The administration has finally issued the formal condemnation we sought. It is a relief to see these events recognized with the moral clarity they demand. We will continue to monitor the school culture to ensure that this commitment remains a lasting reality.
December 30, 2023
Alumni Urge Penn Law to Be a Voice of Morality and Speak Up Against Hamas Terrorism
Final supporters
We, the undersigned alumni of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (“Penn Law”), denounce the horrific acts of terrorism perpetrated by the terrorist organization Hamas against innocent lives in Israel. We write to express our disappointment with the leadership at Penn Law for failing to denounce these acts of terror, and support their Jewish student body and alumni in the wake of these atrocities.
We stand by the people of the State of Israel, Jewish people around the world, and the thousands of families whose lives will never be the same in the aftermath of these atrocities. The attack on October 7, 2023, was the largest massacre of Jews in a single day since the Holocaust. The heinous crimes committed by Hamas include the unimaginable: murder, rape, mutilation, and torture of men, women, the elderly, children, and babies. Hamas brutally murdered over 1,400 people and is holding hostage more than 200. Hamas continues to terrorize Israelis and has launched thousands of rockets aimed at civilians in Israel. Like the Nazis, Hamas has made its goal clear in its charter, – Judenrein – the complete cleansing of the Jewish people. This is the driving force behind their horrific acts of violence. There is no justification for the evil that took place and continues to take place today. We firmly reject any false comparison or equivalency of Hamas’s horrendous acts of terrorism to Israel’s necessary efforts to defend its people. We express unequivocal support for the State of Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorism.
The education we received at Penn Law taught us the importance of using our voices to stand up for good and denounce evil. The unjustifiable and heinous acts of Hamas must elicit a universal and clear response of condemnation. Publicly denouncing these actions and standing with the victims in Israel and the global Jewish community is all of our responsibility. Failure to do so is a moral failure of the school’s leadership. We, alumni of Penn Law, implore the Penn Law administration to urgently speak against the evil that has taken place, stand with Israel’s right to defend itself, and ensure that each of its Jewish students is safe and feels safe. As Elie Weisel remarked, "silence encourages the tormentor" and to date, there has been a deafening silence from our alma mater. Silence like this enables and perpetuates further antisemitic acts - something that has already played out. As recently as October 16, 2023, “protestors” marched down Locust Walk, the main thoroughfare of the University campus, chanting "there is only one solution, intifada revolution" and stating that "there are no civilians, they are all targets." Make no mistake, this is a call for the death of Jews.
Beneath the University of Pennsylvania Seal and Arms it is written: Leges sine Moribus vanae (“Laws without morals are useless”). Penn Law, be the voice of morality and speak up.
The mass slaughter of Jews is wrong and evil.
The intentional targeting and killing of innocent civilians is the very definition of terrorism.
Hamas is a terrorist organization and there is no justification for its actions.
Condemning acts of terrorism is our moral obligation.
These are basic and simple truths that are affirmed by each of us, and we call on Penn Law to do the same. We further call on Penn Law to take affirmative steps to ensure that the campus remains a safe place for Jewish students.
We mourn the tremendous loss of each and every life taken by Hamas’s evil acts. We pray for the safe and swift return of the hostages. We yearn for safety and peace.
