Jewish Faculty Members Targeted in ‘Wanted’ Posters at the University of Rochester

Jewish Faculty Members Targeted in ‘Wanted’ Posters at the University of Rochester

This is the type of thing that should shut down a college campus. Send in investigators from the civil rights division of the Justice Department.

CNN reports:

Hundreds of ‘wanted’ posters were plastered across the University of Rochester campus. Jewish faculty members were targeted

Hundreds of posters depicting Jewish faculty members as “wanted” were plastered across the University of Rochester campus in upstate New York on Sunday night, an antisemitic act the school’s president told CNN “would not be tolerated.”

The posters criticize faculty members for their alleged response to the war in Gaza. One poster accuses a faculty member of “ethnic cleansing” and “displacement of Palestinians.” A different poster accuses another faculty member of “racism,” “hate speech” and intimidation.

“I want to be as clear as I can that the University of Rochester strongly denounces the recent display of ‘Wanted’ posters targeting senior University leaders and members of our faculty, staff, and Board of Trustees,” university President Sarah Mangelsdorf said in a statement Tuesday. “This act is disturbing, divisive and intimidating and runs counter to our values as a university.”

The university’s Hillel organization, which represents Jewish students, called the posters “deeply disturbing” in a statement to CNN and said its director was one of the targets, as were Jewish faculty and staff, but no students.

The organization called the incident “an opportunity for the University to reflect on what is needed to instill meaningful education about Jewish Peoplehood and antisemitism, so that UR is a place where Jewish life can fully and safely thrive.”

University Public Safety Chief Quchee Collins in a letter posted on the school’s website called the incident “an act of vandalism” whose goal it seemed is to “intimidate members of our University community.” He said his department is investigating.

CNN also reached out to the Hillel director pictured on a poster, who responded with an automatic email reply.

Images are emerging from the University of Rochester of "Wanted" posters being plastered on the walls.

The wanted individuals? The University's Jewish faculty.

So, what are students meant to do when they find the people on these signs? pic.twitter.com/7HRGzvC9nh

— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) November 12, 2024

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