Jewish high school students in New York City have been warned not to enroll at Cornell University after it was reported that the university was not protecting Jewish students. From repeated cases of anti-SemitismThis was revealed by FOX News Digital.
“As a national alumni network dedicated to countering anti-Semitism on campus, we believe we have a duty to warn prospective Jewish students and their families about Cornell University’s failure to protect our community. “I felt that way,” Avi Gordon, executive director of Alumni Association for Campus Equity, said in a statement. to Fox News Digital.
Campus Fairness alumni sent a pamphlet this month to every high school in the New York City metropolitan area, saying, “Cornell University refuses to enforce its student code of conduct and fosters a hostile atmosphere that puts Jewish students at risk.” “I do,” he claimed.
“Think about Cornell University. Cornell University is not a safe place for Jewish students,” the group’s brochure adds. According to the Campus Fairness Alumni Association, the pamphlet was styled like promotional materials the university would send to prospective students.
Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York, approximately 320 miles from the Big Apple.
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Alumni supporting Campus Fairness sent pamphlets to New York City high schools urging Jewish students not to apply to Cornell University. (Alumni of Campus Fairness.)
Last year, the Department of Education launched investigations into several universities, including Ivy League schools Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University, over allegations of discrimination on campus. The House Ways and Means Committee also announced an investigation in January into four elite universities over their handling of anti-Semitism on campus, including Cornell University, Penn University, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
On Cornell University’s campus, Fox News Digital reported last year that Russell Rickford, a history professor and self-identified “secular Marxist,” described the war in Israel as “exhilarating,” before calling it “justifying terrorism.” It was reported that he was accused of doing so.
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Cornell University student Patrick Dye, 21, was also arrested in October for allegedly posting threatening messages on a Greek life message board.
Campus Fairness alumni sent pamphlets to Jewish high school students in New York City warning them not to apply to Cornell University. (Alumni of Campus Fairness.)
According to the criminal complaint, Dye wrote on Oct. 28, “Watch out for the pig Jews. Jihad is coming. Nowhere is safe. Your synagogues will become graveyards. Your women will be raped. The children will be beheaded. Glory be to Allah,” he is said to have written.
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A mugshot of Patrick Dye, who was arrested on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Dye, a junior at Cornell University, was arrested for allegedly using interstate communications to post threats to kill or injure others. (Broome County Sheriff’s Office)
Protests against Israel were also seen at the school, and graffiti with words such as “Israel is fascist,” “Israel is crap,” and “Zionism = racism” was also seen inside the school.
New York City Jewish activist Lizzie Sabetsky told Fox News Digital that Cornell University has an obligation under Title XI to protect Jewish students from discrimination.
“As a mother, the safety and well-being of Jewish students on college campuses is of paramount importance. Universities like Cornell University have a strong commitment to protecting Jewish students and those who support Israel, not just ethically, but also under Title XI. “We have a duty to ensure that we protect against discrimination and harassment,” she said.
“If these institutions fail to create a safe environment, it sends a clear message to the Jewish community that our children are not welcome. It is imperative that we take decisive action against them and ensure that all students have access to an education without fear’ for their Jewish and Zionist identity. ”
Alumni for Campus Equity is calling on Cornell University to fire Rockford, enforce a student code of conduct, and define and condemn anti-Semitism.
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Governor Kathy Hochul, along with Cornell University President Martha Pollack, visited with students at Cornell’s Center for Jewish Life in Ithaca, New York, on Monday, October 30, 2023. (Lindsay France/Cornell University)
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The group is also calling on the Ivy League to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s statement on anti-Semitism, which outlines: “Anti-Semitism is defined as a certain perception of Jews. Rhetorical and physical expressions of anti-Semitism are directed against Jews, or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, and may be expressed as hatred against Jews. Towards human community organizations and religious institutions. ”
FILE – A woman walks in front of the Cornell University sign on the Ivy League school’s campus on January 14, 2022 in Ithaca, New York. (AP Photo/Ted Shafley, File)
After the outbreak of war in Israel, both Penn and Harvard resigned amid national and university outrage after the former president appeared before Congress in December and was roundly criticized for his handling of the university. I saw it. antisemitism of each campus.
Earlier this year, Cornell University President Martha E. Pollack wrote a letter to the school community in the wake of new allegations of anti-Semitism, blaming students for an alleged social media post calling for the death of “Zionists.”
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“This morning, we learned of a social media post in which a Cornell University student allegedly declared, ‘Zionists must die.’ Cornell Police and the Office of Student Conduct are investigating, and Cornell University’s If we determine that any posts were made by members of our community, they will be held fully accountable and subject to appropriate sanctions,” Pollack wrote in January. “This post is heinous and we condemn it in the strongest terms.”
The letter comes shortly after the school received a letter from the House Ways and Means Committee in January indicating that Cornell University could lose its tax-exempt status over its response to anti-Semitism on campus. was criticized as “window dressing” by William Jacobson, a prominent Cornell Law School professor.
William Jacobson, who joined the faculty in 2007, said, “A day after a Congressional letter that jeopardized Cornell’s federal funding, Cornell’s response appears to be window dressing to make it look like it’s doing something.” ” in a statement to Fox. News digital for the month.
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Cornell University’s media team told Fox News Digital on Monday morning that the school had no comment on the pamphlets sent to high school students.
