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Billionaire Ronald Lauder has threatened to halt donations to the University of Pennsylvania if it doesn't take a stronger stance against antisemitism.
  • Billionaire Ronald Lauder wrote a letter threatening to stop donations to the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Lauder is the latest alum and megadonor to criticize the school's handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
  • At colleges across the country, tensions over the war have reached a boiling point.

Ronald Lauder, the billionaire Estée Lauder heir, wrote a searing letter to the University of Pennsylvania's president threatening to stop donations to the school if it doesn't take a stronger stance against antisemitism.