UPenn is increasing its campus security due to an influx of threatening emails targeting its Jewish community.
The University of Pennsylvania is responding after receiving an increase of reports of threats and violence targeting members of its Jewish community.
The release then announces that due to the hateful emails, Penn’s Division of Public Safety conducted safety sweeps of Penn Hillel and Lauder College House and found no credible threat. However, the school says it will increase its security presence throughout campus including Penn Hillel, the Katz Center, Lubavitch House, and other religious and cultural spaces, as well as at all rallies, protests, vigils, and other campus gatherings.
The statement signed by UPenn President Mary Elizabeth Magill, condemned the antisemitic acts and words and acknowledged the amount of hurt and fear it is causing for their Jewish students, staff and faculty.
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