Undersigned,
Aaron Feinblatt, Class of 2017
Aaron Katzel, Class of 1997
Aaron Wetenteil, Class of 1989
Adam G. Singer, Class of 2003
Adam Jacobowitz, Class of 2008
Adam Neuman, Class of 2018
Adria Moshe, Class of 2016
Alec Miller, Class of 2021
Alexandra (Munson) Gevirtz, Class of 2019
Alison Freudman, Class of 2021
Aliza Katz, Class of 1989
Amos Benezra, LLM 2021
Amy R. Shapiro, Class of 2003
Andrew Kleinfeld, Class of 2010
Andrew Rutsky, Class of 2018
Ari Buchen, Class of 2015
Ari Feder, Class of 2007
Arlene Fickler, Class of 1974
Aron Gerstel, Class of 2015
Asher Belsky, Class of 2015
Asher Witty, Class of 2020
Avi Goldenberg, Class of 2001
Avi Sinensky, Class of 2008
Aviram Hazak, LLM 2002
Avraham Adler, Class of 2008
Avraham Meer, Class of 2006
Barry Dinaburg, Class of 1989
Ben Bolnick, Class of 2021
Benjamin Henner, Class of 2003
Ben Manson, Class of 2023
Beth Rothenberg Halperin, Class of 1999
Brandon Floch, Class of 2016
Brent Sonnek-Schmelz, WG03, L06
Brett Schwab, Class of 2016
Brian Gluck, Class of 2006
Brian Shiffrin, Class of 1977
Brian Walsh, Class of 2006
Brittany Sherman, Class of 2018
Bruce Genderson, Class of 1977
Bryan Dinner, Class of 2022
Campbell Austin, Class of 2006
Carolyn Bortner, Class of 1990
Carolyn Spelman, Class of 2019
Casey Klein, Class of 2017
Chaim Stern, Class of 2000
Charles Kopciel, Class of 2020
Charles Stern, Class of 2016
Charlie Friedman, Class of 2022
Chris Parlo, Class of 1988
Dana Brody Glass, Class of 2017
Daniel Berger, Class of 2010
Daniel E. Hartstein, Class of 2006
Daniel Epstein, Class of 2018
David Maryles, Class of 1995
Daniel Raikin, C'15, L'20, W'20
Daniel Yunger, Class of 2003
Darren Sandler, Class of 2014
David Baronoff, Class of 2002
David Greenspan, Class of 2001
David Hertz, Class of 1988
David Raim, Class of 1978
David Rose, Class of 1994
David S. Wermuth, Class of 2011
David Schneyer, Class of 2017
David Sheps, Class of 2018
David Yolkut, Class of 2005
Deanna Tanner, Class of 1990
Deidre Kalenderian, Class of 2016
Diana Iskelov, Class of 2009
Dov Brandstatter, Class of 2003
Ed Ryan, Class of 1978
E.J. Borrack, Class of 1990
Elana Handelman, Class of 2021
Eli Isak, Class of 2008
Eliana Applebaum, Class of 2021
Eran Globus, LLM 2023
Erin Iannotti, Class of 2016
Errel Peli, Class of 2023
Eugenia Birman, Class of 2010
Evan Davis, Class of 2006
Felecia Stern, Class of 1992
Galia Porat, Class of 2009
Galit Kierkut, Class of 1995
Gary Sasso, Class of 1977
Geraldine Rothschild Nash, Class of 2015
Glenn David Blumenfeld, Class of 1985
Gregg Kanter, Class of 1990
Hannah Kark, Class of 2023
Harriet Krasnow, Class of 1986
Ian Lurie, Class of 2016
Isaac Silverstein, Class of 2013
Igor Norinsky, Class of 2010
Ilya Rudyak, LLM 2013, SJD 2022
Isaac Roszler, Class of 2016
Irwin Panitch, Class of 1991
Isaac Stern, Class of 2015
Israel Kornstein, Class of 1979
Jack Tanenbaum, Class of 2017
Jacklyn Kornstein, Class of 2021
Jacob M. Abrahamson, Class of 2020
James R. Banko, Class of 1990
James Schuster, Class of 2018
Jamie (Baum) Moses, Class of 2022
Jana Susan Paley, Class of 1989
Jane Komsky, Class of 2018
Jane Schultz, Class of 1985
Jasmin Niku, Class of 2011
Jason H. Sugarman, Class of 2017
Jay Dubow, W81, L84
Jeff Kaye, Class of 1991
Jeffrey Unger, Class of 2005
Jenn Eppensteiner, Class of 2009
Jenna (Weinblatt) Lewis, Class of 2018
