Published December 6, 2023
Millions of Americans watched in horror this week as the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn testified before Congress about the vile anti-Semitism we have seen on their campuses in recent weeks.
Despite being given ample chances to do so, they just couldn’t seem to bring themselves to admit that the far left students carrying out these acts are violating school policies.
All of the school presidents hid behind a supposed commitment to free speech, but we know that’s false because conservative speakers are routinely shouted down on college campuses.
Now, billionaire hedge fund manager and academic donor Bill Ackman is demanding that these school presidents ‘resign in disgrace.’
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SOURCE: www.thegatewaypundit.com
RELATED: Antisemitism has billionaires bailing on Ivy League donations
Billionaire donors say elite universities will not get their money so long as they tolerate antisemitism or blame Israel for Hamas attacks
Published November 2, 2023
Billionaires are pulling back on donations to leading Ivy League colleges amid allegations of antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment that have become more visible in the wake of Hamas’ terror attack on Israel.
Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack that killed at least 1,400 Israeli civilians and soldiers and at least 35 Americans sparked a response on elite campuses in the U.S. that in some cases featured statements drawing an equivalence between Hamas’ actions and those of Israel, or in the case of some student groups, placing the blame for the deadly attack solely on Israel.
Some of the elite Ivy League colleges where the controversy was the most intense are among those with the largest endowments of all higher education institutions in the U.S. – which prompted billionaire donors to push back against the antisemitism and anti-Israel rhetoric by calling for leadership changes and threatening to withhold donations.
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SOURCE: www.foxbusiness.com
RELATED: Harvard loses another major donor over its ‘dismal failure’ to take an ‘unequivocal stand against the barbaric murders’ of Israelis by Hamas
Donors and alumni at some colleges have been pulling support over the institutions’ response to the Hamas attack on Israel, which killed at least 1,400 Israelis.
A major Harvard donor said it will no longer fund the university. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images
Published October 16, 2023
The Wexner Foundation became the latest donor to pull support from Harvard University over its response to the Hamas attack on Israel.
The foundation’s wealth is derived from L Brands, the former parent company of retailers Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works.
The philanthropy, chaired by Leslie Wexner and Abigail Wexner, said in a letter to the Harvard Board of Overseers Monday that it was ending its “financial and programmatic relationship” with the university. The foundation supports up to 10 government and public service professionals from Israel each year to pursue a one-year degree from the Harvard Kennedy School.
“We are stunned and sickened at the dismal failure of Harvard’s leadership to take a clear and unequivocal stand against the barbaric murders of innocent Israeli civilians by terrorists last Saturday, the Sabbath and a festival day,” the foundation wrote in a letter signed by the Wexners, President Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson and Ra’anan Avital, the director general.
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SOURCE: www.fortune.com
