Penn student Jack Starobin protests the university's unwillingness to allow his group to screen a film critical of Israel on campus this semester. - Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS
PHILADELPHIA — University of Pennsylvania student organizers who screened a film critical of Israel on campus against the university’s direction face potential disciplinary consequences. The screening of "Israelism" by Penn Chavurah, a progressive Jewish student group,occurred Tuesday without incident with about 60 students and faculty in attendance. Penn’s Middle East Center was able to reserve a room for students without disclosing what film would be shown. The documentary, which debuted at a film festival in February, depicts the stories of “two young American Jews raised to unconditionally...
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