Cornell University Jewish Center Receives Death Threats

Cornell University in upstate New York has been the center of much of the wrong sort of attention recently, and that trend continued this weekend. The campus was temporarily placed on lockdown under a high alert status yesterday, centered around the school’s Center for Jewish Living. The Center was the target of multiple antisemitic comments and death threats that were described by the university’s president as “horrendous.” The information was provided to the FBI and an investigation into potential hate crimes has been requested. While the full content of the messages was not released to the public, the intent was clear. The threats were not generalized, but targeted specifically at Jewish students and staff, directly referencing the Center for Jewish Living. (NY Post)Read More