 SCOOPUPenn president declines to intervene in antisemitic conference on campus GETTY IMAGES In letter to ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, UPenn’s Elizabeth Magill highlights its ‘commitment to open expression’By Matthew Kassel Citing the University of Pennsylvania's "commitment to open expression and academic freedom," the school's president, Elizabeth Magill, indicated in a private letter to the Anti-Defamation League that she would not directly intervene in a Palestinian cultural festival that begins on Friday and features a number of controversial figures who have voiced antisemitic rhetoric. You May Have MissedPOISON PENSUPenn to host festival featuring speakers calling for the destruction of IsraelUniversity administrators attempted to distance themselves from the event, saying they have 'deep concerns about several speakers who have a documented and troubling history of engaging in antisemitism.' ON THE RECORDEx-CNN commentator at progressive summit: Major news outlets are ‘Zionist orgs’ Former CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill claimed that news outlets like NBC and ABC were “Zionist organizations” that produced “Zionist content,” during a panel on Friday at the annual Netroots Nation summit held by progressive activists in Philadelphia.Read more...    |
9.21.2023
Scoop: UPenn president declines to intervene in antisemitic conference on campus
