U. is investigating disruption at Bennett event, Eisgruber says

April 09, 2025 1 min read

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Vitus Larrieu
Daily Princetonian 

Excerpt: The University is investigating the disruption of a speaker event on Monday with former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 wrote to The Daily Princetonian on Tuesday. Eisgruber also said that he had personally apologized to Bennett and said he was “appalled at reports of antisemitic language” outside the event.

Eisgruber’s statement followed a letter written by Danielle Shapiro ’25 and Maximillian Meyer ’27, the respective presidents of pro-Israel student groups B’Artzeinu Princeton and Princeton Tigers for Israel. The letter accused protesters of antisemitism, asking Eisgruber to implement a campus-wide mask ban and dissolve Princeton’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). The letter also called on Eisgruber to issue a public apology to Bennett and initiate disciplinary action against the protesters.

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Mark Stuart
Mark Stuart

April 12, 2025

I completely agree with you.
Please keep me informed of any more speeches or lectures.
Would like to show my support for the Jewish Students and help releave any discomfort they might be feeling.
I am a Jewish Man and would like to help
This should not be allowed or tolerated.
Wishing everybody a happy; healthy, safe passover.
Mark Stuart.201 736 8427

Blair Perot
Blair Perot

April 11, 2025

PFS need to start a speaker series and they need to invite 4x per year the most conservative and offensive speakers they can think of. They need to keep inviting people until Eisgruber is fired, students are expelled, and the admissions office is reformed from purposefully admitting disruptive students.
The only way to stop this behavior is to inoculate against it. Make these “offensive” speakers commonplace so the disruptors become exhausted and repeatedly defeated. Leftists must be taught to tolerate ideas they don’t like with a brutal heavy hand.

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