Jennifer Ziznewski Eppensteiner, Class of 2009
Jenny Reich, Class of 2018
Jerome R. Verlin, Class of 1964
Jessa DeGroote, Class of 2015
Jessica Hochberg Allali, Class of 2023
Jessica Miller Reiss, Class of 2022
Jill Barton, Class of 2021
Joan Betesh, Class of 1975
Joe Rosenberg, Class of 2018
Joel Lerner, Class of 1979
Joey Shabot, Class of 2006
Jonathan Hoffman, Class of 2020
Jonathan Korman, Class of 2008
Jonathan Newman, Class of 2013
Jordan Kaufman, Class of 2021
Jordana Horn Gordon, Class of 1999
Joseph Landua, Class of 2015
Joseph Ledereich, Class of 2022
Joseph Sommerfeld, Class of 2022
Joseph Teichman, Class of
Joshua Abraham, Class of 2018
Joshua Englard, Class of 2000
Joshua Fordin, Class of 2016
Joshua Katzen, Class of 1979
Joshua Pittell, Class of 2019
Joshua Schlenger, Class of 2010
Joshua Weinberger, Class of 1999
Justin Cohen, Class of 2014
Justin C. Danilewitz, Class of 2007
Judith Oheb, Class of 2008
Kaitlin Gottlieb, Class of 2018
Kaitlin Lunkenheimer, Class of 2016
Katharine Waldman, Class of 2019
Kayla Katz, Class of 2020
Kayla Winarsky McKenzie, Class of 2014
Keith Holmes, Class of 1977
Kipp Cohen, Class of 1994
Lauren Altus, Class of 2021
Lauren Bennett, Class of 2008
Lauren Browdy Weiner, Class of 2023
Lawrence Elie Borger, Class of 2000
Leia Pearl Andrew, Class of 2017
Leibel Gniwisch, Class of 2022
Leona Barsky, Class of 1984
Leopoldine Brauner, Class of 2015
Leslie Shedlin, Class of 1979
Lev Gaft, L.L.M 2016
Lilah Levin, L.L.M '24
Lisa Parlo, Class of 1988
M. David Josefovits, Class of 2020
Marc Lesnick, Class of 1992
Marisa Hamalian, Class of 2016
Mark Disler, Class of 1977
Mark Taub, Class of 2001
Marla Benedek, Class of 2015
Matt Melkin, Class of 1989
Matthew Papkin, Class of 2013
Maxim Mayer-Cesiano, Class of 2006
Mayan Katz, L.L.M 2015
Menachem Weiss, Class of 2007
Meme Stowers Peponis, Class of 1996
Meredith Sherman, Class of 2009
Michael Benn, Class of 2007
Michael Boni, Class of 1988
Michael Buchman, Class of 2008
Michael Burnstein, Class of 2021
Michael Osterman, Class of 1985
Michael Wittmann, Class of 2022
Miriam Weinstock, Class of 2023
Mitchell Snow, Class of 2012
Mor Samuel Shachar, LLM 2019
Moshe Michel, Class of 2021
N. Danny Shulman, Class of 2016
Naomi Zwillenberg, Class of 2014
Nathan Schwartzberg, Class of 2015
Neil Reiseman, Class of 1963
Nicole Sugarman, Class of 2009
Noam Besdin, Class of 2009
Olivia Rosenzweig, Class of 2023
Owen Alderson, Class of 2020
Paul Boni, Class of 1990
Peter Fishkind, Class of 2017
R. Tali Epstein, Class of 1993
Rachel Baker Mann, Class of 2021
Rachel Chiger, Class of 2019
Rachel Lipschutz, Class of 1985
Rachel Mark, Class of 2014
Rachel Marrow Dalton, C’94 L’97
Rachel O. Wolkinson, Class of 2006
Rachel Rosenberg, Class of 2016
Rachel Spinka, Class of 2018
Rachel Vigneaux, Class of 2009
Randall Bryer, Class of 2017
Randolph Tritell, Class of 1977
Reuven Rosen, Class of 2018
Richard Malek, Class of 2019
Ryan Yuffe, Class of 2020
Sam Baldinger, Class of 2018
Sam Griffith, Class of 2016
Samantha Licata, Class of 2018
Samantha Rahmin, Class of 2022
Samuel Hertz, Class of
Sandy Schlesinger, Class of 2016
Sara Sesker, MIL Class of 2019
Sarah Ratner, Class of 2015
Sarah Wolkinson, Class of 2010
Saul Mandel, Class of 1979
Sawyer Dean, Class of 2021
Shane (Fischman) Goldstein, Class of 2019
Shane Herskowitz, Class of 2021
