‘We fear [the resolution] will make Jews at MSU feel isolated, excluded and hated within campus culture,’ professor says
The Michigan State University Faculty Senate voted down an Israel divestment resolution on Tuesday.
The resolution demanded divestment from “from all financial holdings that support and profit from Israel’s military campaign and plausible acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip.”
“Thirty-three voted no and 16 voted yes to the resolution,” The State News reported .Some faculty want to “create a subcommittee” to study the university’s investments, according to the campus newspaper.“We fear (the resolution) will make Jews at MSU feel isolated, excluded and hated within campus culture,” Jewish Studies Professor Kirsten Fermaglich said, according to the student newspaper.Political scientist Jennifer Goett supported the resolution. She said her husband has lost family in the conflict.“My family’s horror and trauma over this genocide are only amplified knowing that MSU, that our employer, has assets […]
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