ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA NEWS RELEASE ZOA Letters to Temple University Soros-Affiliated President Jason Wingard on Antisemitic Incident There January 19, 2022 VIA EMAIL Dr. Jason Wingard, President Temple University Second Floor, Sullivan Hall 1330 Polett Walk Philadelphia, PA 19122 Dear President Wingard (link to info on Wingard’s anti-Israel Soros affiliation): xxxxxxxWe write again to urge Temple University to harshly discipline the student who targeted and harassed her former roommate and rowing teammate, Sasha Westrick, based on Ms. Westrick’s Jewish identity. In our January 17 letter, we described in detail the harassment that Ms. Westrick endured at Temple for months. It was so severe and persistent that it created a hostile educational environment for Ms. Westrick and interfered with her ability to participate in and benefit from the activities and opportunities that Temple has to offer. As a result of the harassment, Ms. Westrick reportedly stopped going to rowing practice, quit the rowing team and has actually left Temple to attend another school. xxxxxxxPlease consider the swift and forceful actions that other university leaders correctly took when students engaged in offensive speech about Blacks and women. Unlike the situation at Temple, the offenses at these other universities were isolated incidents, and the offenders did not target anyone specifically based on their race or sex. The offenders were nevertheless harshly punished because they created a hostile learning environment for others. xxxxxxxAt the University of Oklahoma, members of a fraternity were caught on video chanting the “n” word and referring to lynching. The university’s president wasted no time in expelling two leaders of the fraternity, disciplining over 20 other students and shutting down the entire fraternity – even though the entire fraternity had not been involved in the incident – because the “racist and exclusionary chant . . . created a hostile learning environment for others.” The president said, “Our purpose is to learn lessons and be held accountable and then move forward with our lives." xxxxxxxWhen fraternity members at Yale University chanted in a campus quad, “No means yes! Yes means anal!” and other revolting messages, the university suspended the fraternity for five years and penalized individual students for violating university rules relating to “harassment, coercion or intimidation” and “imperiling the integrity and values of the University community.” As the Yale College Dean wrote in her message to students and faculty about the sanctions imposed, “Every member of our community has a legal and moral right to an educational environment free from harassment and intimidation.” READ FULL LETTER Read the initial letter send on January 17, 2022: INITIAL ZOA LETTER Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Join Us in Florida (In-Person Event!) Thursday, February 24, 2022 ZOA Florida "Heroes for Israel Gala" Featuring Amb. David Friedman, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Mayor Gabriel Groisman, Rabbi Ariel Yeshurun, and ZOA National President Morton A. Klein REGISTER NOW Founded in 1897, ZOA played a key role in the Jewish State's re-establishment. Today, ZOA is the leading major American Jewish organization courageously defending Israel and the Jewish people; fighting against all forms of antisemitism, including anti-Jewish boycotts; and promoting the Jewish people's lawful right to live in and settle historic Jewish lands. ZOA exposes that a Palestinian state would endanger Israel's existence; presents the facts about the Arab/Islamic war against Israel; and combats the anti-Israel lie that Israel is an "occupier" of her own land. ZOA spearheaded long battles to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, and apply civil rights protections to Jewish students. ZOA provides free legal assistance and programs to pro-Israel students at numerous college campuses. ZOA's bold, unapologetic voice has a significant impact on public discourse and policy. DONATE NOW Copyright © Zionist Organization of America 2022, All rights reserved. Zionist Organization of America | 633 Third Ave, 31 B, New York, NY 10017 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by [email protected]