Sharyl Marcus Hertz, Class of 1988
Shawn Donovan, Class of 2017
Shelby Rokito, Class of 2018
Sherry Shen, Class of 2016
Shira Poliak, Class of 2019
Shlomo Troodler, Class of 2004
Sholom S. Licht, Class of 2023
Sierra Blazer, Class of 2020
Sierra Shear, Class of 2016
Simi Kaplin, Class of 2000
Stephanie E. Srulowitz, Class of 2005
Stephen Banker, Class of 1977
Stephen Gell, Class of 1963
Stephen Mattes, Class of 2023
Stephen Pedersen, Class of 2016
Steven Ebert, Class of 2000
Steven Ludwig, Class of 1983
Taly Dvorkis, Class of 2008
Tyler Korn, Class of 2000
Tamara Roth, Class of 2017
Uri Herzberg, Class of 2007
Victoria Fordin, Class of 2016
Wendy H. Schwartz, Class of 1990
Yaakov (Jacob) Dachs, Class of 2016
Yechiel Israel Rotblat, Class of 1993
Yehuda Katz, L’21 WG’21
Yoni Fisch, Class of 2011
Yonina Bendheim Jacobson, Class of 2004
Yoni Henner, Class of 2006
Zachary Greene, Class of 2018
Zaharit (Chen) Greenberg, Class of 2007
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
October 19, 2023
October 18, 2023
The feedback I have received from fellow alumni highlights a deep and shared concern regarding the moral clarity expected from an institution like ours. We are currently preparing to present this collection of signatures to the leadership at the law school to ensure our position is fully documented. Thank you for continuing to engage with this important conversation.
Reached 100 supporters
October 18, 2023
October 18, 2023
Reaching our first hundred signatures will provide a clear marker of the collective resolve among our alumni community. The leadership at Penn Law needs to see that we are united in our commitment to moral clarity regarding these events. Please take a moment to encourage your peers to join this effort so we can demonstrate the true scale of our concern.
129 Comments
Stand by your countrymen who are being held as hostages by a United States designated terrorist organization and halt the failed moral equivalency comparing a democratic state to a terror-run territory.
I am not a grad of Penn Law but I am a licensed attorney, and I fervently believe that law schools have a special responsibility to stand firmly for the rule of law and against terrorism.
Dean Lee: please rise to the crisis and do the right thing. This is a time for moral and legal clarity. Please don’t leave our law school on the sidelines in the face of grotesque atrocities.
I am astounded that I have to ask the so called "leaders" at Penn Law to denounce and condemn genocide, war crimes, and atrocities committed against infants, children, women, civilians, and soldiers. What the hell, Penn Law? What do you stand for? What is the measure of a person?
More universities should be expected to speak out its moral condemnation of such despicable acts of depavravity. Those that don't should no longer be supported by its alumni.
Class of 2012
Hamas=Evil=Satan=Cult of death They are openly calling for genocide on there charter / mission statement. This in not acceptable.
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The administration has finally issued the formal condemnation we sought. It is a relief to see these events recognized with the moral clarity they demand. We will continue to monitor the school culture to ensure that this commitment remains a lasting reality.
