Penn Jewish community leaders respond to encampment, campus protests
Members of Penn’s Jewish community have expressed a variety of opinions about the University’s response to recent protests and the ongoing activism on campus.
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Members of Penn’s Jewish community have expressed a variety of opinions about the University’s response to recent protests and the ongoing activism on campus.
Penn unveiled the 2024 Ivy Stone design on Tuesday at the annual Baccalaureate ceremony.
I did not want to publish another piece on the Israel-Hamas war.
If you’re chronically online at Penn, you’ve likely come across reports of our University’s many appearances in court. Much of the campus conversation on Penn’s legal involvements has been clouded by individuals prioritizing their own experiences at the expense of understanding, or even just acknowledging, those of others. Perhaps this phenomenon owes to recent upsets in discourse; The establishment, privilege, and whiteness have become so integral to conversation that we’re hypersensitive to any fellow classmate or faculty member’s possible complicity in some global conflict.
During Penn’s recent administrative upheaval, the University community found an unexpected silver lining: For the first time, Penn was making headlines alongside Harvard and MIT.
Often, my friends and I eagerly rail against the idea of the corporate, so-called “yuppie,” lifestyle. The thought of following a monotonous nine-to-five routine — confined to a cubicle and endlessly toiling away on spreadsheets, all while benefiting wealthy executives — is a concept we don’t find particularly exciting.
Penn has recently made national headlines after President Liz Magill and Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok resigned from their positions, having faced increasing scrutiny and allegations of complicity in campus antisemitism.
On Nov. 28, Middle East Center director Harun Küçük submitted his resignation amidst the University’s alleged violations of academic freedom. Most notably, members of Penn’s progressive Jewish society Chavurah have been threatened with disciplinary action upon scheduling a screening of “Israelism,” a documentary that critically explores a “deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity” amidst Israel’s “brutal” treatment of Palestinian citizens.
"We can disagree and still be friends."
When I was accepted into Penn, my friends and family were convinced that I would become famous.