Jewish group at Cornell targeted by antisemitic threats
Entrance to Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. - Amy Lutz/Dreamstime/TNS
October 30, 2023
Cornell University’s campus Jewish life organization was under the watch of state and campus police Monday after hate-filled threats of violence were made against the student group, officials said. The upstate university’s president, Martha Pollack, said in a Sunday message to her community that the “horrendous” antisemitic threats explicitly named the location of the university’s Center for Jewish Living. Pollack said that the university had notified the FBI, and that campus police were investigating. Ominous threats were posted on Greekrank, a website for grading fraternities and sororities,...