Antisemitism at Penn

A new partnership aims to help make Jewish students feel safe from antisemitism on college campuses amid protests over the Israel-Hamas War. The American Jewish Committee and Jewish on Campus teamed up to support Jewish students before, during and after their college years. 

A new report from the Anti-Defamation League gave Penn a D and Princeton an F grade in protecting Jewish students on their campuses.

How do Drexel University, Lehigh University, the University of Delaware and the University of Pennsylvania do when it comes to addressing antisemitism on campus? The Anti Defamation League has released its Campus Antisemitism Report Card.

Pro-Palestinian faculty at the University of Pennsylvania are suing the Ivy League school to stop it from sending sensitive internal files to a congressional committee investigating antisemitism on campus.

Pro-Palestinian faculty at the University of Pennsylvania are suing the Ivy League school to stop it from sending sensitive internal files to a congressional committee investigating antisemitism on campus. They call the Congressional probe “a new form of McCarthyism” that threatens their safety and academic freedom.

Dwayne Booth, who teaches political cartooning at the University of Pennsylvania, is under scrutiny after posting material that the school’s president has called ‘incongruent with our efforts to fight hate.’

Penn lecturer Dwayne Booth, who teaches a course on political cartooning, has been accused by the school’s newspaper of posting anti-Israel and antisemetic cartoons under a pen name. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has details.

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, has requested all documents on the University of Pennsylvania’s response to on-campus antisemitism as the committee has launched a new investigation into the school.

Philadelphia’s University of Pennsylvania remains in the sights of U.S. Congress amid ongoing concerns over the response to antisemitism on campus.

Temple University is now the latest Philadelphia-area school to be added to a federal probe of alleged discrimination on college campuses across the nation. 

The University of Pennsylvania announced their new Chair of the Board of Trustees nearly a month after their previous Chair resigned amid controversy over the school’s handling of reported antisemitism on campus. 

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives is defeating legislation to send $33 million to the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school. That’s after the school’s president resigned amid criticism that it has tolerated antisemitism. The legislation on Wednesday night failed after the House Republican floor leader said the university must make it clear that it opposes antisemitism. Penn’s president Liz Magill resigned Saturday...

Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives shot down legislation to send $33 million to the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school. That’s after the school’s president resigned amid criticism that it has tolerated antisemitism. The funding is an annual appropriation that normally draws strong bipartisan support.

The University of Pennsylvania’s new interim president J. Larry Jameson will face several challenges amid continued outrage over antisemitism on college campuses. NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal has the details.

The University of Pennsylvania has announced its new interim president on Tuesday. Dr. J. Larry Jameson will take over the role after serving 12 years as the school’s Dean of the School of Medicine. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville tells us more about Jameson and how students are reacting.

The board of trustees at University of Pennsylvania has named Dr. J Larry Jameson as the new interim president. This comes after Liz McGill resigned as president over the weekend after she made controversial comments on Capitol Hill related to antisemitism on campus. Despite resigning as president, McGill will remain a tenured faculty member at UPenn’s law school.

University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill and the board chair have both resigned amid widespread criticism of the handling of alleged antisemitism on campus. 

Liz Magill has resigned as the University of Pennsylvania’s president amid national scrutiny of Penn’s policies on antisemitism. For the time being Magill will act as interim president until the board names a new one. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors has what students had to say about the kind of changes they want to see from new leadership.

Students, lawmakers and religious leaders joined forces Sunday at a temple in Philadelphia to strongly denounce antisemitism on college campuses and in their communities. NBC10’s Karen Hua has the story.

Students, lawmakers and religious leaders have joined forces at a temple in Philadelphia to strongly denounce antisemitism on college campuses and in their communities. The gathering Sunday at Congregation Rodeph Shalom comes one day after University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned amid criticism over her testimony at a congressional hearing.