Fetterman, McCormick urge Pitt, Penn State to allocate resources to campus Jewish organizations

U.S. Sens. John Fetterman and Dave McCormick are urging five Pennsylvania universities, including the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State, to allocate resources to their campus Jewish organizations after nearly two years of tension, protest and debate at colleges over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Identical letters were sent to the leaders of Pitt, Penn State, the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Lehigh University last week urging these schools to ensure all students “are safe and able to fully participate in campus life.”

“No student should feel like they must risk their safety to exercise their First Amendment rights to peacefully assemble and freely practice their religion,” part of the page-long letter reads. “No campus institution should have to curtail its