{"id":2072671,"date":"2023-10-19T06:12:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T10:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-ivy-league-schools-lose-donors-amid-anti-israel-student-activism\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T06:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T10:16:27","slug":"israel-war-ivy-league-schools-lose-donors-amid-anti-israel-student-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-ivy-league-schools-lose-donors-amid-anti-israel-student-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivy League schools face donor loss due to anti-Israel student activism during Israel war."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-war-ivy-league-schools-lose-donors-amid-anti-israel-student-activism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2072671&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Donor Revolt Hits Ivy League Schools Over Response to Antisemitism and Hamas Attacks<\/h2>\n<p>The University \u2063of Pennsylvania and Harvard, two prestigious Ivy \u2064League schools,\u200d are facing a major backlash from prominent financiers who have\u2063 decided to cut off their\u200d support. The reason? Their response to antisemitism and\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-reject-measure-to-provide-funds-for-israels-iron-dome-block-attempts-to-sanction-hamas-reports\/\" title=\"Democrats Reject Measure To Provide Funds For Israel\u2019s Iron Dome, Block Attempts To Sanction Hamas: Reports\">recent terrorist attacks<\/a> by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>These institutions, known for their academic excellence, have witnessed influential\u200b donors closing their checkbooks due to international outrage against student \u200dactivists who have defended the terrorist attacks in Israel. The attacks resulted in the deaths of over 1,300 people, with at least \u20643,000 casualties in Israel&#8217;s military response.<\/p>\n<h3>Pressure Mounts on University Administrators<\/h3>\n<p>University administrators have been under immense pressure to\u2062 condemn Hamas and the \u200ccampus organizations and \u2062leaders \u2064who have \u2064expressed support for\u200b the terrorist group. However,\u2063 their responses, particularly from UPenn\u200b President Liz Magill, have infuriated donors who \u200baccuse the schools of \u2062being indecisive in\u200d the face of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>This week, \u2062the University\u2063 of Pennsylvania lost donations from the foundation of\u2064 Jon Huntsman, \u200dthe former governor of Utah \u2064and ambassador\u200d to Russia and China. \u2064Huntsman \u2062described the institution as &#8220;almost\u2063 unrecognizable&#8221; and criticized its embrace of &#8220;moral relativism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ron Lauder, the heir to the Estee Lauder \u200bcosmetics company, \u200dalso informed Magill that he would reconsider his financial support for UPenn. Lauder cited a campus climate of\u2062 antisemitism, including a recent &#8220;Palestine Writes Literature\u200d Festival&#8221; that he personally \u2062requested\u200c Magill to cancel. Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megadonors-pour-record-amount-of-money-into-get-out-the-vote-effort-for-dems\/\" title=\"Megadonors Pour Record Amount of Money Into \u2018Get Out the Vote\u2019 Effort for Dems\">major donor<\/a>, David Magerman, also pointed to the \u2062event as the reason for\u2063 ceasing\u200b his donations to the school.<\/p>\n<p>Billionaire\u200b CEO Marc \u2062Rowan \u2064went a step further, \u200bcalling for Magill&#8217;s resignation and announcing that\u200c he would no\u2062 longer contribute financially.\u200b Rowan criticized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/community-remembers-yale-student-killed-in-conn-2\/\" title=\"Community remembers Yale student killed in Conn.\">university president<\/a> for failing to condemn the &#8220;hate-filled&#8221; event.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2063 polarizing Palestine Writes gathering \u200dfeatured well-known antisemites and fomenters of hate and racism and was underwritten, supported\u2062 and hosted by various UPenn academic departments \u200band affiliates,\u201d Rowan wrote\u200d in\u2064 an \u2063op-ed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At \u200dHarvard, the Wexner Foundation, a prominent nonprofit, became \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-ivy-league-schools-lose-donors-amid-anti-israel-student-activism\/\" title=\"Ivy League schools face donor loss due to anti-Israel student activism during Israel war.\">latest high-profile donor<\/a> to withdraw\u2062 its \u2064financial support. \u200dThe foundation accused the school of &#8220;tiptoeing&#8221; around the issues of antisemitism \u200band Hamas\u200b after 31 student groups blamed Israel for the deadly\u200d attacks.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe \u200bare stunned and sickened by \u200bthe dismal \u2062failure of Harvard\u2019s leadership to take a clear and unequivocal stand against \u2063the barbaric murders of innocent Israeli\u200c civilians,\u201d the \u200dfoundation expressed in a letter to the school.