December 30, 2023
Alumni Urge Penn Law to Be a Voice of Morality and Speak Up Against Hamas Terrorism
Final supporters
We, the undersigned alumni of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (“Penn Law”), denounce the horrific acts of terrorism perpetrated by the terrorist organization Hamas against innocent lives in Israel. We write to express our disappointment with the leadership at Penn Law for failing to denounce these acts of terror, and support their Jewish student body and alumni in the wake of these atrocities.
We stand by the people of the State of Israel, Jewish people around the world, and the thousands of families whose lives will never be the same in the aftermath of these atrocities. The attack on October 7, 2023, was the largest massacre of Jews in a single day since the Holocaust. The heinous crimes committed by Hamas include the unimaginable: murder, rape, mutilation, and torture of men, women, the elderly, children, and babies. Hamas brutally murdered over 1,400 people and is holding hostage more than 200. Hamas continues to terrorize Israelis and has launched thousands of rockets aimed at civilians in Israel. Like the Nazis, Hamas has made its goal clear in its charter, – Judenrein – the complete cleansing of the Jewish people. This is the driving force behind their horrific acts of violence. There is no justification for the evil that took place and continues to take place today. We firmly reject any false comparison or equivalency of Hamas’s horrendous acts of terrorism to Israel’s necessary efforts to defend its people. We express unequivocal support for the State of Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorism.
The education we received at Penn Law taught us the importance of using our voices to stand up for good and denounce evil. The unjustifiable and heinous acts of Hamas must elicit a universal and clear response of condemnation. Publicly denouncing these actions and standing with the victims in Israel and the global Jewish community is all of our responsibility. Failure to do so is a moral failure of the school’s leadership. We, alumni of Penn Law, implore the Penn Law administration to urgently speak against the evil that has taken place, stand with Israel’s right to defend itself, and ensure that each of its Jewish students is safe and feels safe. As Elie Weisel remarked, "silence encourages the tormentor" and to date, there has been a deafening silence from our alma mater. Silence like this enables and perpetuates further antisemitic acts - something that has already played out. As recently as October 16, 2023, “protestors” marched down Locust Walk, the main thoroughfare of the University campus, chanting "there is only one solution, intifada revolution" and stating that "there are no civilians, they are all targets." Make no mistake, this is a call for the death of Jews.
Beneath the University of Pennsylvania Seal and Arms it is written: Leges sine Moribus vanae (“Laws without morals are useless”). Penn Law, be the voice of morality and speak up.
The mass slaughter of Jews is wrong and evil.
The intentional targeting and killing of innocent civilians is the very definition of terrorism.
Hamas is a terrorist organization and there is no justification for its actions.
Condemning acts of terrorism is our moral obligation.
These are basic and simple truths that are affirmed by each of us, and we call on Penn Law to do the same. We further call on Penn Law to take affirmative steps to ensure that the campus remains a safe place for Jewish students.
We mourn the tremendous loss of each and every life taken by Hamas’s evil acts. We pray for the safe and swift return of the hostages. We yearn for safety and peace.
