Ex-Tinder CEO Says He’s Ditching Speaking Gig at ‘Anti-Semitic Cesspool’ UPenn
Elie Seidman called for a change in the campus leadership.
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Former Tinder and OkCupid CEO Elie Seidman said he is canceling a speaking event at the University of Pennsylvania over its response to the Israel-Gaza conflict, calling for a change in the campus leadership. “I was supposed to speak at Penn in late November. I’m cancelling [sic]” Seidman wrote on X. “Penn needs to insure [sic] that it is a safe and hospitable place for Jewish students - not an anti-semitic cesspool.” Critics have attacked the university for hosting a Palestinian literary conference. Seidman last week said he agreed with Apollo CEO Marc Rowan in calling for university President Elizabeth Magill to resign.
I was supposed to speak at Penn in late November. I'm cancelling. Penn needs to insure that it is a safe and hospitable place for Jewish students - not an anti-semitic cesspool. A change in leadership is necessary at this point.
— Elie Seidman (@elieseid) October 18, 2023
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