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a colorful, caffeinated, calm fall weekend spent in the company of research papers and friends 😌 🍂
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Incantation bowl with Hebrew inscriptions from the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, dating back to 400-800 CE. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA.
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Dion J. Pierre
The lawsuit dismisses concerns about rising antisemitism at Penn, describing efforts to eradicate it as a conspiracy by “billionaire donors, pro-Israel groups, other litigants, and segments of the media” to squelch criticism of Israel and harm Arab students and academics. It also castigates the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, calling it a tool of a “militant minority which believes that Israel can do no wrong.” The IHRA definition and its use by the House Education and Workforce Committee in its investigation into antisemitism at Penn, the lawsuit continues, is “unconstitutional” and part of a larger plan of a “‘social engineering movement to repeal the First Amendment.”
If successful in disrupting Congress’s investigation into Penn, the lawsuit could conceal from lawmakers, and thereby the public, evidence indicating that Fakhreddine — who has praised Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel as a “new way of life” — and other Penn officials involved in organizing “Palestine Writes” intentionally invited antisemitic speakers to campus.
Held in September, the “Palestine Writes Literature Festival” outraged Jewish community members, as well as non-Jewish leaders and lawmakers, for its inclusion of anti-Zionists who have weaponized classic antisemitic tropes to undermine support for Israel. Speakers listed on the event’s initial itinerary included University of Gaza professor Refaat Alareer, who said in 2018, “Are most Jews evil? Of course they are,” and Salman Abu Sitta, who once said in an interview that “Jews were hated in Europe because they played a role in the destruction of the economy in some of the countries, so they would hate them.”
Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd frontman, was also a scheduled speaker. Last year, a documentary revealed fellow musicians detailing Waters’ long record of anti-Jewish barbs. In one instance, a former colleague recalled Waters at a restaurant yelling at the wait staff to “take away the Jew food.”
By the time former Penn president Elizabeth M. Magill — who resigned in December — appeared before the House Education and Workforce Committee on Dec. 5 to testify about her handling of the event — which included refusing to cancel it — anti-Zionist protests at the university amid the Israel-Hamas war had descended into demagoguery and intimidation of Jewish students, as activists berated pro-Israel counter-protesters for condemning Hamas’ Oct. 7 onslaught.
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Teddy Pendergrass photographed by Bernard Gotfryd at the University of Pennsylvania for Newsweek, 1979.
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Free Penn online courses that sound interesting
Modern & Contemporary American Poetry
Wonders of Ancient Egypt
Greek and Roman Mythology
Ancient Philosophy: Aristotle and His Successors
Introduction to Ancient Egypt
Hollywood: History, Industry, Art
#dark academia#light academia#chaotic academia#romantic academia#adhd academia#dark academia aesthetic#bookblr#books#studyblr brazil#college studyblr#college#uniblr#upenn
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They’re taking over the country. They control everything. Billionaire fascist oligarchs like Koch, Crow, and Walton fund them. We do nothing but bitch online after the fact.
If we don’t organize and take to the streets it’s Nazi Germany and we’re the enemies of the state.
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Oopsie! I’m 98% certain a cat was involved, somehow.
(UPenn Ms. Codex 1077)
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your ‘context’ is my life. resign.
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I’m reposting this in response to the appalling defense of antisemitism and genocide mounted by the morally-bankrupt Presidents of Harvard, UPenn, and MIT in front of Congress this week. They should all resign or be fired.
#harvard#upenn#MIT#leadership#extremism#education#antisemitism#genocide#campus antisemitism#save america
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Letter on Israel's predicted genocide of Palestinians from 1992:
this was not out of nowhere
nothing came "out of the blue"
the carnage has been present for decades
the only question remaining is:
what will people do?
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This large, unbound manuscript, LJS 278, is full of stunning watercolor illustrations of flora, fauna, and more. Written in Persian, this text examines the medicinal uses of plants, animals, and minerals. The piece most likely dates from either 1595 or 1645. Thank you Nell Fossa for bringing us #MedicalMonday every week!
Online: https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9949183233503681
#medicalmonday #upenn #herbals #botany #science #medical #ivyleague #librariesoftumblr #sims #aesthetic #academia #manuscripts
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It's official
This coming fall, I will be starting my PhD in Mathematics at Upenn!
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#liz magill#upenn#university of pennsylvania#antisemitism#genocide against jews#brain dead neo nazis
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I guess just like "innocent until proven guilty" so has "freedom of speech" gone the way of COMMON DECENCY!!!!
I don't care what side of the conversation you happen to be on, personally or professionally, hatred of any kind is not right... Opinion!!!#ALLLIVESMATTER. ...there is NEVER justification for murder.
ALL Religions need to find common ground with each other, Learn to live together PEACEFULLY!!!!!!
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"Safety first." That’s the approach taken by university administrators these days.
On campuses across the country, "safety first" has been the rationale for silencing speech and firing professors. This practice has birthed a whole new moral framework, one that treats microaggressions as acts of violence.
"It's your job to create a place of comfort and home for the students."
But when it comes to threats and calls for genocide against the Jews...
"One solution! Intifada revolution!"
... it's a different story. Not safety first, but anything goes.
Just look at the facts. Last year, Harvard told students in a mandatory training session that using the wrong pronouns for a person constitutes abuse. "Sizeism and fatphobia," according to the session, are also attitudes that "contribute to an environment that perpetuates violence."
But when Harvard's president was asked by members of Congress this week in a hearing on campus antisemitism, if calling for the genocide of Jews constitutes bullying and harassment, here's what she said:
"It can be, depending on the context."