Undersigned,
Aaron Feinblatt, Class of 2017
Aaron Katzel, Class of 1997
Aaron Wetenteil, Class of 1989
Adam G. Singer, Class of 2003
Adam Jacobowitz, Class of 2008
Adam Neuman, Class of 2018
Adria Moshe, Class of 2016
Alec Miller, Class of 2021
Alexandra (Munson) Gevirtz, Class of 2019
Alison Freudman, Class of 2021
Aliza Katz, Class of 1989
Amos Benezra, LLM 2021
Amy R. Shapiro, Class of 2003
Andrew Kleinfeld, Class of 2010
Andrew Rutsky, Class of 2018
Ari Buchen, Class of 2015
Ari Feder, Class of 2007
Arlene Fickler, Class of 1974
Aron Gerstel, Class of 2015
Asher Belsky, Class of 2015
Asher Witty, Class of 2020
Avi Goldenberg, Class of 2001
Avi Sinensky, Class of 2008
Aviram Hazak, LLM 2002
Avraham Adler, Class of 2008
Avraham Meer, Class of 2006
Barry Dinaburg, Class of 1989
Ben Bolnick, Class of 2021
Benjamin Henner, Class of 2003
Ben Manson, Class of 2023
Beth Rothenberg Halperin, Class of 1999
Brandon Floch, Class of 2016
Brent Sonnek-Schmelz, WG03, L06
Brett Schwab, Class of 2016
Brian Gluck, Class of 2006
Brian Shiffrin, Class of 1977
Brian Walsh, Class of 2006
Brittany Sherman, Class of 2018
Bruce Genderson, Class of 1977
Bryan Dinner, Class of 2022
Campbell Austin, Class of 2006
Carolyn Bortner, Class of 1990
Carolyn Spelman, Class of 2019
Casey Klein, Class of 2017
Chaim Stern, Class of 2000
Charles Kopciel, Class of 2020
Charles Stern, Class of 2016
Charlie Friedman, Class of 2022
Chris Parlo, Class of 1988
Dana Brody Glass, Class of 2017
Daniel Berger, Class of 2010
Daniel E. Hartstein, Class of 2006
Daniel Epstein, Class of 2018
David Maryles, Class of 1995
Daniel Raikin, C'15, L'20, W'20
Daniel Yunger, Class of 2003
Darren Sandler, Class of 2014
David Baronoff, Class of 2002
David Greenspan, Class of 2001
David Hertz, Class of 1988
David Raim, Class of 1978
David Rose, Class of 1994
David S. Wermuth, Class of 2011
David Schneyer, Class of 2017
David Sheps, Class of 2018
David Yolkut, Class of 2005
Deanna Tanner, Class of 1990
Deidre Kalenderian, Class of 2016
Diana Iskelov, Class of 2009
Dov Brandstatter, Class of 2003
Ed Ryan, Class of 1978
E.J. Borrack, Class of 1990
Elana Handelman, Class of 2021
Eli Isak, Class of 2008
Eliana Applebaum, Class of 2021
Eran Globus, LLM 2023
Erin Iannotti, Class of 2016
Errel Peli, Class of 2023
Eugenia Birman, Class of 2010
Evan Davis, Class of 2006
Felecia Stern, Class of 1992
Galia Porat, Class of 2009
Galit Kierkut, Class of 1995
Gary Sasso, Class of 1977
Geraldine Rothschild Nash, Class of 2015
Glenn David Blumenfeld, Class of 1985
Gregg Kanter, Class of 1990
Hannah Kark, Class of 2023
Harriet Krasnow, Class of 1986
Ian Lurie, Class of 2016
Isaac Silverstein, Class of 2013
Igor Norinsky, Class of 2010
Ilya Rudyak, LLM 2013, SJD 2022
Isaac Roszler, Class of 2016
Irwin Panitch, Class of 1991
Isaac Stern, Class of 2015
Israel Kornstein, Class of 1979
Jack Tanenbaum, Class of 2017
Jacklyn Kornstein, Class of 2021
Jacob M. Abrahamson, Class of 2020
James R. Banko, Class of 1990
James Schuster, Class of 2018
Jamie (Baum) Moses, Class of 2022
Jana Susan Paley, Class of 1989
Jane Komsky, Class of 2018
Jane Schultz, Class of 1985
Jasmin Niku, Class of 2011
Jason H. Sugarman, Class of 2017
Jay Dubow, W81, L84
Jeff Kaye, Class of 1991
Jeffrey Unger, Class of 2005
Jenn Eppensteiner, Class of 2009
Jenna (Weinblatt) Lewis, Class of 2018
Jennifer Ziznewski Eppensteiner, Class of 2009
Jenny Reich, Class of 2018
Jerome R. Verlin, Class of 1964
