Edgar Bronfman, Jr., slams UPenn leaders for ‘morally bankrupt’ response to Hamas terror attack on Israel
Private equity executive Edgar Bronfman, Jr., whose family includes well-known supporters of Israel, is calling for the leaders the University of Pennsylvania to step down due to their response to the Hamas terror attacks against Israel, CNN has learned.
Bronfman, a former media executive and Seagrams scion, argues and Chairman Scott Bok “greatly dishonored the legacy” of the Ivy League school by “abandoning principle for popularity and clarity for consensus.”
“The University’s decision not to firmly and unequivocally denounce the horrendous deeds of October 7 and rather to seek a consensus path among its many constituencies is a morally bankrupt choice,” Bronfman wrote to Magill in a November 6th email obtained by CNN. “It is the worst form of appeasement.”
Bronfman joins a growing group of business leaders at one of America’s most powerful universities.
and hedge fund billionaire Cliff Asness.
In the email, Bronfman said Bok and Magill must resign because “their egregious errors and lapses have rendered each of them incapable of leading the University of Pennsylvania.” Bronfman noted that he is a parent of undergraduates at Penn, Wharton, New York University, Bard, Harvard and Georgetown.
since the October 7 terror attack by Hamas and as the Israel-Hamas war continues.
Last week, UPenn said it sent to university staff. Those emails threatened violence against members of the Jewish community, though no credit threats were found following police sweeps, UPenn said.
Antisemitic messages were also projected onto several UPenn campus buildings last week.
UPenn declined to comment on the Bronfman email.