In 2018, the University of Pennsylvania barred law professor Amy Wax from teaching freshman after she said black students "rarely" finish in the top of their graduating class. Penn has since been trying to sanction Wax for statements the law school says violate its antidiscrimination policies.
But when Penn's president was asked if calls for genocide violate college rules, here's how she answered:
"If the speech turns into conduct, it can be harassment, yes."
"I am asking specifically calling for the genocide of Jews. Does that constitute bullying or harassment?"
"If it is directed and severe or pervasive, it is harassment."
"So the answer is yes."
"It is a context-dependent decision."
And when she was asked this:
"So is your testimony that you will not answer yes?"
This is what she said:
"If the speech becomes conduct, it can be harassment, yes."
"Conduct meaning committing the act of genocide? The speech is not harassment? This is unacceptable, Ms. Magill. I'm going to give you one more opportunity for the world to see your answer. Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Penn's code of conduct when it comes to bullying and harassment? Yes or no?"
"It can be harassment."
In 2021, MIT canceled a major lecture about climate change by scientist Dorian Abbott because a group of graduate students disagreed with his belief that hiring should be based on a person's merit, rather than their identity. If MIT won’t tolerate unacceptable views, surely the college president would shut down chants of "Long live the intifada" on her campus...
"Long live the intifada!"
... right?
"At MIT, does calling for the genocide of Jews violate MIT‘s code of conduct or rules regarding bullying and harassment? Yes or no?"
"If targeted at individuals, not making public statements --"
"Yes or no? Calling for the genocide of Jews does not constitute bullying harassment?"
"I have not heard calling for the genocide for Jews on our campus."
"But you’ve heard chants for intifada?"
"I’ve heard chants, which can be antisemitic depending on the context when calling for the elimination of the Jewish people.
"So those would not be, according to the MIT's code of conduct or rules."
"That would be investigated as harassment, if pervasive and severe."
But antisemitic speech on campus has already escalated into physical violence.
Students at these campuses have been assaulted, targeted and harassed.
"Safety first." But when it comes to the Jews, it all depends on the "context."
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It would be one thing if these universities had consistently refused to censor free speech, and told the students, "no, you have to accept that people can and will say things you don't like."
But they haven't. They've done the opposite. Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard, presided over the worst score any university has ever received on FIRE's College Free Speech Rankings: 0 out of 100. Actually, they scored lower than 0, but FIRE had to round it up.
https://www.thefire.org/news/harvard-gets-worst-score-ever-fires-college-free-speech-rankings
In 2020, Harvard ranked 46 out of 55 schools. In 2021, it ranked 130 out of 154 schools. Last year, it ranked 170 out of 203 schools. And this year, Harvard completed its downward spiral in dramatic fashion, coming in dead last with the worst score ever: 0.00 out of a possible 100.00. This earns it the notorious distinction of being the only school ranked this year with an “Abysmal” speech climate.
What’s more, granting Harvard a score of 0.00 is generous. Its actual score is -10.69, more than six standard deviations below the average and more than two standard deviations below the second-to-last school in the rankings, its Ivy League counterpart, the University of Pennsylvania. (Penn obtained an overall score of 11.13.)
These universities have done nothing but suppress speech, but suddenly they're free speech absolutists when it comes to calling for the extermination of all Jews?
This makes much more sense if you re-read the section on Dorian Abbott and take a moment to glance at the panel for a moment: they're all intersectional feminists put into top university positions as diversity hires for identarian reasons.
FIRE maintains a Disinvitation Database.
Harvard:
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I keep seeing people making excuses that "intifada" means anything from just demonstrations to more aggressive armed action, so calling for "intifada" is not necessarily a call to genocide.
The problem here is the same as "faith." There is, by definition, no boundary on "faith," so as soon as you endorse "faith" as a way to know the world, you forfeit the right to judge what others do based on "faith." If "intifada" is so broadly defined, you don't get to say, "well, to me it means demonstrations." It doesn't matter how you define it, privileged Western college student, it only matters what the sickest, most depraved, most psychopathic Palestinian does in the name of the far-right Islamic religion, ideology and movement you've just promoted and endorsed. There's no distinction between your "intifada" and theirs.
By calling for "intifada," you endorse anything and everything done under that banner. (Besides which, we all know by now that "pro-Palestine" activists are really pro-Hamas, due to their abject refusal to condemn the Islamic jihadi terrorists.)
Now remember that Hamas are jihadi Islamic supremacists, and Palestinian civilians were also involved in the attacks, including dragging dead Israelis through the streets and beating captives in the backs of trucks. So, when they seek "intifada," are they more likely to veer more towards "demonstrations" or are they more likely to go more in the direction of a genocidal atrocity?
"You should attack every Jew possible in all the world and kill them."
-- Fathi Hamad, political leader of Hamas.
"Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it."
-- Hamas Covenant, 1988
https://quranx.com/Hadith/Bukhari/USC-MSA/Volume-1/Book-8/Hadith-387
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah."
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#Maya Sulkin#Bari Weiss#safetyism#antisemitism#The Free Press#Mein Context#intifada#genocide#free speech#freedom of speech#academic corruption#censorship#pronoun culture#pronouns#Harvard University#massachusetts institute of technology#MIT#University of Pennsylvania#UPenn#religion is a mental illness
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This is what needs to continue to happen!
Honestly I don't know if Mr. Stevens is Jewish and I honestly don't think it should make a difference.
I will say though that I think Jewish donors and foundations should pull their funding from any organization that is not denouncing anti-semitism.
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