Jessa DeGroote, Class of 2015
Jessica Hochberg Allali, Class of 2023
Jessica Miller Reiss, Class of 2022
Jill Barton, Class of 2021
Joan Betesh, Class of 1975
Joe Rosenberg, Class of 2018
Joel Lerner, Class of 1979
Joey Shabot, Class of 2006
Jonathan Hoffman, Class of 2020
Jonathan Korman, Class of 2008
Jonathan Newman, Class of 2013
Jordan Kaufman, Class of 2021
Jordana Horn Gordon, Class of 1999
Joseph Landua, Class of 2015
Joseph Ledereich, Class of 2022
Joseph Sommerfeld, Class of 2022
Joseph Teichman, Class of
Joshua Abraham, Class of 2018
Joshua Englard, Class of 2000
Joshua Fordin, Class of 2016
Joshua Katzen, Class of 1979
Joshua Pittell, Class of 2019
Joshua Schlenger, Class of 2010
Joshua Weinberger, Class of 1999
Justin Cohen, Class of 2014
Justin C. Danilewitz, Class of 2007
Judith Oheb, Class of 2008
Kaitlin Gottlieb, Class of 2018
Kaitlin Lunkenheimer, Class of 2016
Katharine Waldman, Class of 2019
Kayla Katz, Class of 2020
Kayla Winarsky McKenzie, Class of 2014
Keith Holmes, Class of 1977
Kipp Cohen, Class of 1994
Lauren Altus, Class of 2021
Lauren Bennett, Class of 2008
Lauren Browdy Weiner, Class of 2023
Lawrence Elie Borger, Class of 2000
Leia Pearl Andrew, Class of 2017
Leibel Gniwisch, Class of 2022
Leona Barsky, Class of 1984
Leopoldine Brauner, Class of 2015
Leslie Shedlin, Class of 1979
Lev Gaft, L.L.M 2016
Lilah Levin, L.L.M '24
Lisa Parlo, Class of 1988
M. David Josefovits, Class of 2020
Marc Lesnick, Class of 1992
Marisa Hamalian, Class of 2016
Mark Disler, Class of 1977
Mark Taub, Class of 2001
Marla Benedek, Class of 2015
Matt Melkin, Class of 1989
Matthew Papkin, Class of 2013
Maxim Mayer-Cesiano, Class of 2006
Mayan Katz, L.L.M 2015
Menachem Weiss, Class of 2007
Meme Stowers Peponis, Class of 1996
Meredith Sherman, Class of 2009
Michael Benn, Class of 2007
Michael Boni, Class of 1988
Michael Buchman, Class of 2008
Michael Burnstein, Class of 2021
Michael Osterman, Class of 1985
Michael Wittmann, Class of 2022
Miriam Weinstock, Class of 2023
Mitchell Snow, Class of 2012
Mor Samuel Shachar, LLM 2019
Moshe Michel, Class of 2021
N. Danny Shulman, Class of 2016
Naomi Zwillenberg, Class of 2014
Nathan Schwartzberg, Class of 2015
Neil Reiseman, Class of 1963
Nicole Sugarman, Class of 2009
Noam Besdin, Class of 2009
Olivia Rosenzweig, Class of 2023
Owen Alderson, Class of 2020
Paul Boni, Class of 1990
Peter Fishkind, Class of 2017
R. Tali Epstein, Class of 1993
Rachel Baker Mann, Class of 2021
Rachel Chiger, Class of 2019
Rachel Lipschutz, Class of 1985
Rachel Mark, Class of 2014
Rachel Marrow Dalton, C’94 L’97
Rachel O. Wolkinson, Class of 2006
Rachel Rosenberg, Class of 2016
Rachel Spinka, Class of 2018
Rachel Vigneaux, Class of 2009
Randall Bryer, Class of 2017
Randolph Tritell, Class of 1977
Reuven Rosen, Class of 2018
Richard Malek, Class of 2019
Ryan Yuffe, Class of 2020
Sam Baldinger, Class of 2018
Sam Griffith, Class of 2016
Samantha Licata, Class of 2018
Samantha Rahmin, Class of 2022
Samuel Hertz, Class of
Sandy Schlesinger, Class of 2016
Sara Sesker, MIL Class of 2019
Sarah Ratner, Class of 2015
Sarah Wolkinson, Class of 2010
Saul Mandel, Class of 1979
Sawyer Dean, Class of 2021
Shane (Fischman) Goldstein, Class of 2019
Shane Herskowitz, Class of 2021
Sharyl Marcus Hertz, Class of 1988
Shawn Donovan, Class of 2017
Shelby Rokito, Class of 2018
Sherry Shen, Class of 2016
Shira Poliak, Class of 2019
Shlomo Troodler, Class of 2004
