken sufficient action to protect Jewish students or condemn Hamas.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Statue of Benjamin Franklin, donated to the City of Philadelphia in 1899, sits in front of College Hall at the center of Penn's main campus (Public domain)
October 5, 2023, 9:50 am
UPenn to review event policies after Palestinian culture festival drew backlash
The festival featured public figures accused of antisemitism.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
From left: Don Sable, Gerri Richmond and Sheila Berman, Jews from the Philadelphia suburbs, protest outside of the Palestine Writes Festival at Penn on Sept. 22. (Photo by Jarrad Saffren)
September 26, 2023, 2:29 pm
We went to opening night of the Palestine Writes Festival. Here’s what happened
“It’s about the fact that we remain proud, unbroken, defiant,” the event's organizer said. “Even though we are battered, colonized, exiled, robbed, terrorized and demeaned.”
By Jarrad Saffren
Roger Waters performs in Munich, May 21, 2023. (Angelika Warmuth/picture alliance via Getty Images)
September 20, 2023, 11:53 am
Jewish groups decrying UPenn’s ‘Palestine Writes’ festival are split on the ideal response
Some of the speakers, Jewish organizations say, have used language that condones or encourages Israel’s destruction.
By Ron Kampeas
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