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In\u200d both cases, the donor outrage primarily\u200d focused on the institutions&#8217; responses rather than the incidents themselves. Harvard President \u2062Claudine\u200b Gay attempted to address the situation by releasing \u200ba \u200cvideo statement emphasizing the university&#8217;s rejection \u200cof terrorism, hate, and harassment based\u200d on beliefs, while also affirming its \u2063support for free expression.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding Magill, the outrage centered on the university&#8217;s refusal to condemn\u200d the &#8220;Palestine Writes Literature Festival.&#8221; \u2062Although Magill \u200bissued statements condemning Hamas, starting three days after the attacks, donors remained \u2062dissatisfied.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Gonzalez, \u200ba senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, believes that the\u200d response to these attacks has exposed significant\u200c issues within higher \u200deducation.\u200b He highlighted the horrific \u2063nature of the attacks and the subsequent celebration by professors \u2064and students, prompting\u200d people to\u2064 question the state of academia.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I think people have begun to \u200csay, &#8216;Hang on, \u200cwell, what have\u200d we done to ourselves\u2063 here?'&#8221; Gonzalez added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gonzalez emphasized that there should \u200bnot have been any difficulty in addressing the \u200ccontroversy in the first place.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no gray area for students and professors. This is not a tough one,&#8221; he\u200d stated. &#8220;There&#8217;s no context \u200cthat \u200da professor can give that justifies the raping of women and then humiliating their bodies. \u2064&#8230; It&#8217;s just horrific stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tufts-university-urges-rooting-out-racism-training-for-white-christan-students\/\" title=\"Tufts University Urges \u2018Rooting Out Racism\u2019 Training For White, Christan Students\">university administrators<\/a>\u200c justify their defense of free\u200d speech and open dialogue in the \u200cface of donor criticism, and why has this defense not been well received by donors<\/h2>\n<p><span>  H-profile donor to withdraw its support. The foundation, known for its commitment to Jewish leadership, released a statement expressing its deep disappointment in Harvard&#8217;s handling \u200bof\u2062 antisemitism on campus and its failure to\u2062 condemn the terrorist attacks by Hamas. The foundation announced that it would \u200bredirect its funds\u2062 to other institutions that prioritize the safety and well-being of Jewish students.<\/p>\n<p>The donor backlash comes as\u2063 no surprise, as both UPenn and Harvard have faced criticism in recent years for \u2063their perceived tolerance of anti-Israel sentiments on campus. Student\u200d activist \u200bgroups that support \u200cthe Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel have been vocal in their condemnation of the Jewish state, often blurring\u200c the line between legitimate criticism and antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the donor revolt, university administrators have attempted to defend their\u2063 positions, emphasizing the importance of\u200b free speech and open dialogue on campus. They argue\u200b that the universities must\u200b provide a platform for all voices, even those with controversial \u200dviews. However, this defense has fallen flat\u2062 in the eyes \u200cof the donors.<\/p>\n<p>Critics\u2062 argue\u200d that there is a difference between providing a platform\u200c for diverse perspectives and endorsing hate speech and terrorist sympathies. They contend that universities \u200bhave \u2063a responsibility to promote a safe and inclusive environment for all students, including \u200bJewish students who may feel \u200btargeted by these expressions of antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>The donor revolt is a wake-up call for Ivy League institutions to take a stronger \u200dstance against antisemitism and to support the well-being of\u200b their Jewish students. It highlights the importance of fostering a campus culture that values respect, tolerance,\u200b and understanding.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to\u2062 be seen how these schools will respond to the loss of financial support and the public backlash. Will they make a \u200cconcerted effort to\u2062 address the concerns of their donors and the wider \u200cpublic? Or will they double down on their commitment \u200bto free speech, potentially alienating\u200b their financial supporters further?<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the outcome, \u2062this donor revolt serves as a reminder that even prestigious institutions like the\u2063 University of Pennsylvania and Harvard are not immune to public \u2063scrutiny. It sends a clear message that donors expect their funds\u2063 to be used\u2062 responsibly and in alignment with their values. The\u200c repercussions \u2063of this backlash may extend beyond the financial realm, impacting the reputation and standing of these prestigious\u200b universities for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Pennsylvania and Harvard, prestigious Ivy League schools, are losing donor support due to their handling of antisemitism and the recent Hamas attacks. Prominent financiers are cutting off funding, joining the international outrage against student activists. 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