A Jewish member of Brown University’s governing board has resigned in protest ahead of a vote next month on whether the school will divest its endowment from companies linked to Israel.

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Brown University trustee resigns in protest of school's upcoming Israel divestment vote - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Top hedge fund manager Joseph Edelman will quit Brown University's board of trustees to protest a planned vote on whether the Ivy League school should sell off its investments in companies that have business ties with Israel.

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A trustee at Brown University announced his resignation on Sunday over the school's vote on Israel divestment.

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‘Lacks Basic Moral Judgement’: Elite University Trustee Steps Down Over Vote On Israel Divestment

Brown University trustee Joseph Edelman resigned in protest against the school’s upcoming vote on whether to divest from companies linked to Israel, saying the decision reflects a troubling stance toward rising antisemitism on campus.

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Brown Trustee Edelman Resigns Over Divestment Vote on Israel

Brian Clark, a school spokesperson, responded that Edelman has a 'fundamental misunderstanding of the decisions that led to the upcoming vote on divestment'

Brown University trustee Edelman resigns over divestment vote on Israel

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Joseph Edelman, a New York hedge fund manager, called the decision to proceed with such a vote “a stunning failure of moral leadership” in his resignation letter

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Trustees resign from Brown Ivy League over anti-Israel BDS motion

Joseph Edelman decries school's 'stunning failure of moral leadership' in agreeing to student protesters' demand; university criticizes his 'misunderstanding' of decision

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Brown University trustee resigns in protest of upcoming vote on Israel divestment

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Following months of pro-Palestinian protests on Brown University’s campus, a trustee of the Brown Corporation is now resigning. Trustee Joseph Edelman, who joined the Brown Corporation in 2019, posted an op-ed piece announcing his resignation in the Wall Street Journal over the weekend. “I disagree with the upcoming divestment vote on Israel. I am concerned about what Brown’s willingness to hold such a vote suggests abo…

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Brown University trustee resigns ahead of divestment vote

The former trustee wrote holding the vote was “morally reprehensible” and “an act of cowardice” in the wake of the deadliest assault on the Jewish people since the Holocaust.

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‘Morally reprehensible’: Brown trustee resigns ahead of vote that could divest college’s endowment from companies with Israel ties - The Boston Globe

Brown University trustee resigns in protest of school’s upcoming Israel divestment vote.

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Jewish Brown University trustee resigns

Joseph Edelman, a New York hedge fund manager, called the decision to proceed with such a vote “a stunning failure of moral leadership” in his resignation letter, a version of which he published in the Wall Street Journal. Edelman said the divestment vote, agreed to as part of a deal with pro-Palestinian student activists, represents an unacceptable concession to forces that call for Israel’s destruction and are responsible for rising antisemiti…

Brown University trustee resigns in protest of school’s upcoming Israel divestment vote

Brown University trustee resigns in protest of school’s upcoming Israel divestment vote

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