She isn't backing down
She continued, "As a Jew, my connection to Israel is a core aspect of my identity, and I hoped that this trip would help me to experience Israel through a new lens."
But during a Nov. 28 student government meeting, Wright was told that if she proceeded with plans to go on the trip, there would be consequences. Wright said that due to her intention to participate in the trip, the council "voted to call for my resignation from my positions in student government."
"This is not the first time that Jewish students at McGill have been bullied out of student government," Wright admitted in the post. "Two years ago, three students were voted off of the SSMU Board of Directors simply for being Jewish or connected to pro-Israel organizations. Last year, a Political Science summer exchange course taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was the source of a controversy in which pro-Israel students were harassed and cyber-bullied."
According to The College Fix, Wright has said that, in defiance of the threats, she plans to go on the trip.
A news release by the student government argues that the real issue they had with Wright's trip was that it was a free trip from Hillel Montreal. Accepting gifts such as this "compromises [student government representatives'] ability to be perceived as impartial when representing the entire student body on the Board of Directors," they say.
Other members are not so sure. In an open letter to the board of directors, some students are defending Wright, saying they "believe the direction of the debate was focused on a specific member, Jordyn Wright … in a way that was startling and unwarranted. We are not surprised that Councillor Wright subsequently expressed that she felt targeted and attacked during this session, and we agree that the nature of the motion and its amendments as adopted by the session were hostile, directed, and should be a matter of wider concern."
The letter further calls the recent incident a "mistake" that must be "rectified."
Hillel Montreal published a Facebook post of its own in support of Wright, saying it is "deeply concerned and gravely disappointed" by the motion passed by the student government at McGill.
(H/T The College Fix)
According to The College Fix, Wright has said that, in defiance of the threats, she plans to go on the trip.
A news release by the student government argues that the real issue they had with Wright's trip was that it was a free trip from Hillel Montreal. Accepting gifts such as this "compromises [student government representatives'] ability to be perceived as impartial when representing the entire student body on the Board of Directors," they say.
Other members are not so sure. In an open letter to the board of directors, some students are defending Wright, saying they "believe the direction of the debate was focused on a specific member, Jordyn Wright … in a way that was startling and unwarranted. We are not surprised that Councillor Wright subsequently expressed that she felt targeted and attacked during this session, and we agree that the nature of the motion and its amendments as adopted by the session were hostile, directed, and should be a matter of wider concern."
The letter further calls the recent incident a "mistake" that must be "rectified."
Hillel Montreal published a Facebook post of its own in support of Wright, saying it is "deeply concerned and gravely disappointed" by the motion passed by the student government at McGill.
(H/T The College Fix)
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