Former Gov. Ed Rendell argues UPenn President Liz Magill made a 'mistake' in failing to immediately condemn alleged antisemitic remarks by the speakers who were slated to appear at a Palestinian literature festival last month.
University of PennsylvaniaRendell, a graduate of UPenn, argues university president Liz Magill made a "mistake" in failing to immediately condemn alleged antisemitic remarks by the speakers who were slated to appear at a Palestinian literature festival last month.
"That was a mistake. But gosh, if I had to step down as governor every time I made a mistake, I wouldn't have made it a week," said Rendell, who teaches a course each fall at UPenn and served two terms as Pennsylvania governor from 2003 until 2011. "I don't think she is going to step down." Rendell said Magill seems like a "perfectly decent person" and credited the UPenn president for making "very strong" statements about antisemitism prior to the Palestine Writes festival.Indeed, some members of the UPenn faculty and even the UPenn Jewish community criticized Magill prior to the Sept. 22 Palestine Writes festival for being too critical of the event.
"The notion that the Wolf Humanities Center contributed to this hate fest, otherwise known as the Palestine Writes Festival, is an abomination," Wolf wrote in a letter to Magill obtained by CNN. The intense criticism from affluent donors has been unwelcome by at least some UPenn faculty, with leaders of the faculty senate accusing outsiders of "intimidation."
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