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Cornell University student Patrick Dai is accused of making online threats against the school's Jewish community. David Bauder/APAfter the threats were posted Sunday, Cornell University police ramped up patrols and increased security for Jewish students and organizations, the agency said. At Cornell, Jewish students make up about 22% of the student body, with about 3,000 undergraduate and 500 graduate Jewish students, according to the school’s Hillel organization. “Jewish students on campus right now are unbelievably terrified for their lives,” Molly Goldstein, co-president of the Cornell Center for Jewish Living, told CNN. “The virulence and destructiveness of antisemitism is real and deeply impacting our Jewish students, faculty and staff, as well as the entire Cornell community.

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☆ Cornell University students have left campus and are afraid to sleep in their rooms after violent online threats were made against Jewish pupils
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Violent, anti-Semitic threats were made online against Jewish students at Cornell University. Cornell University police have launched an investigation into the matter and notified the FBI. AdvertisementAdvertisementJewish students at Cornell University are "scared to sleep here" after violent, anti-Semitic threats were made online against the New York college amid the Israel-Hamas war. "But threatening Jewish students," the student said, "feels really unfair." The posts included a shooting threat at 104 West and called for violence against Jewish students, according to the student newspaper.

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Cornell University administrators dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements appeared on a discussion board Sunday. Cornell President Martha E. Pollack issued a statement explaining there were a series of “horrendous, antisemitic messages” threatening violence against the university's Jewish community, specifically naming the address of the Center for Jewish Living. The Cornell University Police Department is investigating and has notified the FBI of a potential hate crime, she said. Political Cartoons View All 1223 Images“The virulence and destructiveness of antisemitism is real and deeply impacting our Jewish students, faculty and staff, as well as the entire Cornell community,” Pollack said, noting antisemitism will not be tolerated at Cornell. New York Attorney General Letitia James called the threats targeting the Jewish community “absolutely horrific."

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☆ Authorities investigating online threats of violence against Jewish students at Cornell University, school’s president says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | Artemis Moshtaghian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Cornell University police are investigating a series of antisemitic threats made against the school’s Jewish community in online posts over the weekend, its president announced. “The FBI is aware of the threats made to Cornell University’s Jewish community,” the agency said in a statement. “The virulence and destructiveness of antisemitism is real and deeply impacting our Jewish students, faculty and staff, as well as the entire Cornell community. This cannot be what defines us at Cornell.”Cornell senior Zoe Bernstein, who is Jewish, told CNN she was heartbroken to read the antisemitic posts, which she said have spread fear and distress throughout the campus’ Jewish community. “It’s really, really hard to focus on anything other than all of this,” she said.

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☆ Cornell suspends frat parties and social events after reports of off-campus sexual assault and druggings
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Isabella Zavarise | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Cornell University has suspended all fraternity parties and social events. The decision comes after an alleged sexual assault and four reports of drugging at off-campus locations. In the statement, the university said police and Cornell administrative investigations are underway and the university is providing support services to those impacted. Cornell University Police department referred Insider's questions to the university's media relations department which did not respond before publication. Cornell University Interfraternity Council and the Ithaca Police Department did not respond to Insider's request for comment.

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