Sholom S. Licht, Class of 2023
Sierra Blazer, Class of 2020
Sierra Shear, Class of 2016
Simi Kaplin, Class of 2000
Stephanie E. Srulowitz, Class of 2005
Stephen Banker, Class of 1977
Stephen Gell, Class of 1963
Stephen Mattes, Class of 2023
Stephen Pedersen, Class of 2016
Steven Ebert, Class of 2000
Steven Ludwig, Class of 1983
Taly Dvorkis, Class of 2008
Tyler Korn, Class of 2000
Tamara Roth, Class of 2017
Uri Herzberg, Class of 2007
Victoria Fordin, Class of 2016
Wendy H. Schwartz, Class of 1990
Yaakov (Jacob) Dachs, Class of 2016
Yechiel Israel Rotblat, Class of 1993
Yehuda Katz, L’21 WG’21
Yoni Fisch, Class of 2011
Yonina Bendheim Jacobson, Class of 2004
Yoni Henner, Class of 2006
Zachary Greene, Class of 2018
Zaharit (Chen) Greenberg, Class of 2007
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
October 19, 2023
October 18, 2023
The feedback I have received from fellow alumni highlights a deep and shared concern regarding the moral clarity expected from an institution like ours. We are currently preparing to present this collection of signatures to the leadership at the law school to ensure our position is fully documented. Thank you for continuing to engage with this important conversation.
Reached 100 supporters
October 18, 2023
October 18, 2023
Reaching our first hundred signatures will provide a clear marker of the collective resolve among our alumni community. The leadership at Penn Law needs to see that we are united in our commitment to moral clarity regarding these events. Please take a moment to encourage your peers to join this effort so we can demonstrate the true scale of our concern.
129 Comments
I am truly disgusted by University of PA’s recent actions to invite terrorists on campus and lack of moral clarity. As a student parent and spouse of a U of Penn alumnus, I urge to think about how this has impacted your institution’s reputation among the Jewish community.
Stand by your countrymen who are being held as hostages by a United States designated terrorist organization and halt the failed moral equivalency comparing a democratic state to a terror-run territory.
I am not a grad of Penn Law but I am a licensed attorney, and I fervently believe that law schools have a special responsibility to stand firmly for the rule of law and against terrorism.
Dean Lee: please rise to the crisis and do the right thing. This is a time for moral and legal clarity. Please don’t leave our law school on the sidelines in the face of grotesque atrocities.
I am astounded that I have to ask the so called "leaders" at Penn Law to denounce and condemn genocide, war crimes, and atrocities committed against infants, children, women, civilians, and soldiers. What the hell, Penn Law? What do you stand for? What is the measure of a person?
More universities should be expected to speak out its moral condemnation of such despicable acts of depavravity. Those that don't should no longer be supported by its alumni.
Class of 2012
Hamas=Evil=Satan=Cult of death They are openly calling for genocide on there charter / mission statement. This in not acceptable.
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I am truly disgusted by University of PA’s recent actions to invite terrorists on campus and lack of moral clarity. As a student parent and spouse of a U of Penn alumnus, I urge to think about how this has impacted your institution’s reputation among the Jewish community.