University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned from her post Saturday after facing intense criticism from the White House, lawmakers and alumni for appearing to dodge a question at a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism. ...The hearing was bizarre. These colleges have women presidents who do not express themselves very well, and should have been able to explain the difference between bullying and expressing a political opinion.In a five-hour House hearing Tuesday, Magill and her counterparts at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were grilled over how their institutions responded to the rise in anti-Jewish hate since Oct. 7.
In their testimonies, the three university leaders each condemned antisemitism. The outcry centered on a contentious exchange with Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who asked whether “calling for the genocide of Jews” would violate each school’s code of conduct.
Instead of directly replying to Stefanik’s yes-or-no question, Magill said that decision would be “context-dependent.”
Penn continues to try to fire its excellent Jewish professor Amy Wax.
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I would have thought that calling for genocide wasn't really a statement you had much room to quibble about the context at all...I am trying to actually just conceive of such a context where it might be considered perfectly acceptable. Outside of very dark satire I got nothing.
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