Cornell University was on high alert Sunday night after a series of “horrific, antisemitic” messages threatening the school’s Jewish community were posted earlier on a public forum, school officials said Sunday night.
The school alerted law enforcement agencies and campus police to take precautions after a series of disturbing online posts made threats aimed at Jewish students and the Center for Jewish Life, according to the university’s president Martha Pollack.
The FBI was contacted about a possible hate crime at an upscale New York Ivy League school during the Israel-Hamas war, Pollack said.
“Earlier today, a series of horrific antisemitic messages threatening violence against our Jewish community and specifically naming 104 West – the home of the Center for Jewish Life – were posted on a website unrelated to Cornell,” Pollack wrote.
“Threats of violence are absolutely intolerable, and we will work to ensure that the person or persons posting them are punished to the fullest extent of the law,” he also wrote. “Our immediate focus is on keeping the community safe; we will continue to prioritize that.”
The campus at Cornell was on alert Sunday after a series of antisemitic posts were written online. Getty Images University president Martha Pollack strongly condemned the threat. Cornell University
The Cornell University Police Department said in a community alert for the entire city of Ithaca that “evidence indicates the targeted locations were intentionally selected due to the bias of the perpetrators.”
Cornell Hillel said in a social media post that it was aware of threats made against 104West, which houses the school’s halal and multicultural dining hall, and advised students and staff to avoid the building “out of caution.”
One post on the Greekrank website called for students to follow Jewish students home and cut their throats, the student newspaper, the Cornell Sun, reported Sunday.
The message specifically named the 104 West building pictured, home of the Jewish Life Center. Google Maps Statement issued by the school. The FBI was contacted about a potential hate crime at a top New York Ivy League school during the Israel-Hamas war. The school informed law enforcement agencies and the campus police to take precautionary measures. X / @samaberman
“We will not tolerate antisemitism at Cornell. During my time as president, I have repeatedly denounced bigotry and hatred, both on and off our campuses,” Pollack wrote in his statement Sunday.
“The violence and devastation of antisemitism is real and deeply affects our Jewish students, faculty and staff, as well as the entire Cornell community.”
Governor of New York Kathy Hochul said in a statement at X that the State police will “take any steps necessary to keep students safe.”
History Professor Russell Rickford, who has come under fire for calling for Hamas attacks on Israel. Rickford is currently on vacation until at least the end of the semester.@samaberman / X
“Disgusting & hateful message board posts about @Cornell Jewish students are the latest in a series of troubling incidents on college campuses,” Hochul wrote.
The sickening message comes just days after graffiti was scrawled on the university’s sidewalks containing messages such as “F—k Israel” and “Zionism = Racism.”
Earlier this month, a professor called the Hamas attack on Israel that left 1,400 dead “exhilarating” and “energizing.” Russell Rickford, an associate professor of history, is currently on leave until at least the end of the semester.”
There has been a surge in antisemitism across the country and on college campuses since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, prompting the Jewish state to retaliate against the terrorist group.
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