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